diff --git a/nodes/_defaults.yaml b/nodes/_defaults.yaml
index 0ddfc74..bbf75fc 100644
--- a/nodes/_defaults.yaml
+++ b/nodes/_defaults.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ patches:
   - !patch vip
   - !patch tailscale
   - !patch cilium
+  - !patch spegel
 patchesControlPlane:
   - !patch allow-control-plane-workloads
   - !patch sops
diff --git a/patches/spegel.yaml b/patches/spegel.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7aa7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/spegel.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+machine:
+  files:
+    - path: /etc/cri/conf.d/20-customization.part
+      op: create
+      content: |
+        [plugins."io.containerd.cri.v1.images"]
+          discard_unpacked_layers = false