diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
index 5fc0e6f3f1..e58b71f323 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ TARGET_BRANCH="${TARGET_BRANCH:-main}"
 PUSH_TO_REGISTRY="${PUSH_TO_REGISTRY:-}"
 KERNEL_HEADERS_PKG_TYPE="${KERNEL_HEADERS_PKG_TYPE:-deb}"
 RELEASE="${RELEASE:-"no"}"
+KBUILD_SIGN_PIN="${KBUILD_SIGN_PIN:-}"
 
 workdir="${WORKDIR:-$PWD}"