diff --git a/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml
index 3a0a446..a0d19e5 100644
--- a/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml
+++ b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@
               disk:
                 bus: virtio
                 readonly: true
+            {{- if .Values.configFiles }}
+            # TODO(gio): switch to filesystems for real-time updates
+            - name: configs
+              disk:
+                bus: virtio
+                readonly: true
+              serial: DODOCONFIGFILES
+            {{- end }}
       networks:
         - name: default
           pod: {}
@@ -51,3 +59,8 @@
               name: {{ .Values.name }}-user-data
             networkDataSecretRef:
               name: {{ .Values.name }}-network-data
+        {{- if .Values.configFiles }}
+        - name: configs
+          configMap:
+            name: configs-{{ .Values.name }}
+        {{- end }}