diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index b75e27a..e415129 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -340,6 +340,15 @@ function install_binaries(){
     popd || log error "pushd fail"
   fi
 
+  if [[ ! -f "$BIN_DIR"/kp ]]; then
+    pushd "$TMP_DIR" || log error "pushd fail"
+      log debug "installing kp"
+      wget -q https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/kpack-cli/releases/download/v0.4.2/kp-linux-0.4.2
+      mv kp-linux-0.4.2 "$BIN_DIR"/kp
+      chmod 755 "$BIN_DIR"/kp
+    popd || log error "pushd fail"
+  fi
+
 }
 
 function install_packages(){
diff --git a/tests/test_install.bats b/tests/test_install.bats
index f09a66a..a54d020 100755
--- a/tests/test_install.bats
+++ b/tests/test_install.bats
@@ -158,4 +158,8 @@ load '/opt/bats-assert/load.bash'
 
 @test "kubetail.bash should exist in bin dir" {
   assert [ -e "$HOME/.k8s-dotfiles/bin/kubetail.bash" ]
+}
+
+@test "kubetail should exist in bin dir and be executable" {
+  assert [ -x "$HOME/.k8s-dotfiles/bin/kp" ]
 }
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