diff --git a/components/ws-daemon/pkg/container/config.go b/components/ws-daemon/pkg/container/config.go
index d163fe84efcae2..7adfce8c33df15 100644
--- a/components/ws-daemon/pkg/container/config.go
+++ b/components/ws-daemon/pkg/container/config.go
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// Containerd contains the containerd CRI config if runtime == RuntimeContainerd
 	Containerd *ContainerdConfig `json:"containerd,omitempty"`
+
+	RegistryFacadeHost string `json:"registryFacadeHost,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // RuntimeType lists the supported container runtimes
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ func FromConfig(cfg *Config) (rt Runtime, err error) {
 		if cfg.Containerd == nil {
 			return nil, xerrors.Errorf("runtime is set to containerd, but not containerd config is provided")
 		}
-		return NewContainerd(cfg.Containerd, cfg.Mapping)
+		return NewContainerd(cfg.Containerd, cfg.Mapping, cfg.RegistryFacadeHost)
 	default:
 		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("unknown runtime type: %s", cfg.Runtime)
 	}
diff --git a/components/ws-daemon/pkg/container/containerd.go b/components/ws-daemon/pkg/container/containerd.go
index 21f55fbbe10449..a156068d86c0ba 100644
--- a/components/ws-daemon/pkg/container/containerd.go
+++ b/components/ws-daemon/pkg/container/containerd.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // NewContainerd creates a new containerd adapter
-func NewContainerd(cfg *ContainerdConfig, pathMapping PathMapping) (*Containerd, error) {
+func NewContainerd(cfg *ContainerdConfig, pathMapping PathMapping, registryFacadeHost string) (*Containerd, error) {
 	cc, err := containerd.New(cfg.SocketPath, containerd.WithDefaultNamespace(kubernetesNamespace))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("cannot connect to containerd at %s: %w", cfg.SocketPath, err)
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ func NewContainerd(cfg *ContainerdConfig, pathMapping PathMapping) (*Containerd,
 		cntIdx: make(map[string]*containerInfo),
 		podIdx: make(map[string]*containerInfo),
 		wsiIdx: make(map[string]*containerInfo),
+
+		registryFacadeHost: registryFacadeHost,
 	}
 	go res.start()
 
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ type Containerd struct {
 	podIdx map[string]*containerInfo
 	wsiIdx map[string]*containerInfo
 	cntIdx map[string]*containerInfo
+
+	registryFacadeHost string
 }
 
 type containerInfo struct {
@@ -476,9 +480,31 @@ func (s *Containerd) ContainerPID(ctx context.Context, id ID) (pid uint64, err e
 	return uint64(info.PID), nil
 }
 
-// ContainerPID returns the PID of the container's namespace root process, e.g. the container shim.
 func (s *Containerd) IsContainerdReady(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
-	return s.Client.IsServing(ctx)
+	if len(s.registryFacadeHost) == 0 {
+		return s.Client.IsServing(ctx)
+	}
+
+	// check registry facade can reach containerd and returns image not found.
+	isServing, err := s.Client.IsServing(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	if !isServing {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	_, err = s.Client.GetImage(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("%v/not-a-valid-image:latest", s.registryFacadeHost))
+	if err != nil {
+		if errdefs.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	return true, nil
 }
 
 var kubepodsQoSRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`([^/]+)-([^/]+)-pod`)
diff --git a/components/ws-daemon/pkg/daemon/config.go b/components/ws-daemon/pkg/daemon/config.go
index cc749654dc7be1..300556f3b236a2 100644
--- a/components/ws-daemon/pkg/daemon/config.go
+++ b/components/ws-daemon/pkg/daemon/config.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	OOMScores           cgroup.OOMScoreAdjConfig  `json:"oomScores"`
 	DiskSpaceGuard      diskguard.Config          `json:"disk"`
 	WorkspaceController WorkspaceControllerConfig `json:"workspaceController"`
+
+	RegistryFacadeHost string `json:"registryFacadeHost,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type WorkspaceControllerConfig struct {
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-daemon/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-daemon/configmap.go
index bd61b3c26da50f..9aed82969a9621 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-daemon/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-daemon/configmap.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 
 	wsdcfg := wsdconfig.Config{
 		Daemon: daemon.Config{
+			RegistryFacadeHost: fmt.Sprintf("reg.%s:%d", ctx.Config.Domain, common.RegistryFacadeServicePort),
 			Runtime: daemon.RuntimeConfig{
 				KubernetesNamespace: ctx.Namespace,
 				SecretsNamespace:    common.WorkspaceSecretsNamespace,