diff --git a/static-build/qemu-virtiofs/Dockerfile b/static-build/qemu-virtiofs/Dockerfile
index f3b9aee3e..828cf2de5 100644
--- a/static-build/qemu-virtiofs/Dockerfile
+++ b/static-build/qemu-virtiofs/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from ubuntu:18.04
 ARG QEMU_VIRTIOFS_REPO
 # commit/tag/branch
 ARG QEMU_VIRTIOFS_TAG
+ARG QEMU_TARBALL
 ARG PREFIX
 
 WORKDIR /root/qemu-virtiofs
@@ -49,4 +50,4 @@ RUN make -j$(nproc) virtiofsd
 RUN make install DESTDIR=/tmp/qemu-virtiofs-static
 RUN mv /tmp/qemu-virtiofs-static/"${PREFIX}"/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 /tmp/qemu-virtiofs-static/"${PREFIX}"/bin/qemu-virtiofs-system-x86_64
 RUN chmod +x virtiofsd && mv virtiofsd /tmp/qemu-virtiofs-static/opt/kata/bin/
-RUN cd /tmp/qemu-virtiofs-static && tar -czvf kata-qemu-static.tar.gz *
+RUN cd /tmp/qemu-virtiofs-static && tar -czvf "${QEMU_TARBALL}"  *
diff --git a/static-build/qemu-virtiofs/build-static-qemu-virtiofs.sh b/static-build/qemu-virtiofs/build-static-qemu-virtiofs.sh
index 49b07d743..c8765cf0b 100755
--- a/static-build/qemu-virtiofs/build-static-qemu-virtiofs.sh
+++ b/static-build/qemu-virtiofs/build-static-qemu-virtiofs.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ sudo docker build \
 	--build-arg https_proxy="${https_proxy}" \
 	--build-arg QEMU_VIRTIOFS_REPO="${qemu_virtiofs_repo}" \
 	--build-arg QEMU_VIRTIOFS_TAG="${qemu_virtiofs_tag}" \
+	--build-arg QEMU_TARBALL="${qemu_virtiofs_tar}" \
 	--build-arg PREFIX="${prefix}" \
 	"${packaging_dir}" \
 	-f "${script_dir}/Dockerfile" \
diff --git a/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile b/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile
index 3d79f853d..2b127b6fd 100644
--- a/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile
+++ b/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from ubuntu:18.04
 ARG QEMU_REPO
 # commit/tag/branch
 ARG QEMU_VERSION
+ARG QEMU_TARBALL
 ARG PREFIX
 
 WORKDIR /root/qemu
@@ -54,4 +55,4 @@ RUN PREFIX="${PREFIX}" /root/configure-hypervisor.sh -s kata-qemu | xargs ./conf
 
 RUN make -j$(nproc)
 RUN make install DESTDIR=/tmp/qemu-static
-RUN cd /tmp/qemu-static && tar -czvf kata-qemu-static.tar.gz *
+RUN cd /tmp/qemu-static && tar -czvf "${QEMU_TARBALL}" *
diff --git a/static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu.sh b/static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu.sh
index 56d2bab31..793988956 100755
--- a/static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu.sh
+++ b/static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ sudo docker build \
 	--build-arg https_proxy="${https_proxy}" \
 	--build-arg QEMU_REPO="${qemu_repo}" \
 	--build-arg QEMU_VERSION="${qemu_version}" \
+	--build-arg QEMU_TARBALL="${qemu_tar}" \
 	--build-arg PREFIX="${prefix}" \
 	"${packaging_dir}" \
 	-f "${script_dir}/Dockerfile" \