diff --git a/scripts/install-kubectl b/scripts/install-kubectl
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install-kubectl
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -xeou pipefail
+
+KUBECTL_VERSION=${1}
+KUBECTL_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://dl.k8s.io/release/v${KUBECTL_VERSION}/bin/linux/amd64"
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get -y install curl
+
+curl -fsSL "${KUBECTL_DOWNLOAD_URL}/kubectl" -o kubectl
+curl -fsSL "${KUBECTL_DOWNLOAD_URL}/kubectl.sha256" -o kubectl.sha256
+echo "$(cat kubectl.sha256)  kubectl" | sha256sum -c -
+
+chmod +x kubectl
+mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+
+rm kubectl.sha256
+apt-get -yq autoremove
+apt-get clean -yqq
+rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*