diff --git a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs.sh b/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs.sh
index d490a2567f..e229cd97d1 100755
--- a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs.sh
+++ b/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ GRACEFUL_EXIT=${GRACEFUL_EXIT:-""}
 USE_DOCKER=${USE_DOCKER:-""}
 USE_PODMAN=${USE_PODMAN:-""}
 EXTRA_PKGS=${EXTRA_PKGS:-""}
+REPO_URL=${REPO_URL:-""}
+REPO_URL_X86_64=${REPO_URL_X86_64:-""}
 
 KBUILD_SIGN_PIN=${KBUILD_SIGN_PIN:-""}
 NVIDIA_GPU_STACK=${NVIDIA_GPU_STACK:-""}
@@ -565,6 +567,8 @@ build_rootfs_distro()
 			--env KERNEL_MODULES_DIR="${KERNEL_MODULES_DIR}" \
 			--env LIBC="${LIBC}" \
 			--env EXTRA_PKGS="${EXTRA_PKGS}" \
+			--env REPO_URL="${REPO_URL}" \
+			--env REPO_URL_X86_64="${REPO_URL_X86_64}" \
 			--env OSBUILDER_VERSION="${OSBUILDER_VERSION}" \
 			--env OS_VERSION="${OS_VERSION}" \
 			--env VARIANT="${VARIANT}" \
diff --git a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/ubuntu/config.sh b/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/ubuntu/config.sh
index 9b0fccbd12..36efc6a270 100644
--- a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/ubuntu/config.sh
+++ b/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/ubuntu/config.sh
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ PACKAGES="chrony iptables dbus"
 [ "$AGENT_INIT" = no ] && PACKAGES+=" init"
 [ "$MEASURED_ROOTFS" = yes ] && PACKAGES+=" cryptsetup-bin e2fsprogs"
 [ "$SECCOMP" = yes ] && PACKAGES+=" libseccomp2"
-REPO_URL=http://ports.ubuntu.com
 
 case "$ARCH" in
 	aarch64) DEB_ARCH=arm64;;
 	ppc64le) DEB_ARCH=ppc64el;;
 	s390x) DEB_ARCH="$ARCH";;
-	x86_64) DEB_ARCH=amd64; REPO_URL=http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu;;
+	x86_64) DEB_ARCH=amd64; REPO_URL=${REPO_URL_X86_64:-${REPO_URL:-http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu}};;
 	*) die "$ARCH not supported"
 esac
+REPO_URL=${REPO_URL:-http://ports.ubuntu.com}
 
 if [ "$(uname -m)" != "$ARCH" ]; then
 	case "$ARCH" in
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
index 7b19deb5e7..724629ebaa 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ NVIDIA_GPU_STACK="${NVIDIA_GPU_STACK:-}"
 KBUILD_SIGN_PIN=${KBUILD_SIGN_PIN:-}
 GUEST_HOOKS_TARBALL_NAME="${GUEST_HOOKS_TARBALL_NAME:-}"
 EXTRA_PKGS="${EXTRA_PKGS:-}"
+REPO_URL="${REPO_URL:-}"
+REPO_URL_X86_64="${REPO_URL_X86_64:-}"
 AGENT_POLICY="${AGENT_POLICY:-yes}"
 RUNTIME_CHOICE="${RUNTIME_CHOICE:-both}"
 
@@ -143,6 +145,8 @@ docker run \
 	--env KBUILD_SIGN_PIN="${KBUILD_SIGN_PIN}" \
 	--env GUEST_HOOKS_TARBALL_NAME="${GUEST_HOOKS_TARBALL_NAME}" \
 	--env EXTRA_PKGS="${EXTRA_PKGS}" \
+	--env REPO_URL="${REPO_URL}" \
+	--env REPO_URL_X86_64="${REPO_URL_X86_64}" \
 	--env AGENT_POLICY="${AGENT_POLICY}" \
 	--env RUNTIME_CHOICE="${RUNTIME_CHOICE}" \
 	--env AA_KBC="${AA_KBC:-}" \
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
index 255e5cfc5a..d42d553209 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_USERNAME="${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_USERNAME:-}"
 ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD="${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD:-}"
 GUEST_HOOKS_TARBALL_NAME="${GUEST_HOOKS_TARBALL_NAME:-}"
 EXTRA_PKGS="${EXTRA_PKGS:-}"
+REPO_URL="${REPO_URL:-}"
+REPO_URL_X86_64="${REPO_URL_X86_64:-}"
 AGENT_POLICY="${AGENT_POLICY:-yes}"
 TARGET_BRANCH="${TARGET_BRANCH:-main}"
 PUSH_TO_REGISTRY="${PUSH_TO_REGISTRY:-}"
@@ -405,6 +407,14 @@ install_image() {
 		export EXTRA_PKGS
 	fi
 
+	if [[ -n "${REPO_URL}" ]]; then
+		export REPO_URL
+	fi
+
+	if [[ -n "${REPO_URL_X86_64}" ]]; then
+		export REPO_URL_X86_64
+	fi
+
 	"${rootfs_builder}" --osname="${os_name}" --osversion="${os_version}" --imagetype=image --prefix="${prefix}" --destdir="${destdir}" --image_initrd_suffix="${variant}"
 }
 
@@ -495,6 +505,14 @@ install_initrd() {
 		export EXTRA_PKGS
 	fi
 
+	if [[ -n "${REPO_URL}" ]]; then
+		export REPO_URL
+	fi
+
+	if [[ -n "${REPO_URL_X86_64}" ]]; then
+		export REPO_URL_X86_64
+	fi
+
 	"${rootfs_builder}" --osname="${os_name}" --osversion="${os_version}" --imagetype=initrd --prefix="${prefix}" --destdir="${destdir}" --image_initrd_suffix="${variant}"
 }