diff --git a/.changeset/ninety-falcons-applaud.md b/.changeset/ninety-falcons-applaud.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d6c941053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/ninety-falcons-applaud.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+Add missing `file-loader` dependency which could cause issues with loading images and other assets.
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 5be3a2c695..a5dddefcd6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.12.4",
     "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^4.0.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
+    "file-loader": "^6.2.0",
     "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "^4.0.5",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.0",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 90e7e8bb14..bbe7673ed6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -12924,6 +12924,14 @@ file-loader@^6.0.0:
     loader-utils "^2.0.0"
     schema-utils "^2.7.1"
 
+file-loader@^6.2.0:
+  version "6.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/file-loader/-/file-loader-6.2.0.tgz#baef7cf8e1840df325e4390b4484879480eebe4d"
+  integrity sha512-qo3glqyTa61Ytg4u73GultjHGjdRyig3tG6lPtyX/jOEJvHif9uB0/OCI2Kif6ctF3caQTW2G5gym21oAsI4pw==
+  dependencies:
+    loader-utils "^2.0.0"
+    schema-utils "^3.0.0"
+
 file-system-cache@^1.0.5:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/file-system-cache/-/file-system-cache-1.0.5.tgz#84259b36a2bbb8d3d6eb1021d3132ffe64cfff4f"
@@ -22752,6 +22760,15 @@ schema-utils@^2.6.5, schema-utils@^2.6.6, schema-utils@^2.7.0, schema-utils@^2.7
     ajv "^6.12.4"
     ajv-keywords "^3.5.2"
 
+schema-utils@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/schema-utils/-/schema-utils-3.0.0.tgz#67502f6aa2b66a2d4032b4279a2944978a0913ef"
+  integrity sha512-6D82/xSzO094ajanoOSbe4YvXWMfn2A//8Y1+MUqFAJul5Bs+yn36xbK9OtNDcRVSBJ9jjeoXftM6CfztsjOAA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/json-schema" "^7.0.6"
+    ajv "^6.12.5"
+    ajv-keywords "^3.5.2"
+
 screenfull@^5.0.0:
   version "5.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/screenfull/-/screenfull-5.0.2.tgz#b9acdcf1ec676a948674df5cd0ff66b902b0bed7"