diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-image.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d82f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-image.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: build-image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+    paths:
+      - 'build-image/Dockerfile'
+      - '.github/workflows/build-image.yaml'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+    paths:
+      - 'build-image/Dockerfile'
+      - '.github/workflows/build-image.yaml'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        name: Checkout
+
+      - name: Build & save image
+        run: make build-image save-build-image
+
+      - name: Upload Docker Images Artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-image
+          path: ./build-image.tar
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  push:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        name: Checkout
+
+      - name: Download Docker Images Artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-image
+
+      - name: Load image
+        run: make load-build-image
+
+      - name: Push image
+        run: make publish-build-image
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 9e48451..9034101 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@ name: CI
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'build-image/Dockerfile'
+      - '.github/workflows/build-image.yaml'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'build-image/Dockerfile'
+      - '.github/workflows/build-image.yaml'
 
 jobs:
   lint:
@@ -15,12 +21,13 @@ jobs:
         name: Checkout
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      
+
       - name: "Lint mixin"
         run: make lint-mixin
-      
+
       - name: "Lint playbooks"
         run: make lint-playbooks
+
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: quay.io/cortexproject/cortex-jsonnet-build-image:e158eda
@@ -29,9 +36,10 @@ jobs:
         name: Checkout
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      
+
       - name: "Build mixin"
         run: make build-mixin
+
   readme:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: quay.io/cortexproject/cortex-jsonnet-build-image:e158eda
@@ -40,10 +48,12 @@ jobs:
         name: Checkout
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      
+
       - name: "Test readme s3"
         run: make test-readme/s3
+
       - name: "Test readme azure"
         run: make test-readme/azure
+
       - name: "Test readme gcs"
         run: make test-readme/gcs
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 41d67a0..4c7277c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ cortex-mixin/out
 cortex-mixin/vendor
 /test-readme/
 .vscode
+build-image.tar
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7ddbd64..a1f0de7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ fmt:
 build-image:
 	docker build -t quay.io/cortexproject/cortex-jsonnet-build-image:$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD) build-image
 
+save-build-image:
+	docker save quay.io/cortexproject/cortex-jsonnet-build-image:$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD) > build-image.tar
+
+load-build-image:
+	docker load < build-image.tar
+
 publish-build-image:
 	docker push quay.io/cortexproject/cortex-jsonnet-build-image:$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)