diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cfc79a6bb0..8226e105c5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ jobs:
         - NODE_VERSION: "10"
         - VARIANT: "stretch"
 
+    - stage: Build
+      env:
+        - NODE_VERSION: "10"
+        - VARIANT: "core"
+
     - stage: Build
       env:
         - NODE_VERSION: "6"
@@ -133,6 +138,11 @@ jobs:
         - NODE_VERSION: "6"
         - VARIANT: "stretch"
 
+    - stage: Build
+      env:
+        - NODE_VERSION: "6"
+        - VARIANT: "core"
+
     - stage: Build
       env:
         - NODE_VERSION: "8"
@@ -158,6 +168,11 @@ jobs:
         - NODE_VERSION: "8"
         - VARIANT: "stretch"
 
+    - stage: Build
+      env:
+        - NODE_VERSION: "8"
+        - VARIANT: "core"
+
     - stage: Build
       env:
         - NODE_VERSION: "9"
@@ -183,6 +198,11 @@ jobs:
         - NODE_VERSION: "9"
         - VARIANT: "stretch"
 
+    - stage: Build
+      env:
+        - NODE_VERSION: "9"
+        - VARIANT: "core"
+
     - stage: Build
       env:
         - NODE_VERSION: "chakracore/10"
diff --git a/10/core/Dockerfile b/10/core/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9cdb662aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/10/core/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+FROM debian:jessie-slim
+
+RUN groupadd --gid 1000 node \
+  && useradd --uid 1000 --gid node --shell /bin/bash --create-home node
+
+# gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-team
+RUN set -ex \
+  && for key in \
+    94AE36675C464D64BAFA68DD7434390BDBE9B9C5 \
+    FD3A5288F042B6850C66B31F09FE44734EB7990E \
+    71DCFD284A79C3B38668286BC97EC7A07EDE3FC1 \
+    DD8F2338BAE7501E3DD5AC78C273792F7D83545D \
+    C4F0DFFF4E8C1A8236409D08E73BC641CC11F4C8 \
+    B9AE9905FFD7803F25714661B63B535A4C206CA9 \
+    56730D5401028683275BD23C23EFEFE93C4CFFFE \
+    77984A986EBC2AA786BC0F66B01FBB92821C587A \
+  ; do \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys "$key" || \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://ipv4.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys "$key" || \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu:80 --recv-keys "$key" ; \
+  done
+
+ENV NODE_VERSION 10.3.0
+
+RUN buildDeps='ca-certificates curl xz-utils' \
+  ARCH= && dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" \
+  && case "${dpkgArch##*-}" in \
+    amd64) ARCH='x64';; \
+    ppc64el) ARCH='ppc64le';; \
+    s390x) ARCH='s390x';; \
+    arm64) ARCH='arm64';; \
+    armhf) ARCH='armv7l';; \
+    i386) ARCH='x86';; \
+    *) echo "unsupported architecture"; exit 1 ;; \
+  esac \
+  && set -ex \
+  && apt-get update && apt-get install -y $buildDeps --no-install-recommends \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+  && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+  && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+  && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npx \
+  && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
+  && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove $buildDeps \
+  && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs
+
+CMD [ "node" ]
diff --git a/6/architectures b/6/architectures
index f6a7427404..51d7f6626b 100644
--- a/6/architectures
+++ b/6/architectures
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 bashbrew-arch   variants
-arm32v7  jessie,onbuild,slim,stretch
-arm64v8  jessie,onbuild,slim,stretch
-amd64    jessie,alpine,onbuild,slim,stretch
-i386     jessie,onbuild,slim,stretch
-ppc64le  jessie,onbuild,slim,stretch
-s390x    jessie,onbuild,slim,stretch
+arm32v7  jessie,onbuild,slim,stretch,core
+arm64v8  jessie,onbuild,slim,stretch,core
+amd64    jessie,alpine,onbuild,slim,stretch,core
+i386     jessie,onbuild,slim,stretch,core
+ppc64le  jessie,onbuild,slim,stretch,core
+s390x    jessie,onbuild,slim,stretch,core
diff --git a/6/core/Dockerfile b/6/core/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5ac03cd9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/6/core/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+FROM debian:jessie-slim
+
+RUN groupadd --gid 1000 node \
+  && useradd --uid 1000 --gid node --shell /bin/bash --create-home node
