diff --git a/pkg/qemu-ga/Dockerfile b/pkg/qemu-ga/Dockerfile
index 367920663..f2db6643a 100644
--- a/pkg/qemu-ga/Dockerfile
+++ b/pkg/qemu-ga/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ FROM linuxkit/alpine:07f7d136e427dc68154cd5edbb2b9576f9ac5213 AS build
 RUN mkdir -p /out/etc/apk && cp -r /etc/apk/* /out/etc/apk/
 RUN mkdir -p /out/var/run
 RUN apk add --no-cache --initdb -p /out \
+    busybox \
     qemu-guest-agent \
     musl
 FROM scratch