diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/shim/src/shim_start.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/shim/src/shim_start.rs
index 0759891710a5..67fa8c5be873 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/shim/src/shim_start.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/shim/src/shim_start.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl ShimExecutor {
         let (container_type, id) = k8s::container_type_with_id(&spec);
 
         match container_type {
-            ContainerType::PodSandbox => {
+            ContainerType::PodSandbox | ContainerType::SingleContainer => {
                 let address = self.socket_address(&self.args.id)?;
                 let socket = new_listener(&address)?;
                 let child_pid = self.create_shim_process(socket)?;