diff --git a/op-deployer/Dockerfile.default b/op-deployer/Dockerfile.default
index cc5ca8d95e4f..0821bc0c48ee 100644
--- a/op-deployer/Dockerfile.default
+++ b/op-deployer/Dockerfile.default
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 FROM debian:bookworm-20240812-slim
 ENTRYPOINT ["/op-deployer"]
-COPY op-deployer /op-deployer
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+COPY op-deployer /op-deployer
+
+# Install ca-certificates so that HTTPS requests work
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates
+
+# Symlink onto the PATH
+RUN ln -s /op-deployer /usr/local/bin/op-deployer
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