diff --git a/Release.toml b/Release.toml
index c85de6dd342..5aa66ac51a2 100644
--- a/Release.toml
+++ b/Release.toml
@@ -261,3 +261,6 @@ version = "1.18.0"
     "migrate_v1.18.0_aws-control-container-v0-7-7.lz4",
     "migrate_v1.18.0_public-control-container-v0-7-7.lz4",
 ]
+"(1.18.0, 1.19.0)" = [
+    "migrate_v1.19.0_add-additional-ecs-settings.lz4",
+]
diff --git a/packages/ecs-agent/ecs.config b/packages/ecs-agent/ecs.config
index 5124635e5da..419424ac060 100644
--- a/packages/ecs-agent/ecs.config
+++ b/packages/ecs-agent/ecs.config
@@ -33,3 +33,9 @@ ECS_IMAGE_CLEANUP_INTERVAL="{{settings.ecs.image-cleanup-wait}}"
 {{# if settings.ecs.image-cleanup-age}}
 ECS_IMAGE_MINIMUM_CLEANUP_AGE="{{settings.ecs.image-cleanup-age}}"
 {{/if}}
+{{#if settings.ecs.backend-host}}
+ECS_BACKEND_HOST="{{settings.ecs.backend-host}}"
+{{/if}}
+{{#if settings.ecs.awsvpc-block-imds}}
+ECS_AWSVPC_BLOCK_IMDS="{{settings.ecs.awsvpc-block-imds}}"
+{{/if}}
diff --git a/packages/ecs-agent/ecs.service b/packages/ecs-agent/ecs.service
index 510f7ba549b..96de5175220 100644
--- a/packages/ecs-agent/ecs.service
+++ b/packages/ecs-agent/ecs.service
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ Wants=network-online.target configured.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-Restart=on-failure
+Restart=always
 RestartPreventExitStatus=5
-RestartSec=1s
+RestartSec=5
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/ecs/ecs.config
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/network/proxy.env
 Environment=ECS_CHECKPOINT=true
diff --git a/sources/Cargo.lock b/sources/Cargo.lock
index afe7efc4ba8..5075d26563a 100644
--- a/sources/Cargo.lock
+++ b/sources/Cargo.lock
@@ -217,6 +217,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.46",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "add-additional-ecs-settings"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "migration-helpers",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "addr2line"
 version = "0.21.0"
diff --git a/sources/Cargo.toml b/sources/Cargo.toml
index b50b53fb7ac..2e35c4d8abc 100644
--- a/sources/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sources/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ members = [
     "api/migration/migrations/v1.18.0/public-admin-container-v0-11-3",
     "api/migration/migrations/v1.18.0/aws-control-container-v0-7-7",
     "api/migration/migrations/v1.18.0/public-control-container-v0-7-7",
+    "api/migration/migrations/v1.19.0/add-additional-ecs-settings",
 
     "bloodhound",
 
diff --git a/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.19.0/add-additional-ecs-settings/Cargo.toml b/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.19.0/add-additional-ecs-settings/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6820fdf4dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.19.0/add-additional-ecs-settings/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "add-additional-ecs-settings"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Arnaldo Garcia Rincon <agarrcia@amazon.com>"]
+license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
+edition = "2021"
+publish = false
+# Don't rebuild crate just because of changes to README.
+exclude = ["README.md"]
+
+[dependencies]
+migration-helpers = { path = "../../../migration-helpers", version = "0.1.0"}
diff --git a/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.19.0/add-additional-ecs-settings/src/main.rs b/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.19.0/add-additional-ecs-settings/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50d59e536a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.19.0/add-additional-ecs-settings/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use migration_helpers::common_migrations::AddSettingsMigration;
+use migration_helpers::{migrate, Result};
+use std::process;
+
+/// We added additional configurations for the ECS agent
+fn run() -> Result<()> {
+    migrate(AddSettingsMigration(&[
+        "settings.ecs.backend-host",
+        "settings.ecs.awsvpc-block-imds",
+    ]))
+}
+
+// Returning a Result from main makes it print a Debug representation of the error, but with Snafu
+// we have nice Display representations of the error, so we wrap "main" (run) and print any error.
+// https://github.com/shepmaster/snafu/issues/110
+fn main() {
+    if let Err(e) = run() {
+        eprintln!("{}", e);
+        process::exit(1);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sources/models/src/lib.rs b/sources/models/src/lib.rs
index 03c102232bf..dae1f9db9b2 100644
--- a/sources/models/src/lib.rs
+++ b/sources/models/src/lib.rs
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ struct ECSSettings {
     image_cleanup_delete_per_cycle: i64,
     image_cleanup_enabled: bool,
     image_cleanup_age: ECSDurationValue,
+    backend_host: String,
+    awsvpc_block_imds: bool,
 }
 
 #[model]