diff --git a/container-common/on_boot.d/05-container-common.sh b/container-common/on_boot.d/05-container-common.sh
index 3587484..1e9c8b0 100644
--- a/container-common/on_boot.d/05-container-common.sh
+++ b/container-common/on_boot.d/05-container-common.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This script runs before any custom containers start to adjust container common defaults
 
+## network configuration and startup:
+CNI_PATH=/mnt/data/podman/cni
+if [ ! -f "$CNI_PATH"/macvlan ]; then
+    mkdir -p $CNI_PATH
+    curl -L https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/v0.9.0/cni-plugins-linux-arm64-v0.9.0.tgz | tar -xz -C $CNI_PATH
+fi
+
+mkdir -p /opt/cni
+rm -f /opt/cni/bin
+ln -s $CNI_PATH /opt/cni/bin
+
+for file in "$CNI_PATH"/*.conflist
+do
+    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+        ln -s "$file" "/etc/cni/net.d/$(basename "$file")"
+    fi
+done
+
 # Set a limit for container logs. 104857600 Bytes = 100 Megabytes
 sed -i 's/max_log_size = -1/max_log_size = 104857600/g' /etc/containers/libpod.conf;