diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building-native-image.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building-native-image.adoc
index 4f9114a929bad..9289b6a9a3ec4 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building-native-image.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building-native-image.adoc
@@ -566,6 +566,8 @@ Sample Dockerfile for building with Gradle:
 ----
 ## Stage 1 : build with maven builder image with native capabilities
 FROM quay.io/quarkus/ubi-quarkus-native-image:{graalvm-flavor} AS build
+USER root
+RUN microdnf install findutils
 COPY --chown=quarkus:quarkus gradlew /code/gradlew
 COPY --chown=quarkus:quarkus gradle /code/gradle
 COPY --chown=quarkus:quarkus build.gradle /code/
@@ -574,7 +576,7 @@ COPY --chown=quarkus:quarkus gradle.properties /code/
 USER quarkus
 WORKDIR /code
 COPY src /code/src
-RUN gradle -b /code/build.gradle buildNative
+RUN ./gradlew build -Dquarkus.package.type=native
 
 ## Stage 2 : create the docker final image
 FROM quay.io/quarkus/quarkus-micro-image:1.0