diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9965837eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*
+!target/debug/nu*
+!target/release/nu*
+!dist/*
+!LICENSE
+!*.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
index f8bb3474a8..1e6f1881d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ jobs:
         - { tag: alpine,           base-image: alpine,                     arch: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, plugin: true  }
         - { tag: slim,             base-image: 'debian:stable-slim',       arch: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu,  plugin: true  }
         - { tag: debian,           base-image: debian,                     arch: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu,  plugin: true  }
-        - { tag: glibc-busybox,    base-image: 'busybox:glibc',            arch: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu,  plugin: false }
+        - { tag: glibc-busybox,    base-image: 'busybox:glibc',            arch: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu,  plugin: false, use-patch: true }
         - { tag: musl-busybox,     base-image: 'busybox:musl',             arch: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, plugin: false }
         - { tag: musl-distroless,  base-image: 'gcr.io/distroless/static', arch: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, plugin: false }
-        - { tag: glibc-distroless, base-image: 'gcr.io/distroless/base',   arch: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu,  plugin: false }
+        - { tag: glibc-distroless, base-image: 'gcr.io/distroless/base',   arch: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu,  plugin: false, use-patch: true }
         - { tag: glibc,            base-image: scratch,                    arch: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu,  plugin: false }
         - { tag: musl,             base-image: scratch,                    arch: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, plugin: false }
     steps:
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         REGISTRY=${REGISTRY,,}; export TAG=${GITHUB_REF##*/}-${{ matrix.tag }};
         export NU_BINS=target/release/$( [ ${{ matrix.plugin }} = true ] && echo nu* || echo nu )
+        export PATCH=$([ ${{ matrix.use-patch }} = true ] && echo .patch || echo '')
         chmod +x $NU_BINS
 
         echo ${{ secrets.DOCKER_REGISTRY }} | docker login docker.pkg.github.com -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin
diff --git a/docker/Package.Dockerfile b/docker/Package.Dockerfile
index fd3015c280..a9040d2900 100644
--- a/docker/Package.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Package.Dockerfile
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ FROM ${base}
 
 ARG artifact
 COPY ${artifact} /bin/
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/nu"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/Package.patch.Dockerfile b/docker/Package.patch.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..250146f88e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Package.patch.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+ARG base
+FROM debian:stable-slim AS patch
+FROM ${base}
+
+ARG artifact
+COPY ${artifact} /bin/
+
+COPY --from=patch /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/nu"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.package.yml b/docker/docker-compose.package.yml
index 3622fa0cf6..9be36544eb 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.package.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.package.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services:
     image: ${REGISTRY}/nu:${TAG}
     build:
       context: ..
-      dockerfile: docker/Package.Dockerfile
+      dockerfile: docker/Package${PATCH}.Dockerfile
       args:
         base: ${BASE_IMAGE}
         artifact: ${NU_BINS}