diff --git a/contrib/scripts/nm-in-container.d/data-nm-deploy.sh b/contrib/scripts/nm-in-container.d/data-nm-deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9b5385b1eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/scripts/nm-in-container.d/data-nm-deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ex
+
+cd /NetworkManager
+
+if [ -f ./config.log ] ; then
+    make -j 5 install
+else
+    meson install -C build
+fi
+
+systemctl daemon-reload
+systemctl restart NetworkManager.service
diff --git a/contrib/scripts/nm-in-container.sh b/contrib/scripts/nm-in-container.sh
index 87f4cf0f57..521b85e86d 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/nm-in-container.sh
+++ b/contrib/scripts/nm-in-container.sh
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ m
 make
 make install
 n
+nm-deploy.sh
 nm-env-prepare.sh
 nm-env-prepare.sh --prefix eth -i 1
 nm-env-prepare.sh --prefix eth -i 1 && sleep 1 && nmcli device connect eth1
@@ -479,6 +480,7 @@ RUN pip3 install --user behave_html_formatter || true
 
 COPY data-NM-log "/usr/bin/NM-log"
 COPY data-nm-env-prepare.sh "/usr/bin/nm-env-prepare.sh"
+COPY data-nm-deploy.sh "/usr/bin/nm-deploy.sh"
 COPY data-_nm-in-container-setup.sh "/usr/bin/_nm-in-container-setup.sh"
 COPY data-etc-rc.local "/etc/rc.d/rc.local"
 COPY data-motd /etc/motd