diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e70af93e4f9d..0765ae2b6e43 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ TOOLS += trace-forwarder
 
 STANDARD_TARGETS = build check clean install static-checks-build test vendor
 
+# Variables for the build-and-publish-kata-debug target
+KATA_DEBUG_REGISTRY ?= ""
+KATA_DEBUG_TAG ?= ""
+
 default: all
 
 include utils.mk
@@ -44,6 +48,9 @@ static-checks: static-checks-build
 docs-url-alive-check:
 	bash ci/docs-url-alive-check.sh
 
+build-and-publish-kata-debug:
+	bash tools/packaging/kata-debug/kata-debug-build-and-upload-payload.sh ${KATA_DEBUG_REGISTRY} ${KATA_DEBUG_TAG} 
+
 .PHONY: \
 	all \
 	kata-tarball \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78a62179cd14..d34110056bda 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ The table below lists the remaining parts of the project:
 | [packaging](tools/packaging) | infrastructure | Scripts and metadata for producing packaged binaries<br/>(components, hypervisors, kernel and rootfs). |
 | [kernel](https://www.kernel.org) | kernel | Linux kernel used by the hypervisor to boot the guest image. Patches are stored [here](tools/packaging/kernel). |
 | [osbuilder](tools/osbuilder) | infrastructure | Tool to create "mini O/S" rootfs and initrd images and kernel for the hypervisor. |
+| [kata-debug](tools/packaging/kata-debug/README.md) | infrastructure | Utility tool to gather Kata Containers debug information from Kubernetes clusters. |
 | [`agent-ctl`](src/tools/agent-ctl) | utility | Tool that provides low-level access for testing the agent. |
 | [`kata-ctl`](src/tools/kata-ctl) | utility | Tool that provides advanced commands and debug facilities. |
 | [`log-parser-rs`](src/tools/log-parser-rs) | utility | Tool that aid in analyzing logs from the kata runtime. |
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-debug/Dockerfile b/tools/packaging/kata-debug/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..202fd03d6710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-debug/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+FROM ubuntu:22.04
+
+COPY debug.sh /usr/bin/debug.sh
+
+RUN \
+apt-get update && \
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends tree && \
+apt-get clean && \
+rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/
+
+CMD ["/usr/bin/debug.sh"]
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-debug/README.md b/tools/packaging/kata-debug/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7bc625754fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-debug/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# kata-debug
+
+`kata-debug` is a tool that is used as part of the Kata Containers CI to gather
+information from the node, in order to help debugging issues with Kata
+Containers.
+
+As one can imagine, this can be expanded and used outside of the CI context,
+and any contribution back to the script is very much welcome.
+
+The resulting container is stored at the [Kata Containers `quay.io`
+space](https://quay.io/repository/kata-containers/kata-debug) and can
+be used as shown below:
+```sh
+kubectl debug $NODE_NAME -it --image=quay.io/kata-containers/kata-debug:latest
+```
+
+## Building and publishing
+The project can be built and publish by calling the following command from the
+Kata Containers top directory:
+```sh
+make build-and-publish-kata-debug
+```
+
+Users can specify the following environment variables to the build:
+* `KATA_DEBUG_REGISTRY` - The container registry to be used
+                          default: `quay.io/kata-containers/kata-debug`
+- `KATA_DEBUG_TAG`      - A tag to the be used for the image
+                          default: `$(git rev-parse HEAD)-$(uname -a)`
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-debug/debug.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-debug/debug.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..9cc766ec1264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-debug/debug.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+echo "Let's gather Kata Containers debug information"
+echo ""
+echo "::group::Check Kata Containers logs"
+chroot /host /bin/bash -c "sudo journalctl -xe -t kata | tee"
+echo "::endgroup::"
+echo ""
+echo "::group::Checking the loaded kernel modules"
+chroot /host /bin/bash -c "sudo lsmod"
+echo "::endgroup::"
+echo ""
+echo "::group::Check Kata Containers deployed binaries"
+tree /host/opt/kata /host/usr/local/bin
+echo "::endgroup::"
+echo ""
+echo "::group:: Check node's dmesg"
+chroot /host /bin/bash -c "sudo dmesg"
+echo "::endgroup::"
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-debug/kata-debug-build-and-upload-payload.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-debug/kata-debug-build-and-upload-payload.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..9438c9368293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-debug/kata-debug-build-and-upload-payload.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright 2023 Intel
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -x
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+set -o errtrace
+
+KATA_DEBUG_DIR="`dirname ${0}`"
+
+REGISTRY="${1:-"quay.io/kata-containers/kata-debug"}"
+TAG="${2:-}"
+
+arch=$(uname -m)
+[ "$arch" = "x86_64" ] && arch="amd64"
+IMAGE_TAG="${REGISTRY}:$(git rev-parse HEAD)-${arch}"
+
+pushd ${KATA_DEBUG_DIR}
+
+echo "Building the image"
+docker build --tag ${IMAGE_TAG} .
+
+echo "Pushing the image to the registry"
+docker push ${IMAGE_TAG}
+
+if [ -n "${TAG}" ]; then
+	ADDITIONAL_TAG="${REGISTRY}:${TAG}"
+
+	echo "Building the ${ADDITIONAL_TAG} image"
+
+	docker build --tag ${ADDITIONAL_TAG} .
+
+	echo "Pushing the image ${ADDITIONAL_TAG} to the registry"
+	docker push ${ADDITIONAL_TAG}
+fi
+
+popd