diff --git a/test/images/ipc-utils/BASEIMAGE b/test/images/ipc-utils/BASEIMAGE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..114844f395e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/images/ipc-utils/BASEIMAGE
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+amd64=alpine:3.6
+arm=arm32v6/alpine:3.6
+arm64=arm64v8/alpine:3.6
+ppc64le=ppc64le/alpine:3.6
diff --git a/test/images/ipc-utils/Dockerfile b/test/images/ipc-utils/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3edaa272083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/images/ipc-utils/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+FROM BASEIMAGE
+
+CROSS_BUILD_COPY qemu-QEMUARCH-static /usr/bin/
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache util-linux
diff --git a/test/images/ipc-utils/VERSION b/test/images/ipc-utils/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3827e75a5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/images/ipc-utils/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0