diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host/Program.cs b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host/Program.cs
index 9730780..a7e0342 100644
--- a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host/Program.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.ControlPlane;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host.Health;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Security;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Security.Endpoints;
 
@@ -43,10 +44,8 @@ builder.Services.AddAkka("otopcua", (ab, _) =>
 {
     if (hasAdmin)
         ab.WithOtOpcUaControlPlaneSingletons();
-    // Driver-role startup (DriverHostActor spawn + child probes) is wired in F19 once a
-    // RuntimeStartup contract is added — the actor itself exists (Phase 6), the registration
-    // extension does not yet. Without it, driver-role nodes still join the cluster and serve
-    // health/redundancy traffic but won't auto-spawn DriverHostActor.
+    if (hasDriver)
+        ab.WithOtOpcUaRuntimeActors();
 });
 
 if (hasAdmin)
diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf410b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+using Akka.Actor;
+using Akka.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.Interfaces;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Drivers;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Health;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime;
+
+public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
+{
+    public const string DriverRole = "driver";
+
+    public const string DriverHostActorName = "driver-host";
+    public const string DbHealthProbeActorName = "db-health";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Spawns the per-node driver-role actors on the host's <see cref="ActorSystem"/>:
+    /// <see cref="DriverHostActor"/> (one per node) and <see cref="DbHealthProbeActor"/>
+    /// (consumed by the health endpoint + redundancy calc).
+    ///
+    /// Mirror of <c>WithOtOpcUaControlPlaneSingletons</c> for the driver role. Both must
+    /// be registered on the same <see cref="AkkaConfigurationBuilder"/> as the cluster
+    /// bootstrap so the actors share the host's ActorSystem.
+    ///
+    /// Wire from the fused Host's Program.cs when the node carries the <c>driver</c> role:
+    /// <code>
+    /// if (hasDriver)
+    ///     ab.WithOtOpcUaRuntimeActors();
+    /// </code>
+    /// </summary>
+    public static AkkaConfigurationBuilder WithOtOpcUaRuntimeActors(this AkkaConfigurationBuilder builder)
+    {
+        builder.WithActors((system, registry, resolver) =>
+        {
+            var dbFactory = resolver.GetService<IDbContextFactory<OtOpcUaConfigDbContext>>();
+            var roleInfo = resolver.GetService<IClusterRoleInfo>();
+
+            var dbHealth = system.ActorOf(
+                DbHealthProbeActor.Props(dbFactory),
+                DbHealthProbeActorName);
+            registry.Register<DbHealthProbeActorKey>(dbHealth);
+
+            var driverHost = system.ActorOf(
+                DriverHostActor.Props(dbFactory, roleInfo.LocalNode),
+                DriverHostActorName);
+            registry.Register<DriverHostActorKey>(driverHost);
+        });
+
+        return builder;
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>Marker key types used by <c>Akka.Hosting</c> to resolve runtime actors from the registry.</summary>
+public sealed class DriverHostActorKey { }
+public sealed class DbHealthProbeActorKey { }
diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/ServiceCollectionExtensionsTests.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/ServiceCollectionExtensionsTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33907eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/ServiceCollectionExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+using Akka.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.Interfaces;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.Types;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Verifies <c>WithOtOpcUaRuntimeActors</c> spawns <c>DriverHostActor</c> + <c>DbHealthProbeActor</c>
+/// on the host's <c>ActorSystem</c> and registers both under their marker keys. This is the
+/// driver-role mirror of the admin-role <c>WithOtOpcUaControlPlaneSingletons</c> bootstrap.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ServiceCollectionExtensionsTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task WithOtOpcUaRuntimeActors_spawns_driver_host_and_db_health_probe()
+    {
+        using var host = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder()
+            .ConfigureServices((_, services) =>
+            {
+                services.AddSingleton<IDbContextFactory<OtOpcUaConfigDbContext>>(
+                    new InMemoryConfigDbFactory(Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N")));
+                services.AddSingleton<IClusterRoleInfo>(new FakeClusterRoleInfo());
+
+                services.AddAkka("otopcua-test", (ab, _) =>
+                {
+                    ab.AddHocon(@"
+                        akka.actor.provider = ""Akka.Cluster.ClusterActorRefProvider, Akka.Cluster""
+                        akka.remote.dot-netty.tcp.hostname = ""127.0.0.1""
+                        akka.remote.dot-netty.tcp.port = 0
+                        akka.cluster.seed-nodes = []
+                        akka.cluster.roles = [""driver""]
+                    ", HoconAddMode.Prepend);
+                    ab.WithOtOpcUaRuntimeActors();
+                });
+            })
+            .Build();
+
+        await host.StartAsync();
+        try
+        {
+            var driverHost = host.Services.GetRequiredService<IRequiredActor<DriverHostActorKey>>();
+            var dbHealth = host.Services.GetRequiredService<IRequiredActor<DbHealthProbeActorKey>>();
+
+            driverHost.ActorRef.ShouldNotBeNull();
+            dbHealth.ActorRef.ShouldNotBeNull();
+            driverHost.ActorRef.Path.Name.ShouldBe(ServiceCollectionExtensions.DriverHostActorName);
+            dbHealth.ActorRef.Path.Name.ShouldBe(ServiceCollectionExtensions.DbHealthProbeActorName);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            await host.StopAsync();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private sealed class InMemoryConfigDbFactory(string dbName) : IDbContextFactory<OtOpcUaConfigDbContext>
+    {
+        public OtOpcUaConfigDbContext CreateDbContext()
+        {
+            var opts = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<OtOpcUaConfigDbContext>()
+                .UseInMemoryDatabase(dbName)
+                .Options;
+            return new OtOpcUaConfigDbContext(opts);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private sealed class FakeClusterRoleInfo : IClusterRoleInfo
+    {
+        public NodeId LocalNode { get; } = NodeId.Parse("test-node");
+        public IReadOnlySet<string> LocalRoles { get; } = new HashSet<string>(["driver"]);
+        public bool HasRole(string role) => LocalRoles.Contains(role);
+        public IReadOnlyList<NodeId> MembersWithRole(string role) => Array.Empty<NodeId>();
+        public NodeId? RoleLeader(string role) => null;
+        public event EventHandler<RoleLeaderChangedEventArgs>? RoleLeaderChanged
+        {
+            add { _ = value; }
+            remove { _ = value; }
+        }
+    }
+}