diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/virtiofsd/build-static-virtiofsd.sh b/tools/packaging/static-build/virtiofsd/build-static-virtiofsd.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+
+script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+source "${script_dir}/../../scripts/lib.sh"
+
+virtiofsd_version="${virtiofsd_version:-}"
+
+[ -n "$virtiofsd_version" ] || virtiofsd_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.virtiofsd.version")
+[ -n "$virtiofsd_version" ] || die "failed to get virtiofsd version"
+
+if [ "${ARCH}" != "x86_64" ]; then
+	info "Only x86_64 binaries are distributed as part of the virtiofsd releases" && exit 1
+fi
+
+pull_virtiofsd_released_binary() {
+    info "Download virtiofsd version: ${virtiofsd_version}"
+    virtiofsd_zip=$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.virtiofsd.meta.binary")
+    [ -n "${virtiofsd_zip}" ] || die "failed to get virtiofsd binary URL"
+
+    mkdir -p virtiofsd
+
+    pushd virtiofsd
+    curl --fail -L ${virtiofsd_zip} -o virtiofsd.zip || return 1
+    unzip virtiofsd.zip
+    mv -f target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/virtiofsd virtiofsd
+    chmod +x virtiofsd
+    rm -rf target
+    rm virtiofsd.zip
+    popd
+}
+
+pull_virtiofsd_released_binary