diff --git a/package/Dockerfile.nettest b/package/Dockerfile.nettest
index b19f31ec..947597fd 100644
--- a/package/Dockerfile.nettest
+++ b/package/Dockerfile.nettest
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ COPY scripts/shared/dnf_install /
 
 RUN /dnf_install -a ${TARGETPLATFORM} -v ${FEDORA_VERSION} -r /output/nettest \
     glibc bash glibc-minimal-langpack coreutils-single libcurl-minimal \
-    bind-utils curl-minimal iperf3 iproute iputils netperf nmap-ncat tcpdump
+    bind-utils busybox curl-minimal iperf3 iproute iputils netperf nmap-ncat tcpdump
 
 FROM scratch
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
diff --git a/scripts/nettest/metricsproxy b/scripts/nettest/metricsproxy
index 215c01b0..bb211a7f 100755
--- a/scripts/nettest/metricsproxy
+++ b/scripts/nettest/metricsproxy
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # Arguments: source-port target-IP target-port
-exec /usr/bin/ncat -v -lk -p "$1" -c "/usr/bin/ncat $2 $3"
+exec /usr/sbin/busybox nc -v -lk -p "$1" -e /usr/sbin/busybox nc "$2" "$3"