diff --git a/tools/appliance/cks/ubuntu/22.04/scripts/configure-cloud-init.sh b/tools/appliance/cks/ubuntu/22.04/scripts/configure-cloud-init.sh
index 80b661f30f5..4e4979c936f 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/cks/ubuntu/22.04/scripts/configure-cloud-init.sh
+++ b/tools/appliance/cks/ubuntu/22.04/scripts/configure-cloud-init.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ function install_packages() {
     apt-get install -y python3-json-pointer python3-jsonschema cloud-init resolvconf
 
     sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
+    echo "Creating /opt/bin directory"
+    sudo mkdir -p /opt/bin
     curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
     echo \
       "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \