diff --git a/garden-service/gcloud.Dockerfile b/garden-service/gcloud.Dockerfile
index 78109df77a..8712015486 100644
--- a/garden-service/gcloud.Dockerfile
+++ b/garden-service/gcloud.Dockerfile
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache python \
   && curl https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/release/google-cloud-sdk.tar.gz | tar xz -C /gcloud \
   && /gcloud/google-cloud-sdk/install.sh --quiet \
   && ln -s /gcloud/google-cloud-sdk/bin/* /usr/local/bin/ \
-  && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gcloud
+  && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gcloud \
+  && gcloud components install kubectl \
+  && ln -s /gcloud/google-cloud-sdk/bin/kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl