diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/prechroot.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/prechroot.sh
index 51651124..530424b0 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/prechroot.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/prechroot.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 nodename=$(grep ^NODENAME /etc/confluent/confluent.info|awk '{print $2}')
 export confluent_mgr confluent_profile nodename
 cp -a /etc/confluent /mnt/sysimage/etc
+mkdir -p /mnt/sysimage/opt/confluent/bin
+cp /opt/confluent/bin/apiclient /mnt/sysimage/opt/confluent/bin/
 chmod -R og-rwx /mnt/sysimage/etc/confluent
 cp /tmp/functions /mnt/sysimage/etc/confluent/
 hostnamectl set-hostname $nodename