diff --git a/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/kubectlHandler/src/kubectlHandler.ts b/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/kubectlHandler/src/kubectlHandler.ts
index 601fc3f66..dc010e1e5 100644
--- a/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/kubectlHandler/src/kubectlHandler.ts
+++ b/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/kubectlHandler/src/kubectlHandler.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     ]
     await exec.exec('kubectl', cpKubeInnerArgs)
 
+    // copy over _work
+    const cpWorkArgs = ['cp', '/actions-runner/_work', 'job-container:/__w/']
+    await exec.exec('kubectl', cpWorkArgs)
+
     const creationOutput = {
       JobContainerId: 'job-container',
       Network: 'job-container'
diff --git a/src/Misc/layoutbin/kubectlHandler/index.js b/src/Misc/layoutbin/kubectlHandler/index.js
index a23fff95b..5ae2e6ace 100644
--- a/src/Misc/layoutbin/kubectlHandler/index.js
+++ b/src/Misc/layoutbin/kubectlHandler/index.js
@@ -3059,6 +3059,13 @@ function run() {
                 'job-container:/__runner_util/kubeInnerHandler'
             ];
             yield exec.exec('kubectl', cpKubeInnerArgs);
+            // copy over _work
+            const cpWorkArgs = [
+                'cp',
+                '/actions-runner/_work',
+                'job-container:/__w/'
+            ];
+            yield exec.exec('kubectl', cpWorkArgs);
             const creationOutput = {
                 JobContainerId: 'job-container',
                 Network: 'job-container'