diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
index 080aa1a123..19653720ea 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ OVMF_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${OVMF_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}"
 QEMU_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${QEMU_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}"
 SHIM_V2_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${SHIM_V2_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}"
 TDSHIM_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${TDSHIM_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}"
+TOOLS_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${TOOLS_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}"
 VIRTIOFSD_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${VIRTIOFSD_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}"
 MEASURED_ROOTFS="${MEASURED_ROOTFS:-}"
 USE_CACHE="${USE_CACHE:-}"
diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/tools/build.sh b/tools/packaging/static-build/tools/build.sh
index 11abe7bb22..a4dd958c49 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/tools/build.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/tools/build.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ source "${script_dir}/../../scripts/lib.sh"
 
 tool="${1}"
 
-container_image="${VIRTIOFSD_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-$(get_tools_image_name)}"
+container_image="${TOOLS_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-$(get_tools_image_name)}"
 [ "${CROSS_BUILD}" == "true" ] && container_image="${container_image}-cross-build"
 
 sudo docker pull ${container_image} || \