diff --git a/gns3server/compute/docker/__init__.py b/gns3server/compute/docker/__init__.py
index 696646ade..a441af830 100644
--- a/gns3server/compute/docker/__init__.py
+++ b/gns3server/compute/docker/__init__.py
@@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ class Docker(BaseManager):
                         stderr=asyncio.subprocess.DEVNULL
                     )
                     stdout, _ = await proc.communicate()
-                    if proc.returncode == 1:
+                    if proc.returncode == 1 or "static" in busybox_exec:
                         # ldd returns 1 if the file is not a dynamic executable
+                        # on Alpine/musl, ldd returns 0 even for static binaries,
+                        # so also trust binaries named busybox-static or busybox.static
                         log.info(f"Installing busybox from '{busybox_path}' to '{dst_busybox}'")
                         shutil.copy2(busybox_path, dst_busybox, follow_symlinks=True)
                         return
diff --git a/tests/compute/docker/test_docker.py b/tests/compute/docker/test_docker.py
index 9e411503d..1bc98568d 100644
--- a/tests/compute/docker/test_docker.py
+++ b/tests/compute/docker/test_docker.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ async def test_install_busybox_dynamic_linked():
     mock_process.communicate = AsyncioMagicMock(return_value=(b"Dynamically linked library", b""))
 
     with patch("os.path.isfile", return_value=False):
-        with patch("gns3server.compute.docker.shutil.which", return_value="/usr/bin/busybox"):
+        with patch("gns3server.compute.docker.shutil.which", side_effect=lambda name: "/usr/bin/busybox" if name == "busybox" else None):
             with asyncio_patch("gns3server.compute.docker.asyncio.create_subprocess_exec", return_value=mock_process):
                 with pytest.raises(DockerError) as e:
                     dst_dir = Docker.resources_path()