diff --git a/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/deploy/deploy.go b/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/deploy/deploy.go
index 2123d169c..9d79e795f 100644
--- a/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/deploy/deploy.go
+++ b/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/deploy/deploy.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"kraftkit.sh/unikraft/app"
 
 	kraftcloud "sdk.kraft.cloud"
+	kcinstances "sdk.kraft.cloud/instances"
 )
 
 type DeployOptions struct {
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ type DeployOptions struct {
 	Ports                  []string                  `local:"true" long:"port" short:"p" usage:"Specify the port mapping between external to internal"`
 	Project                app.Application           `noattribute:"true"`
 	Replicas               int                       `local:"true" long:"replicas" short:"R" usage:"Number of replicas of the instance" default:"0"`
+	RestartPolicy          kcinstances.RestartPolicy `noattribute:"true"`
 	Rollout                create.RolloutStrategy    `noattribute:"true"`
 	RolloutQualifier       create.RolloutQualifier   `noattribute:"true"`
 	RolloutWait            time.Duration             `local:"true" long:"rollout-wait" usage:"Time to wait before performing rolling out action" default:"10s"`
@@ -93,6 +95,15 @@ func NewCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	cmd.Flags().Var(
+		cmdfactory.NewEnumFlag[kcinstances.RestartPolicy](
+			kcinstances.RestartPolicies(),
+			kcinstances.RestartPolicyNever,
+		),
+		"restart",
+		"Set the restart policy for the instance (never/always/on-failure)",
+	)
+
 	cmd.Flags().Var(
 		cmdfactory.NewEnumFlag[create.RolloutStrategy](
 			append(create.RolloutStrategies(), create.StrategyPrompt),
@@ -129,6 +140,7 @@ func (opts *DeployOptions) Pre(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not populate metro and token: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	opts.RestartPolicy = kcinstances.RestartPolicy(cmd.Flag("restart").Value.String())
 	opts.Rollout = create.RolloutStrategy(cmd.Flag("rollout").Value.String())
 	opts.RolloutQualifier = create.RolloutQualifier(cmd.Flag("rollout-qualifier").Value.String())
 	opts.Strategy = packmanager.MergeStrategy(cmd.Flag("strategy").Value.String())
diff --git a/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/deploy/deployer_image_name.go b/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/deploy/deployer_image_name.go
index 06162dd78..a4b015da5 100644
--- a/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/deploy/deployer_image_name.go
+++ b/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/deploy/deployer_image_name.go
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ func (deployer *deployerImageName) Deploy(ctx context.Context, opts *DeployOptio
 					Name:                   opts.Name,
 					Ports:                  opts.Ports,
 					Replicas:               opts.Replicas,
+					RestartPolicy:          opts.RestartPolicy,
 					ScaleToZero:            opts.ScaleToZero,
 					ServiceGroupNameOrUUID: opts.ServiceGroupNameOrUUID,
 					Rollout:                opts.Rollout,
diff --git a/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/deploy/deployer_kraftfile_runtime.go b/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/deploy/deployer_kraftfile_runtime.go
index a8391e712..6a888d22a 100644
--- a/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/deploy/deployer_kraftfile_runtime.go
+++ b/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/deploy/deployer_kraftfile_runtime.go
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ func (deployer *deployerKraftfileRuntime) Deploy(ctx context.Context, opts *Depl
 		Name:                   opts.Name,
 		Ports:                  opts.Ports,
 		Replicas:               opts.Replicas,
+		RestartPolicy:          opts.RestartPolicy,
 		Rollout:                opts.Rollout,
 		RolloutQualifier:       opts.RolloutQualifier,
 		RolloutWait:            opts.RolloutWait,
diff --git a/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/instance/create/create.go b/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/instance/create/create.go
index cfa4a99a8..094e0c9e7 100644
--- a/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/instance/create/create.go
+++ b/internal/cli/kraft/cloud/instance/create/create.go
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ func (opts *CreateOptions) Pre(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not populate metro and token: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	opts.RestartPolicy = kcinstances.RestartPolicy(cmd.Flag("restart").Value.String())
 	opts.Rollout = RolloutStrategy(cmd.Flag("rollout").Value.String())
 	opts.RolloutQualifier = RolloutQualifier(cmd.Flag("rollout-qualifier").Value.String())