diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-base-qemu.sh b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-base-qemu.sh
index 4ad6e0f95..9584857c7 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-base-qemu.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-base-qemu.sh
@@ -39,13 +39,15 @@ CACHE_TIMEOUT=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
 [ -n "${build_suffix}" ] && HYPERVISOR_NAME="kata-qemu-${build_suffix}" || HYPERVISOR_NAME="kata-qemu"
 [ -n "${build_suffix}" ] && PKGVERSION="kata-static-${build_suffix}" || PKGVERSION="kata-static"
 
-sudo "${container_engine}" build \
+container_image="${BUILDER_REGISTRY}:qemu-$(get_last_modification ${repo_root_dir} ${script_dir})-$(uname -m)"
+
+sudo docker pull ${container_image} || sudo "${container_engine}" build \
 	--build-arg CACHE_TIMEOUT="${CACHE_TIMEOUT}" \
 	--build-arg http_proxy="${http_proxy}" \
 	--build-arg https_proxy="${https_proxy}" \
 	"${packaging_dir}" \
 	-f "${script_dir}/Dockerfile" \
-	-t qemu-static
+	-t "${container_image}"
 
 sudo "${container_engine}" run \
 	--rm \
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ sudo "${container_engine}" run \
 	--env QEMU_TARBALL="${qemu_tar}" \
 	--env PREFIX="${prefix}" \
 	-v "${repo_root_dir}:/root/kata-containers" \
-	-v "${PWD}":/share qemu-static \
+	-v "${PWD}":/share "${container_image}" \
 	bash -c "/root/kata-containers/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-qemu.sh"
 
 sudo chown ${USER}:$(id -gn ${USER}) "${PWD}/${qemu_tar}"