diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs_1.42.9.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs_1.42.9.bb
index 8ddf92d9e9..03ca3e19e2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs_1.42.9.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs_1.42.9.bb
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ do_install () {
 	oe_multilib_header ext2fs/ext2_types.h
 	install -d ${D}${base_bindir}
 	mv ${D}${bindir}/chattr ${D}${base_bindir}/chattr.e2fsprogs
+
+	install -v -m 755 ${S}/contrib/populate-extfs.sh ${D}${base_sbindir}/
 }
 
 do_install_append_class-target() {