diff --git a/ci-automation/vms.sh b/ci-automation/vms.sh
index 9583fb0c11a..33e655fefeb 100644
--- a/ci-automation/vms.sh
+++ b/ci-automation/vms.sh
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ function _vm_build_impl() {
     local images_in="images-in/"
     local file
     rm -rf "${images_in}"
-    for file in flatcar_production_image.bin.bz2 flatcar_production_image_sysext.squashfs version.txt; do
+    for file in flatcar_production_image.bin.bz2 flatcar_production_image_sysext.squashfs flatcar_production_image.vmlinuz version.txt; do
         copy_from_buildcache "images/${arch}/${vernum}/${file}" "${images_in}"
     done
     lbunzip2 "${images_in}/flatcar_production_image.bin.bz2"
@@ -156,8 +156,12 @@ function _vm_build_impl() {
         mv "${CONTAINER_IMAGE_ROOT}/${arch}-usr/" "./${images_out}/"
 
     ( cd images/latest ; ln -s flatcar_production_openstack_image.img.bz2 flatcar_production_brightbox_image.img.bz2 )
+    # For the digest creation we need the vmlinuz at the same folder
+    # because the PXE vmlinuz is a symlink to it
+    mv images/latest-input/flatcar_production_image.vmlinuz images/latest/
     create_digests "${SIGNER}" "images/latest/"*
     sign_artifacts "${SIGNER}" "images/latest/"*
+    mv images/latest/flatcar_production_image.vmlinuz* images/latest-input/
     copy_to_buildcache "images/${arch}/${vernum}/" "images/latest/"*
 }
 # --