diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gnulib/gnulib_202601.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gnulib/gnulib_202601.bb
index d3ebdca8dd..763be6c11a 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gnulib/gnulib_202601.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gnulib/gnulib_202601.bb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/gnulib.git;branch=stable-${PV};protoco
 do_install () {
     install -d ${D}/${datadir}/gnulib
     cp --no-preserve=ownership --recursive ${S}/* ${D}/${datadir}/gnulib/
+    cp --no-preserve=ownership --recursive ${S}/.gnulib-tool.py ${D}/${datadir}/gnulib/
     cp --no-preserve=ownership --recursive ${S}/.git ${D}/${datadir}/gnulib/
 }