diff --git a/devstack/lib/crio b/devstack/lib/crio
index 19205a7..de60f02 100644
--- a/devstack/lib/crio
+++ b/devstack/lib/crio
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ function configure_crio {
 
     # We're wrapping values in \"<val>\" because that's the format cri-o wants.
     iniset -sudo ${CRIO_CONF} crio.api listen \"${CRIO_ENGINE_SOCKET_FILE}\"
+    iniset -sudo ${CRIO_CONF} crio.image pause_image \"${CRIO_PAUSE_IMAGE}\"
+    iniset -sudo ${CRIO_CONF} crio.image pause_command \"${CRIO_PAUSE_COMMAND}\"
     if [[ "$ENABLE_DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL" == "True" ]]; then
         # debug is way too verbose, info will be enough
         iniset -sudo ${CRIO_CONF} crio.runtime log_level \"info\"
diff --git a/devstack/settings b/devstack/settings
index ae9e060..47f6667 100644
--- a/devstack/settings
+++ b/devstack/settings
@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ fi
 
 # Customize kubeadm container images repository
 KUBEADMIN_IMAGE_REPOSITORY=${KUBEADMIN_IMAGE_REPOSITORY:-"k8s.gcr.io"}
+
+# Configure crio pause image
+CRIO_PAUSE_IMAGE=${CRIO_PAUSE_IMAGE:-"k8s.gcr.io/pause:3.6"}
+CRIO_PAUSE_COMMAND=${CRIO_PAUSE_COMMAND:-"/pause"}