diff --git a/alpine/Dockerfile b/alpine/Dockerfile
index 1bd036c4c..efdb23dca 100644
--- a/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,34 +1,11 @@
-FROM alpine:3.4
+FROM justincormack/moby-alpine-base:0d79ff85d10a7d86067a3893e8a1f52ff3a073da
 
 ENV ARCH=x86_64
 
 RUN \
   addgroup -g 50 docker && \
   adduser -G docker -u 1001 -s /bin/sh -D -g "Docker" docker && \
-  passwd -d root && \
-  apk update && apk upgrade && \
-  apk add \
-  e2fsprogs \
-  chrony \
-  git \
-  xz \
-  iptables \
-  sfdisk \
-  lvm2 \
-  syslinux \
-  openrc \
-  busybox-initscripts \
-  alpine-conf \
-  bind-tools \
-  openssh-client \
-  strace \
-  fuse \
-  util-linux \
-  cifs-utils \
-  e2fsprogs-extra \
-  openssl \
-  jq \
-  && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
+  passwd -d root
 
 COPY etc /etc/
 RUN mkdir -p /etc/docker
diff --git a/alpine/base/.gitignore b/alpine/base/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b79c9762f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/base/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hash
diff --git a/alpine/base/Dockerfile b/alpine/base/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fabca5a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/base/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+FROM alpine:3.4
+
+RUN \
+  apk update && apk upgrade && \
+  apk add \
+  e2fsprogs \
+  chrony \
+  git \
+  xz \
+  iptables \
+  sfdisk \
+  lvm2 \
+  syslinux \
+  openrc \
+  busybox-initscripts \
+  alpine-conf \
+  bind-tools \
+  openssh-client \
+  strace \
+  fuse \
+  util-linux \
+  cifs-utils \
+  e2fsprogs-extra \
+  openssl \
+  jq \
+  && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
diff --git a/alpine/base/Makefile b/alpine/base/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90c4ea606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/base/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+.PHONY: tag push
+
+default: push
+
+hash:
+	docker pull alpine:3.4
+	tar cf - Dockerfile | docker build --no-cache -t justincormack/moby-alpine-base:build -
+	rm -f hash
+	docker run justincormack/moby-alpine-base:build sha1sum /lib/apk/db/installed | sed 's/ .*//' > hash
+
+push: hash
+	docker pull justincormack/moby-alpine-base:$(shell cat hash) || \
+		(docker tag justincormack/moby-alpine-base:build justincormack/moby-alpine-base:latest && \
+		 docker tag justincormack/moby-alpine-base:build justincormack/moby-alpine-base:$(shell cat hash) && \
+		 docker push justincormack/moby-alpine-base:$(shell cat hash) && \
+		 docker push justincormack/moby-alpine-base:latest)
+	rm -f hash
+
+tag: hash
+	docker pull justincormack/moby-alpine-base:$(shell cat hash) || \
+		(docker tag justincormack/moby-alpine-base:build justincormack/moby-alpine-base:latest && \
+		 docker tag justincormack/moby-alpine-base:build justincormack/moby-alpine-base:$(shell cat hash))
+	rm -f hash
+
+clean:
+	rm -f hash