diff --git a/data/data/bootstrap/files/etc/systemd/system/node-image-pull.service b/data/data/bootstrap/files/etc/systemd/system/node-image-pull.service
index 8ac36d75b8..4c5e69333d 100644
--- a/data/data/bootstrap/files/etc/systemd/system/node-image-pull.service
+++ b/data/data/bootstrap/files/etc/systemd/system/node-image-pull.service
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Node Image Pull
+Wants=var-ostree\x2dcontainer.mount
 Requires=network.target NetworkManager.service
-After=network.target
+After=network.target var-ostree\x2dcontainer.mount
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
diff --git "a/data/data/bootstrap/files/etc/systemd/system/var-ostree\\x2dcontainer.mount" "b/data/data/bootstrap/files/etc/systemd/system/var-ostree\\x2dcontainer.mount"
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..674eb2ba76
--- /dev/null
+++ "b/data/data/bootstrap/files/etc/systemd/system/var-ostree\\x2dcontainer.mount"
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Requires=run-ephemeral.mount
+After=run-ephemeral.mount
+ConditionPathExists=/run/ostree-live
+
+[Mount]
+What=tmpfs
+Where=/var/ostree-container
+Type=tmpfs
+Options=size=4G