diff --git a/components/packaging/image/Dockerfile.engine b/components/packaging/image/Dockerfile.engine
index d393faf7f1..9242dcdc67 100644
--- a/components/packaging/image/Dockerfile.engine
+++ b/components/packaging/image/Dockerfile.engine
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 # Common builder
-FROM golang:1.10-alpine3.7 as builder
-
-#COPY hack/dockerfile/binaries-commits /
+ARG GO_IMAGE
+FROM ${GO_IMAGE} as builder
 
 COPY hack/dockerfile/install/tini.installer /
 COPY hack/dockerfile/install/proxy.installer /
-RUN apk --update add bash btrfs-progs-dev gcc libc-dev linux-headers \
-    git cmake make ca-certificates libltdl libtool libgcc && \
-    grep "_COMMIT=" /*.installer  |cut -f2- -d: > /binaries-commits
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    bash \
+    btrfs-tools \
+    ca-certificates \
+    cmake \
+    gcc \
+    git \
+    libc-dev \
+    libgcc-6-dev \
+    libltdl-dev \
+    libtool \
+    make
+RUN grep "_COMMIT=" /*.installer  |cut -f2- -d: > /binaries-commits
 
 # dockerd
 FROM builder as dockerd-builder
@@ -37,9 +46,9 @@ RUN go build -o /sbin/dockerd \
 FROM builder as proxy-builder
 RUN git clone https://github.com/docker/libnetwork.git /go/src/github.com/docker/libnetwork
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/docker/libnetwork
-RUN source /binaries-commits && \
+RUN . /binaries-commits && \
     git checkout -q "$LIBNETWORK_COMMIT" && \
-    go build -buildmode=pie -ldflags="$PROXY_LDFLAGS" \
+    CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -buildmode=pie -ldflags="$PROXY_LDFLAGS" \
         -o /sbin/docker-proxy \
         github.com/docker/libnetwork/cmd/proxy
 
@@ -47,17 +56,17 @@ RUN source /binaries-commits && \
 FROM builder as init-builder
 RUN git clone https://github.com/krallin/tini.git /tini
 WORKDIR /tini
-RUN source /binaries-commits && \
+RUN . /binaries-commits && \
     git checkout -q "$TINI_COMMIT" && \
     cmake . && make tini-static && \
     cp tini-static /sbin/docker-init
 
 # runc
 FROM builder as runc-builder
-RUN apk --update add libseccomp-dev
+RUN apt-get install -y libseccomp-dev
 RUN git clone https://github.com/opencontainers/runc.git /go/src/github.com/opencontainers/runc
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/opencontainers/runc
-RUN source /binaries-commits && \
+RUN . /binaries-commits && \
     git checkout -q "$RUNC_COMMIT" && \
     make BUILDTAGS='seccomp apparmor' static && make install
 
diff --git a/components/packaging/image/Makefile b/components/packaging/image/Makefile
index 7718ef11b6..9435288ad5 100644
--- a/components/packaging/image/Makefile
+++ b/components/packaging/image/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ SHELL:=/bin/bash
 ENGINE_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/../../engine
 CLI_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/../../cli
 VERSION?=0.0.0-dev
+GO_BASE_IMAGE=golang
+GO_VERSION:=1.10.3
+GO_IMAGE=$(GO_BASE_IMAGE):$(GO_VERSION)
 STATIC_VERSION=$(shell ../static/gen-static-ver $(ENGINE_DIR) $(VERSION))
 DOCKER_HUB_ORG?=dockereng
 ARCH=$(shell uname -m)
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ help: ## show make targets
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: ## remove build artifacts
+	-$(RM) $(ENGINE_DIR)/Dockerfile.engine
 	-docker rmi $(DOCKER_HUB_ORG)/$(ENGINE_IMAGE):$(STATIC_VERSION)
 	-rm -f image-linux
 
@@ -24,17 +28,18 @@ image: image-linux
 $(ENGINE_DIR)/Dockerfile.engine:
 	cp Dockerfile.engine $(ENGINE_DIR)
 
-# builds across multiple archs because the base images 
+# builds across multiple archs because the base images
 # utilize manifests
 image-linux: $(ENGINE_DIR)/Dockerfile.engine
 	docker build -t $(DOCKER_HUB_ORG)/$(ENGINE_IMAGE):$(STATIC_VERSION).$(ARCH) \
-	    --build-arg VERSION="$(STATIC_VERSION)" \
-	    --build-arg GITCOMMIT="$$(cd $(ENGINE_DIR) && git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)" \
-	    --build-arg BUILDTIME="$(BUILDTIME)" \
-	    --build-arg PLATFORM="$(PLATFORM)" \
-	    --build-arg PRODUCT="$(PRODUCT)" \
-	    --build-arg DEFAULT_PRODUCT_LICENSE="$(DEFAULT_PRODUCT_LICENSE)" \
-	    --file $< $(ENGINE_DIR)
+		--build-arg GO_IMAGE="$(GO_IMAGE)" \
+		--build-arg VERSION="$(STATIC_VERSION)" \
+		--build-arg GITCOMMIT="$$(cd $(ENGINE_DIR) && git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)" \
+		--build-arg BUILDTIME="$(BUILDTIME)" \
+		--build-arg PLATFORM="$(PLATFORM)" \
+		--build-arg PRODUCT="$(PRODUCT)" \
+		--build-arg DEFAULT_PRODUCT_LICENSE="$(DEFAULT_PRODUCT_LICENSE)" \
+		--file $< $(ENGINE_DIR)
 	echo $(DOCKER_HUB_ORG)/$(ENGINE_IMAGE):$(STATIC_VERSION).$(ARCH) > $@
 
 engine-$(ARCH).tar: image-linux