+
+# gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-team
+RUN set -ex \
+  && for key in \
+    94AE36675C464D64BAFA68DD7434390BDBE9B9C5 \
+    FD3A5288F042B6850C66B31F09FE44734EB7990E \
+    71DCFD284A79C3B38668286BC97EC7A07EDE3FC1 \
+    DD8F2338BAE7501E3DD5AC78C273792F7D83545D \
+    C4F0DFFF4E8C1A8236409D08E73BC641CC11F4C8 \
+    B9AE9905FFD7803F25714661B63B535A4C206CA9 \
+    56730D5401028683275BD23C23EFEFE93C4CFFFE \
+    77984A986EBC2AA786BC0F66B01FBB92821C587A \
+  ; do \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys "$key" || \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://ipv4.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys "$key" || \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu:80 --recv-keys "$key" ; \
+  done
+
+ENV NODE_VERSION 6.14.2
+
+RUN buildDeps='ca-certificates curl xz-utils' \
+  ARCH= && dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" \
+  && case "${dpkgArch##*-}" in \
+    amd64) ARCH='x64';; \
+    ppc64el) ARCH='ppc64le';; \
+    s390x) ARCH='s390x';; \
+    arm64) ARCH='arm64';; \
+    armhf) ARCH='armv7l';; \
+    i386) ARCH='x86';; \
+    *) echo "unsupported architecture"; exit 1 ;; \
+  esac \
+  && set -ex \
+  && apt-get update && apt-get install -y $buildDeps --no-install-recommends \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+  && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+  && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+  && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npx \
+  && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
+  && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove $buildDeps \
+  && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs
+
+CMD [ "node" ]
diff --git a/8/core/Dockerfile b/8/core/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..057cca9a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/8/core/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+FROM debian:jessie-slim
+
+RUN groupadd --gid 1000 node \
+  && useradd --uid 1000 --gid node --shell /bin/bash --create-home node
+
+# gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-team
+RUN set -ex \
+  && for key in \
+    94AE36675C464D64BAFA68DD7434390BDBE9B9C5 \
+    FD3A5288F042B6850C66B31F09FE44734EB7990E \
+    71DCFD284A79C3B38668286BC97EC7A07EDE3FC1 \
+    DD8F2338BAE7501E3DD5AC78C273792F7D83545D \
+    C4F0DFFF4E8C1A8236409D08E73BC641CC11F4C8 \
+    B9AE9905FFD7803F25714661B63B535A4C206CA9 \
+    56730D5401028683275BD23C23EFEFE93C4CFFFE \
+    77984A986EBC2AA786BC0F66B01FBB92821C587A \
+  ; do \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys "$key" || \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://ipv4.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys "$key" || \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu:80 --recv-keys "$key" ; \
+  done
+
+ENV NODE_VERSION 8.11.2
+
+RUN buildDeps='ca-certificates curl xz-utils' \
+  ARCH= && dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" \
+  && case "${dpkgArch##*-}" in \
+    amd64) ARCH='x64';; \
+    ppc64el) ARCH='ppc64le';; \
+    s390x) ARCH='s390x';; \
+    arm64) ARCH='arm64';; \
+    armhf) ARCH='armv7l';; \
+    i386) ARCH='x86';; \
+    *) echo "unsupported architecture"; exit 1 ;; \
+  esac \
+  && set -ex \
+  && apt-get update && apt-get install -y $buildDeps --no-install-recommends \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+  && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+  && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+  && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npx \
+  && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
+  && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove $buildDeps \
+  && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs
+
+CMD [ "node" ]
diff --git a/9/core/Dockerfile b/9/core/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eca8a55714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/9/core/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+FROM debian:jessie-slim
+
+RUN groupadd --gid 1000 node \
+  && useradd --uid 1000 --gid node --shell /bin/bash --create-home node
+
+# gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-team
