diff --git a/common/pkg/config/config.go b/common/pkg/config/config.go
index 008cfb6425..4d5c9d0822 100644
--- a/common/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/common/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -691,8 +691,8 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 }
 
 func (c *EngineConfig) findRuntime() string {
-	// Search for crun first followed by runc and kata
-	for _, name := range []string{"crun", "runc", "kata"} {
+	// Search for crun first followed by runc, kata, runsc
+	for _, name := range []string{"crun", "runc", "kata", "runsc"} {
 		for _, v := range c.OCIRuntimes[name] {
 			if _, err := os.Stat(v); err == nil {
 				return name