diff --git a/src/cloudai/workloads/ai_dynamo/ai_dynamo.py b/src/cloudai/workloads/ai_dynamo/ai_dynamo.py
index 1c92ff437..9bd558fe7 100644
--- a/src/cloudai/workloads/ai_dynamo/ai_dynamo.py
+++ b/src/cloudai/workloads/ai_dynamo/ai_dynamo.py
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ def installables(self) -> list[Installable]:
             self.script,
             self.hf_model,
             *self.cmd_args.installables,
+            *super().installables,
         ]
         if self.dcgm_exporter_image:
             installables.append(self.dcgm_exporter_image)
diff --git a/tests/workloads/ai_dynamo/test_command_gen_strategy_slurm.py b/tests/workloads/ai_dynamo/test_command_gen_strategy_slurm.py
index d3f7bb1a1..388420964 100644
--- a/tests/workloads/ai_dynamo/test_command_gen_strategy_slurm.py
+++ b/tests/workloads/ai_dynamo/test_command_gen_strategy_slurm.py
@@ -130,6 +130,19 @@ def test_container_mounts(strategy: AIDynamoSlurmCommandGenStrategy, test_run: T
     assert mounts == expected
 
 
+def test_installables_include_top_level_git_repos(cmd_args: AIDynamoCmdArgs) -> None:
+    repo = GitRepo(url="https://github.com/example/custom-tools.git", commit="main")
+    tdef = AIDynamoTestDefinition(
+        name="test",
+        description="desc",
+        test_template_name="template",
+        cmd_args=cmd_args,
+        git_repos=[repo],
+    )
+
+    assert repo in tdef.installables
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "module, config, expected",
     [