diff --git a/Earthfile b/Earthfile
index 16a266cf..f2cc6938 100644
--- a/Earthfile
+++ b/Earthfile
@@ -509,6 +509,13 @@ provider-image:
         IF [ "$OS_DISTRIBUTION" = "ubuntu" ] &&  [ "$ARCH" = "amd64" ] && [ "$K8S_DISTRIBUTION" = "kubeadm" ]
             RUN kernel=$(printf '%s\n' /lib/modules/* | xargs -n1 basename | sort -V | tail -1) && if ! ls /usr/src | grep linux-headers-$kernel; then apt-get update && apt-get install -y "linux-headers-${kernel}"; fi
         END
+        # For FIPS builds, install headers for the FIPS kernel
+        IF [ "$OS_DISTRIBUTION" = "ubuntu" ] &&  [ "$ARCH" = "amd64" ] && [ "$K8S_DISTRIBUTION" = "kubeadm-fips" ]
+            RUN kernel=$(printf '%s\n' /lib/modules/* | xargs -n1 basename | grep fips | head -1) && \
+                if [ -n "$kernel" ] && ! ls /usr/src | grep -q "linux-headers-$kernel"; then \
+                    apt-get update && apt-get install -y "linux-headers-${kernel}"; \
+                fi
+        END
     ELSE IF [ "$K8S_DISTRIBUTION" = "k3s" ]
         ARG K8S_DISTRIBUTION_TAG=$K3S_FLAVOR_TAG
         ARG BASE_K8S_VERSION=$K8S_VERSION-$K8S_DISTRIBUTION_TAG