diff --git a/projects/ima-namespace/ima-utils/Makefile b/projects/ima-namespace/ima-utils/Makefile
index 9e9e2f3a6..edac27939 100644
--- a/projects/ima-namespace/ima-utils/Makefile
+++ b/projects/ima-namespace/ima-utils/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ DEPS=Dockerfile
 HASH?=$(shell git ls-tree HEAD -- ../$(notdir $(CURDIR)) | awk '{print $$3}')
 
 tag: $(DEPS)
+	docker pull linuxkit/$(IMAGE):$(HASH) || \
 	docker build --no-cache -t linuxkit/$(IMAGE):$(HASH) .
 
 push: tag