diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
index 00fcd964ce..11a016a4ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ jobs:
           ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
           RELEASE: ${{ inputs.stage == 'release' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
+          MEASURED_ROOTFS: yes
 
       - name: store-artifact shim-v2
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
index 599e512e55..bef76dae66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ jobs:
           ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
           RELEASE: ${{ inputs.stage == 'release' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
+          MEASURED_ROOTFS: yes
 
       - name: store-artifact shim-v2
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
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 95dfb22771..47050065b1 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
@@ -821,6 +821,7 @@ install_shimv2() {
 
 	export GO_VERSION
 	export RUST_VERSION
+	export MEASURED_ROOTFS
 
 	DESTDIR="${destdir}" PREFIX="${prefix}" "${shimv2_builder}"
 }