diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/.gitignore b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/.gitignore
index 567609b123..d8723ffc3f 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 build/
+dockerbuild/install_yq.sh
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
index 24d19c936f..237f256f26 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ docker build -q -t build-kata-deploy \
 
 docker run \
 	-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
+	--env CI="${CI:-}" \
 	--env USER=${USER} -v "${kata_dir}:${kata_dir}" \
 	--rm \
 	-w ${script_dir} \