diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
index fa5a73abc7727..3d6a39ebed2ab 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ ArtifactResultBuildItem nativeSourcesResult(NativeConfig nativeConfig,
                 .setRunnerJarName(runnerJar.getFileName().toString())
                 // the path to native-image is not known now, it is only known at the time the native-sources will be consumed
                 .setNativeImageName(nativeImageName)
+                .setContainerBuild(nativeConfig.isContainerBuild())
                 .build();
         List<String> command = nativeImageArgs.getArgs();
         try (FileOutputStream commandFOS = new FileOutputStream(outputDir.resolve("native-image.args").toFile())) {
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ public NativeImageBuildItem build(NativeConfig nativeConfig, NativeImageSourceJa
                     .setRunnerJarName(runnerJarName)
                     .setNativeImageName(nativeImageName)
                     .setNoPIE(noPIE)
+                    .setContainerBuild(isContainerBuild)
                     .setGraalVMVersion(graalVMVersion)
                     .build();
 
@@ -474,6 +476,7 @@ static class Builder {
             private Path outputDir;
             private String runnerJarName;
             private String noPIE = "";
+            private boolean isContainerBuild = false;
             private GraalVM.Version graalVMVersion = GraalVM.Version.UNVERSIONED;
             private String nativeImageName;
             private boolean classpathIsBroken;
@@ -524,6 +527,11 @@ public Builder setNoPIE(String noPIE) {
                 return this;
             }
 
+            public Builder setContainerBuild(boolean containerBuild) {
+                isContainerBuild = containerBuild;
+                return this;
+            }
+
             public Builder setGraalVMVersion(GraalVM.Version graalVMVersion) {
                 this.graalVMVersion = graalVMVersion;
                 return this;