+RUN set -ex \
+  && for key in \
+    94AE36675C464D64BAFA68DD7434390BDBE9B9C5 \
+    FD3A5288F042B6850C66B31F09FE44734EB7990E \
+    71DCFD284A79C3B38668286BC97EC7A07EDE3FC1 \
+    DD8F2338BAE7501E3DD5AC78C273792F7D83545D \
+    C4F0DFFF4E8C1A8236409D08E73BC641CC11F4C8 \
+    B9AE9905FFD7803F25714661B63B535A4C206CA9 \
+    56730D5401028683275BD23C23EFEFE93C4CFFFE \
+    77984A986EBC2AA786BC0F66B01FBB92821C587A \
+  ; do \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys "$key" || \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://ipv4.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys "$key" || \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu:80 --recv-keys "$key" ; \
+  done
+
+ENV NODE_VERSION 9.11.1
+
+RUN buildDeps='ca-certificates curl xz-utils' \
+  ARCH= && dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" \
+  && case "${dpkgArch##*-}" in \
+    amd64) ARCH='x64';; \
+    ppc64el) ARCH='ppc64le';; \
+    s390x) ARCH='s390x';; \
+    arm64) ARCH='arm64';; \
+    armhf) ARCH='armv7l';; \
+    i386) ARCH='x86';; \
+    *) echo "unsupported architecture"; exit 1 ;; \
+  esac \
+  && set -ex \
+  && apt-get update && apt-get install -y $buildDeps --no-install-recommends \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+  && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+  && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+  && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npx \
+  && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
+  && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove $buildDeps \
+  && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs
+
+CMD [ "node" ]
diff --git a/Dockerfile-core.template b/Dockerfile-core.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e29d4cca3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile-core.template
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+FROM debian:jessie-slim
+
+RUN groupadd --gid 1000 node \
+  && useradd --uid 1000 --gid node --shell /bin/bash --create-home node
+
+# gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-team
+RUN set -ex \
+  && for key in \
+    "${NODE_KEYS[@]}"
+  ; do \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys "$key" || \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://ipv4.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys "$key" || \
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu:80 --recv-keys "$key" ; \
+  done
+
+ENV NODE_VERSION 0.0.0
+
+RUN buildDeps='ca-certificates curl xz-utils' \
+  ARCH= && dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" \
+  && case "${dpkgArch##*-}" in \
+    amd64) ARCH='x64';; \
+    ppc64el) ARCH='ppc64le';; \
+    s390x) ARCH='s390x';; \
+    arm64) ARCH='arm64';; \
+    armhf) ARCH='armv7l';; \
+    i386) ARCH='x86';; \
+    *) echo "unsupported architecture"; exit 1 ;; \
+  esac \
+  && set -ex \
+  && apt-get update && apt-get install -y $buildDeps --no-install-recommends \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+  && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+  && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+  && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npx \
+  && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
+  && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove $buildDeps \
+  && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs
+
+CMD [ "node" ]
diff --git a/architectures b/architectures
index 1a9b7a2dd8..fad08eea99 100644
--- a/architectures
+++ b/architectures
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 bashbrew-arch   variants
 arm32v6  alpine
-arm32v7  jessie,onbuild,slim,stretch
-arm64v8  jessie,alpine,onbuild,slim,stretch
-amd64    jessie,alpine,onbuild,slim,stretch
-i386     jessie,alpine,onbuild,slim,stretch
-ppc64le  jessie,alpine,onbuild,slim,stretch
-s390x    jessie,alpine,onbuild,slim,stretch
+arm32v7  jessie,onbuild,slim,stretch,core
+arm64v8  jessie,alpine,onbuild,slim,stretch,core
+amd64    jessie,alpine,onbuild,slim,stretch,core
+i386     jessie,alpine,onbuild,slim,stretch,core
+ppc64le  jessie,alpine,onbuild,slim,stretch,core
+s390x    jessie,alpine,onbuild,slim,stretch,core