diff --git a/pkg/compiler/artifact.go b/pkg/compiler/artifact.go
index c28a8b0c..7ce08ef1 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/artifact.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/artifact.go
@@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ func NewPackageArtifactFromYaml(data []byte) (Artifact, error) {
 	return p, err
 }
 
+func LoadArtifactFromYaml(spec CompilationSpec) (Artifact, error) {
+
+	metaFile := spec.GetPackage().GetFingerPrint() + ".metadata.yaml"
+	dat, err := ioutil.ReadFile(spec.Rel(metaFile))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Error reading file "+metaFile)
+	}
+
+	return NewPackageArtifactFromYaml(dat)
+}
+
 func (a *PackageArtifact) SetCompressionType(t CompressionImplementation) {
 	a.CompressionType = t
 }
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/compiler.go b/pkg/compiler/compiler.go
index 7ad2baad..caef184d 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/compiler.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/compiler.go
@@ -227,6 +227,11 @@ func (cs *LuetCompiler) stripIncludesFromRootfs(includes []string, rootfs string
 }
 
 func (cs *LuetCompiler) compileWithImage(image, buildertaggedImage, packageImage string, concurrency int, keepPermissions, keepImg bool, p CompilationSpec) (Artifact, error) {
+	if !cs.Clean {
+		if art, err := LoadArtifactFromYaml(p); err == nil {
+			return art, err
+		}
+	}
 	pkgTag := ":package:  " + p.GetPackage().GetName()
 
 	p.SetSeedImage(image) // In this case, we ignore the build deps as we suppose that the image has them - otherwise we recompose the tree with a solver,
@@ -382,6 +387,11 @@ func (cs *LuetCompiler) compileWithImage(image, buildertaggedImage, packageImage
 }
 
 func (cs *LuetCompiler) packageFromImage(p CompilationSpec, tag string, keepPermissions, keepImg bool, concurrency int) (Artifact, error) {
+	if !cs.Clean {
+		if art, err := LoadArtifactFromYaml(p); err == nil {
+			return art, err
+		}
+	}
 	pkgTag := ":package:  " + p.GetPackage().GetName()
 
 	Info(pkgTag, "   🍩 Build starts 🔨 🔨 🔨 ")