diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/files/manglefs.sh b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/files/manglefs.sh
index a470a0f0e1e..cb6538458d7 100755
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/files/manglefs.sh
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/files/manglefs.sh
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ rootfs="${1}"
 cat > "${rootfs}/usr/lib/systemd/system/setup-oem.service" <<-'EOF'
 [Unit]
 Description=Setup OEM
+Before=amazon-ssm-agent.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/cp /usr/share/amazon/ssm/amazon-ssm-agent.json /etc/amazon/ssm/amazon-ssm-agent.json.template
-ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/cp /usr/share/amazon/ssm/seelog.xml /etc/amazon/ssm/seelog_unix.xml.template
-ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/cp /usr/share/amazon/eks/bootstrap.sh /etc/eks/bootstrap.sh
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir --parents /etc/amazon/ssm/ /etc/eks
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/ln --symbolic /usr/share/amazon/ssm/amazon-ssm-agent.json.template /etc/amazon/ssm/amazon-ssm-agent.json
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/ln --symbolic /usr/share/amazon/ssm/seelog.xml.template /etc/amazon/ssm/seelog.xml
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/ln --symbolic /usr/share/amazon/eks/bootstrap.sh /etc/eks/bootstrap.sh
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target