diff --git a/test/images/node-perf/npb-ep/BASEIMAGE b/test/images/node-perf/npb-ep/BASEIMAGE
index 8a8f5b8e5b0..fbe1ea05e77 100644
--- a/test/images/node-perf/npb-ep/BASEIMAGE
+++ b/test/images/node-perf/npb-ep/BASEIMAGE
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-amd64=debian:stretch
+amd64=debian:stretch-slim
+arm64=arm64v8/debian:stretch-slim
+ppc64le=ppc64le/debian:stretch-slim
diff --git a/test/images/node-perf/npb-ep/Dockerfile b/test/images/node-perf/npb-ep/Dockerfile
index a7ad6f6d361..d2b6b9f68ff 100644
--- a/test/images/node-perf/npb-ep/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/images/node-perf/npb-ep/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM BASEIMAGE
+FROM BASEIMAGE as build_node_perf_npb_ep
+
+CROSS_BUILD_COPY qemu-QEMUARCH-static /usr/bin/
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential gfortran
 
@@ -20,7 +22,21 @@ ADD http://www.nas.nasa.gov/assets/npb/NPB3.3.1.tar.gz .
 RUN tar xzf NPB3.3.1.tar.gz
 
 WORKDIR ./NPB3.3.1/NPB3.3-OMP
-RUN cp config/NAS.samples/make.def.gcc_x86 config/make.def
+RUN if [ $(arch) != "x86_64" ]; then \
+    sed s/-mcmodel=medium//g config/NAS.samples/make.def.gcc_x86 > config/make.def; \
+else \
+    cp config/NAS.samples/make.def.gcc_x86 config/make.def; \
+fi
 RUN make EP CLASS=D
 
-ENTRYPOINT ./bin/ep.D.x
+# Copying the required libraries (shared object files) to a convenient location so that it can be copied into the
+# main container in the second build stage.
+RUN mkdir -p /lib-copy && find /usr/lib -name "*.so.*" -exec cp {} /lib-copy \;
+
+FROM BASEIMAGE
+
+COPY --from=build_node_perf_npb_ep /NPB3.3.1/NPB3.3-OMP/bin/ep.D.x /
+COPY --from=build_node_perf_npb_ep /lib-copy /lib-copy
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/lib-copy"
+
+ENTRYPOINT /ep.D.x
diff --git a/test/images/node-perf/npb-is/BASEIMAGE b/test/images/node-perf/npb-is/BASEIMAGE
index 8a8f5b8e5b0..fbe1ea05e77 100644
--- a/test/images/node-perf/npb-is/BASEIMAGE
+++ b/test/images/node-perf/npb-is/BASEIMAGE
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-amd64=debian:stretch
+amd64=debian:stretch-slim
+arm64=arm64v8/debian:stretch-slim
+ppc64le=ppc64le/debian:stretch-slim
diff --git a/test/images/node-perf/npb-is/Dockerfile b/test/images/node-perf/npb-is/Dockerfile
index a5752ff98fe..c956658481e 100644
--- a/test/images/node-perf/npb-is/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/images/node-perf/npb-is/Dockerfile
@@ -12,15 +12,33 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM BASEIMAGE
+FROM BASEIMAGE as build_node_perf_npb_is
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential
+CROSS_BUILD_COPY qemu-QEMUARCH-static /usr/bin/
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential gfortran
 
 ADD http://www.nas.nasa.gov/assets/npb/NPB3.3.1.tar.gz .
 RUN tar xzf NPB3.3.1.tar.gz
 
 WORKDIR ./NPB3.3.1/NPB3.3-OMP
-RUN cp config/NAS.samples/make.def.gcc_x86 config/make.def
+
+# Create build config based on the architecture and build the workload.
+RUN if [ $(arch) != "x86_64" ]; then \
+    sed s/-mcmodel=medium//g config/NAS.samples/make.def.gcc_x86 > config/make.def; \
+else \
+    cp config/NAS.samples/make.def.gcc_x86 config/make.def; \
+fi
 RUN make IS CLASS=D
 
-ENTRYPOINT ./bin/is.D.x
+# Copying the required libraries (shared object files) to a convenient location so that it can be copied into the
+# main container in the second build stage.
+RUN mkdir -p /lib-copy && find /usr/lib -name "*.so.*" -exec cp {} /lib-copy \;
+
+FROM BASEIMAGE
+
+COPY --from=build_node_perf_npb_is /NPB3.3.1/NPB3.3-OMP/bin/is.D.x /
+COPY --from=build_node_perf_npb_is /lib-copy /lib-copy
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/lib-copy"
+
+ENTRYPOINT /is.D.x
diff --git a/test/images/node-perf/tf-wide-deep/Dockerfile b/test/images/node-perf/tf-wide-deep/Dockerfile
index a11be4fc762..f5ab2c5c8dd 100644
--- a/test/images/node-perf/tf-wide-deep/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/images/node-perf/tf-wide-deep/Dockerfile
@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@
 
 FROM BASEIMAGE
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git time
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget time
 RUN pip install tensorflow
-RUN git clone https://github.com/tensorflow/models.git
-WORKDIR $HOME/models/official/wide_deep
-RUN git checkout tags/v1.9.0
-ENV PYTHONPATH $PYTHONPATH:$HOME/models
+
+RUN wget https://github.com/tensorflow/models/archive/v1.9.0.tar.gz \
+&& tar xzf v1.9.0.tar.gz \
+&& rm -f v1.9.0.tar.gz
+
+WORKDIR $HOME/models-1.9.0/official/wide_deep
+ENV PYTHONPATH $PYTHONPATH:$HOME/models-1.9.0
 
 ENTRYPOINT python ./wide_deep.py