diff --git a/misc/confluent-prepivot.sh.rh8 b/misc/confluent-prepivot.sh.rh8
index f879bbd0..bb125d16 100644
--- a/misc/confluent-prepivot.sh.rh8
+++ b/misc/confluent-prepivot.sh.rh8
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ sed -i 's/install::/install:*:/' /sysroot/etc/shadow
 sed -i 's/root::/root:*:/' /sysroot/etc/shadow
 mkdir -p /sysroot/root/.ssh
 chmod 700 /sysroot/root/.ssh
-cp /ssh/authorized_keys /sysroot/root/.ssh
+cat /ssh/*.rootpubkey > /sysroot/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
 chmod 600 /sysroot/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+mkdir -p /sysroot/etc/ssh/
+for i in /ssh/*.ca; do
+    echo '@cert-authority *' $(cat $i) >> /sysroot/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
+done
 cp /etc/confluent.apikey /sysroot/etc/
 cp /tmp/confluent.deploycfg /tmp/confluent.info /sysroot/etc/
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