diff --git a/makeimage.sh b/makeimage.sh
index 6dfd87c..061fea2 100755
--- a/makeimage.sh
+++ b/makeimage.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ set -xe
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 source util/vars.sh
 
+export DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
+
 docker build --tag "$BASE_IMAGE" images/base
 docker build --build-arg GH_REPO="$REPO" --tag "$TARGET_IMAGE" "images/base-${TARGET}"