diff --git a/docker/everest-docker-image/Dockerfile b/docker/everest-docker-image/Dockerfile
index 81e1a79..7e92bc4 100644
--- a/docker/everest-docker-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/everest-docker-image/Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ARG EVEREST_CONFIG
 ARG OCPP_CONFIG
 ARG ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_PARAMETERS
 ARG EV_CLI_VERSION
+ARG INSTALL_EV_CLI
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ ENV PATH="${EVEREST_VENV}/bin:${PATH}"
 RUN git clone https://github.com/EVerest/everest-cmake.git
 RUN git clone https://github.com/EVerest/everest-utils.git -b ${EV_CLI_VERSION}
 WORKDIR /workspace/everest/everest-utils/ev-dev-tools
-RUN python3 -m pip install .
+RUN if [ "${INSTALL_EV_CLI}" = "install_ev_cli" ] ; then python3 -m pip install . ; fi
 WORKDIR /workspace/everest
 RUN git clone https://github.com/EVerest/everest-dev-environment.git
 WORKDIR /workspace/everest/everest-dev-environment/dependency_manager
diff --git a/docker/everest-docker-image/build.sh b/docker/everest-docker-image/build.sh
index 53499cd..187640e 100755
--- a/docker/everest-docker-image/build.sh
+++ b/docker/everest-docker-image/build.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ usage() {
     echo -e "\t--container-runtime: Set container runtime (e.g. docker or podman) for build - Optional"
     echo -e "\t--additional-cmake-parameters: Set additional cmake parameters for build - Optional, default \"-DEVEREST_BUILD_ALL_MODULES=ON\""
     echo -e "\t--ev-cli-version: Version of ev-cli to use - Optional, defaults to: main"
+    echo -e "\t--no-ev-cli: Do not install specific ev-cli version, since EVerest 2024.9 this can be done automatically - Optional"
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ ssh_param="--ssh=default"
 container_runtime="docker"
 additional_cmake_parameters="-DEVEREST_BUILD_ALL_MODULES=ON"
 ev_cli_version="main"
+install_ev_cli="install_ev_cli"
 
 while [ ! -z "$1" ]; do
     if [ "$1" == "--repo" ]; then
@@ -51,6 +53,9 @@ while [ ! -z "$1" ]; do
     elif [ "$1" == "--ev-cli-version" ]; then
         ev_cli_version="${2}"
         shift 2
+    elif [ "$1" == "--no-ev-cli" ]; then
+        install_ev_cli="do_not_install_ev_cli"
+        shift 1
     else
         usage
         break
@@ -104,5 +109,6 @@ DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 ${container_runtime} build \
     --build-arg BRANCH="${branch}" \
     --build-arg ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_PARAMETERS="${additional_cmake_parameters}" \
     --build-arg EV_CLI_VERSION="${ev_cli_version}" \
+    --build-arg INSTALL_EV_CLI="${install_ev_cli}" \
     -t "${name}" "${ssh_param}" .
 ${container_runtime} save "${name}":latest | gzip >"$name-${NOW}.tar.gz"