diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/container_manager.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/container_manager.rb
index 6342e02c0..3f6770a5c 100644
--- a/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/container_manager.rb
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/container_manager.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 class ManageIQ::Providers::Vmware::ContainerManager < ManageIQ::Providers::Kubernetes::ContainerManager
   require_nested :Container
   require_nested :ContainerGroup
+  require_nested :ContainerImage
   require_nested :ContainerNode
   require_nested :ContainerTemplate
   require_nested :EventCatcher
diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/container_manager/container_image.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/container_manager/container_image.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ec8d1ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/container_manager/container_image.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ManageIQ::Providers::Kubernetes::ContainerManager::ContainerImage.include(ActsAsStiLeafClass)
+
+class ManageIQ::Providers::Vmware::ContainerManager::ContainerImage < ManageIQ::Providers::Kubernetes::ContainerManager::ContainerImage
+end