diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index afe6262c..5985908b 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Printf = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
 RelocatableFolders = "05181044-ff0b-4ac5-8273-598c1e38db00"
 TOML = "fa267f1f-6049-4f14-aa54-33bafae1ed76"
 UUIDs = "cf7118a7-6976-5b1a-9a39-7adc72f591a4"
+p7zip_jll = "3f19e933-33d8-53b3-aaab-bd5110c3b7a0"
 
 [compat]
 Artifacts = "1"
diff --git a/examples/MyLib/build/Manifest.toml b/examples/MyLib/build/Manifest.toml
index 2741375e..3d17a555 100644
--- a/examples/MyLib/build/Manifest.toml
+++ b/examples/MyLib/build/Manifest.toml
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ uuid = "ca575930-c2e3-43a9-ace4-1e988b2c1908"
 version = "1.2.0"
 
 [[PackageCompiler]]
-deps = ["Artifacts", "Glob", "LazyArtifacts", "Libdl", "Pkg", "Printf", "REPL", "RelocatableFolders", "TOML", "UUIDs"]
+deps = ["Artifacts", "Glob", "LazyArtifacts", "Libdl", "Pkg", "Printf", "RelocatableFolders", "TOML", "UUIDs", "p7zip_jll"]
 path = "../../.."
 uuid = "9b87118b-4619-50d2-8e1e-99f35a4d4d9d"
-version = "2.1.7"
+version = "2.1.12"
 
 [[Pkg]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Dates", "Downloads", "FileWatching", "LibGit2", "Libdl", "Logging", "Markdown", "Printf", "REPL", "Random", "SHA", "Serialization", "TOML", "Tar", "UUIDs", "p7zip_jll"]
diff --git a/src/PackageCompiler.jl b/src/PackageCompiler.jl
index 8dbeabd9..afcd611c 100644
--- a/src/PackageCompiler.jl
+++ b/src/PackageCompiler.jl
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using UUIDs: UUID, uuid1
 using RelocatableFolders
 using TOML
 using Glob
+using p7zip_jll: p7zip_path
 
 export create_sysimage, create_app, create_library
 
@@ -824,6 +825,7 @@ function create_app(package_dir::String,
     bundle_artifacts(ctx, app_dir; include_lazy_artifacts)
     stdlibs = filter_stdlibs ? gather_stdlibs_project(ctx; only_in_sysimage=false) : _STDLIBS
     bundle_julia_libraries(app_dir, stdlibs)
+    bundle_julia_libexec(ctx, app_dir)
     bundle_julia_executable(app_dir)
     bundle_project(ctx, app_dir)
     include_preferences && bundle_preferences(ctx, app_dir)
@@ -1038,6 +1040,7 @@ function create_library(package_or_project::String,
     mkpath(dest_dir)
     stdlibs = filter_stdlibs ? gather_stdlibs_project(ctx; only_in_sysimage=false) : _STDLIBS
     bundle_julia_libraries(dest_dir, stdlibs)
+    bundle_julia_libexec(ctx, dest_dir)
     bundle_artifacts(ctx, dest_dir; include_lazy_artifacts)
     bundle_headers(dest_dir, header_files)
     bundle_project(ctx, dest_dir)
@@ -1363,6 +1366,29 @@ function bundle_julia_libraries(dest_dir, stdlibs)
     return
 end
 
+function bundle_julia_libexec(ctx, dest_dir)
+    # We only bundle the `7z` executable at the moment
+    @assert ctx.env.manifest !== nothing
+    if !any(x -> x.name == "p7zip_jll", values(ctx.env.manifest))
+        return
+    end
+
+    # Use Julia-private `libexec` folder if it exsts
+    # (normpath is required in case `bin` does not exist in `dest_dir`)
+    libexecdir_rel = if isdefined(Base, :PRIVATE_LIBEXECDIR)
+        Base.PRIVATE_LIBEXECDIR
+    else
+        Base.LIBEXECDIR
+    end
+    bundle_libexec_dir = normpath(joinpath(dest_dir, "bin", libexecdir_rel))
+    mkpath(bundle_libexec_dir)
+
+    p7zip_exe = basename(p7zip_path)
+    cp(p7zip_path, joinpath(bundle_libexec_dir, p7zip_exe))
+
+    return 
+end
+
 function recursive_dir_size(path)
     size = 0
     try