diff --git a/pkg/crc/machine/libvirt/constants.go b/pkg/crc/machine/libvirt/constants.go
index 25ba098562..de3f64196b 100644
--- a/pkg/crc/machine/libvirt/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/crc/machine/libvirt/constants.go
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import "fmt"
 
 const (
 	// Defaults
-	DefaultNetwork = "crc"
+	DefaultNetwork     = "crc"
+	DefaultStoragePool = "crc"
 
 	// Static addresses
 	MACAddress = "52:fd:fc:07:21:82"
diff --git a/pkg/crc/machine/libvirt/driver_linux.go b/pkg/crc/machine/libvirt/driver_linux.go
index 9e16437258..e922018dc6 100644
--- a/pkg/crc/machine/libvirt/driver_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/crc/machine/libvirt/driver_linux.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ func CreateHost(machineConfig config.MachineConfig) *libvirt.Driver {
 	config.InitVMDriverFromMachineConfig(machineConfig, libvirtDriver.VMDriver)
 
 	libvirtDriver.Network = DefaultNetwork
+	libvirtDriver.StoragePool = DefaultStoragePool
 
 	return libvirtDriver
 }