diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index 86dacc67..c3b7b580 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ ARG FEDORA_MAJOR_VERSION="${FEDORA_MAJOR_VERSION}"
 # dx specific files come from the dx directory in this repo
 COPY dx/etc /etc
 COPY dx/usr /usr
+COPY workarounds.sh /tmp/workarounds.sh
 
 RUN wget https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/ganto/lxc4/repo/fedora-"${FEDORA_MAJOR_VERSION}"/ganto-lxc4-fedora-"${FEDORA_MAJOR_VERSION}".repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/ganto-lxc4-fedora-"${FEDORA_MAJOR_VERSION}".repo
 RUN wget https://terra.fyralabs.com/terra.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/terra.repo
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ COPY --from=cgr.dev/chainguard/helm:latest /usr/bin/helm /usr/bin/helm
 COPY --from=cgr.dev/chainguard/ko:latest /usr/bin/ko /usr/bin/ko
 COPY --from=cgr.dev/chainguard/minio-client:latest /usr/bin/mc /usr/bin/mc
 
+RUN /tmp/workarounds.sh
+
 # Clean up repos, everything is on the image so we don't need them
 RUN rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/terra.repo
 RUN rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/ganto-lxc4-fedora-"${FEDORA_MAJOR_VERSION}".repo
diff --git a/workarounds.sh b/workarounds.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6b469a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workarounds.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -oeux pipefail
+
+# alternatives cannot create symlinks on its own during a container build
+ln -sf /usr/bin/ld.bfd /etc/alternatives/ld && ln -sf /etc/alternatives/ld /usr/bin/ld