diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy-aarch64.spec.tmpl b/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy-aarch64.spec.tmpl
index 5572b801..7ebbf28d 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy-aarch64.spec.tmpl
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy-aarch64.spec.tmpl
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ cp -a debian debian13
 mkdir -p debian13/initramfs/usr
 mv debian13/initramfs/lib debian13/initramfs/usr/
 mv el10/initramfs/usr el10/initramfs/var
-for os in rhvh4 el7 genesis el8 suse15 debian debian13 ubuntu20.04 ubuntu22.04 ubuntu24.04 coreos el9 el10; do
+for os in rhvh4 el7 genesis el8 suse15 debian debian13 ubuntu20.04 ubuntu22.04 ubuntu24.04 ubuntu26.04 coreos el9 el10; do
     mkdir ${os}out
     cd ${os}out
     if [ -d ../${os}bin ]; then 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/share/licenses/confluent_osdeploy/
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/lib/osdeploy/common
 cp common/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/lib/osdeploy/common
 
-for os in rhvh4 el7 el8 el9 el10 debian debian13 genesis suse15 ubuntu20.04 ubuntu22.04 ubuntu24.04 esxi6 esxi7 esxi8 coreos; do
+for os in rhvh4 el7 el8 el9 el10 debian debian13 genesis suse15 ubuntu20.04 ubuntu22.04 ubuntu24.04 ubuntu26.04 esxi6 esxi7 esxi8 coreos; do
     mkdir -p %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/lib/osdeploy/$os/initramfs/aarch64/
     cp ${os}out/addons.* %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/lib/osdeploy/$os/initramfs/aarch64/
     if [ -d ${os}disklessout ]; then
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl b/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
index 5c977b2d..40982afb 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ cp -a debian debian13
 mkdir -p debian13/initramfs/usr
 mv debian13/initramfs/lib debian13/initramfs/usr/
 mv el10/initramfs/usr el10/initramfs/var
-for os in rhvh4 el7 genesis el8 suse15 debian debian13 ubuntu18.04 ubuntu20.04 ubuntu22.04 ubuntu24.04 coreos el9 el10; do
+for os in rhvh4 el7 genesis el8 suse15 debian debian13 ubuntu18.04 ubuntu20.04 ubuntu22.04 ubuntu24.04 ubuntu 26.04 coreos el9 el10; do
     mkdir ${os}out
     cd ${os}out
     if [ -d ../${os}bin ]; then 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ for os in rhvh4 el7 genesis el8 suse15 debian debian13 ubuntu18.04 ubuntu20.04 u
     mv ../addons.cpio .
     cd ..
 done
-for os in el7 el8 suse15 el9 el10 ubuntu20.04 ubuntu22.04 ubuntu24.04; do
+for os in el7 el8 suse15 el9 el10 ubuntu20.04 ubuntu22.04 ubuntu24.04 ubuntu26.04; do
     mkdir ${os}disklessout
     cd ${os}disklessout
     if [ -d ../${os}bin ]; then
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ cp -a esxi7 esxi9
 %install
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/share/licenses/confluent_osdeploy/
 cp LICENSE %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/share/licenses/confluent_osdeploy/
-for os in rhvh4 el7 el8 el9 el10 genesis suse15 ubuntu20.04 debian debian13 ubuntu18.04 ubuntu22.04 ubuntu24.04 esxi6 esxi7 esxi8 esxi9 coreos; do
+for os in rhvh4 el7 el8 el9 el10 genesis suse15 ubuntu20.04 debian debian13 ubuntu18.04 ubuntu22.04 ubuntu24.04 ubuntu26.04 esxi6 esxi7 esxi8 esxi9 coreos; do
     mkdir -p %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/lib/osdeploy/$os/initramfs
     mkdir -p %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/lib/osdeploy/$os/profiles
     cp ${os}out/addons.* %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/lib/osdeploy/$os/initramfs
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu26.04 b/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu26.04
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..620d5a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu26.04
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ubuntu22.04/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu26.04-diskless b/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu26.04-diskless
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..98ad3f5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu26.04-diskless
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ubuntu20.04-diskless/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/imgutil/imgutil b/imgutil/imgutil
index 30cbd1bd..f425732c 100644
--- a/imgutil/imgutil
+++ b/imgutil/imgutil
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def capture_remote(args):
     subprocess.check_call(['rsync', __file__, '{0}:/run/imgutil/capenv/'.format(targ)])
     finfo = subprocess.check_output(['ssh', targ, 'python3', '/run/imgutil/capenv/imgutil', 'getfingerprint']).decode('utf8')
     finfo = json.loads(finfo)
-    if finfo['oscategory'] not in ('el8', 'el9', 'ubuntu20.04', 'ubuntu22.04'):
+    if finfo['oscategory'] not in ('el8', 'el9', 'ubuntu20.04', 'ubuntu22.04', 'ubuntu24.04', 'ubuntu26.04'):
         sys.stderr.write('Not yet supported for capture: ' + repr(finfo) + '\n')
         sys.exit(1)
     unmet = finfo.get('unmetprereqs', [])