diff --git a/build/build-cloud.xml b/build/build-cloud.xml
index 45820a0df5c..848af06df1e 100755
--- a/build/build-cloud.xml
+++ b/build/build-cloud.xml
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@
         <exclude name="**/wscript_build" />
       </tarfileset>
     </tar>
+    <copy file="${base.dir}/patches/systemvm/root/.ssh/authorized_keys" todir="${dist.dir}/"/>
     <gzip destfile="${dist.dir}/patch.tgz" src="${dist.dir}/patch.tar"/>
     <delete file="${dist.dir}/patch.tar"/>
   </target>
diff --git a/build/package.xml b/build/package.xml
index 5e4682461a7..ec0cc82077b 100755
--- a/build/package.xml
+++ b/build/package.xml
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
       <arg value="systemvm.iso"/>
       <arg value="systemvm.zip"/>
       <arg value="patch.tgz"/>
+      <arg value="authorized_keys"/>
     </exec>
   </target>