diff --git a/scripts/docker_build b/scripts/docker_build
index 106a5a95b22..0fd7d235e57 100755
--- a/scripts/docker_build
+++ b/scripts/docker_build
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ source "$SCRIPTS_DIR/common"
 readonly DOCKER_UID="${UID:-0}"
 readonly DOCKER_GID="$(id -g)"
 readonly DOCKER_USER="${USER:-root}"
+# Use the Docker BuildKit backend: Useful for quicker builds, and multi-arch 
+# builds, as it expands the automatic variables available to the container.
+declare -x DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
 
 docker build \
   --cache-from="$DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:latest" \