diff --git a/imgutil/ubuntu/initramfs-tools/hooks/confluent b/imgutil/ubuntu/initramfs-tools/hooks/confluent
index a7e7de47..6b9076f8 100644
--- a/imgutil/ubuntu/initramfs-tools/hooks/confluent
+++ b/imgutil/ubuntu/initramfs-tools/hooks/confluent
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ copy_exec /usr/sbin/sshd
 copy_exec /usr/sbin/mkfs.xfs
 copy_exec /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfuse.so.2
 copy_exec /usr/bin/mktemp
+copy_exec /usr/bin/dirname
 copy_exec /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtss2-tcti-device.so.0
 manual_add_modules e1000 e1000e igb sfc mlx5_ib mlx5_core mlx4_en cxgb3 cxgb4
 manual_add_modules tg3 bnx2 bnx2x bna ixgb ixgbe qlge mptsas mpt2sas mpt3sas