diff --git a/rules/docker-base.mk b/rules/docker-base.mk
index 56e42ac97b45..b4d15667183a 100644
--- a/rules/docker-base.mk
+++ b/rules/docker-base.mk
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 DOCKER_BASE = docker-base.gz
 $(DOCKER_BASE)_PATH = $(DOCKERS_PATH)/docker-base
 
-SONIC_SIMPLE_DOCKER_IMAGES += $(DOCKER_BASE)
+SONIC_SQUASH_SIMPLE_DOCKER_IMAGES += $(DOCKER_BASE)
diff --git a/slave.mk b/slave.mk
index ee89df4b4c8b..612361d151c8 100644
--- a/slave.mk
+++ b/slave.mk
@@ -239,6 +239,15 @@ $(SONIC_INSTALL_WHEELS) : $(PYTHON_WHEELS_PATH)/%-install : .platform $$(addsuff
 docker-start :
 	@sudo service docker start &> /dev/null && sleep 1
 
+# targets for building squashed simple docker images that do not depend on any debian packages
+$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/, $(SONIC_SQUASH_SIMPLE_DOCKER_IMAGES)) : $(TARGET_PATH)/%.gz : .platform docker-start $$(addsuffix -load,$$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/,$$($$*.gz_LOAD_DOCKERS)))
+	$(HEADER)
+	docker build --no-cache -t $* $($*.gz_PATH) $(LOG)
+	docker run --name $*.squash -d $* /bin/bash
+	docker export $*.squash | docker import - $*
+	docker save $* | gzip -c > $@
+	$(FOOTER)
+
 # targets for building simple docker images that do not depend on any debian packages
 $(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/, $(SONIC_SIMPLE_DOCKER_IMAGES)) : $(TARGET_PATH)/%.gz : .platform docker-start $$(addsuffix -load,$$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/,$$($$*.gz_LOAD_DOCKERS)))
 	$(HEADER)
@@ -260,6 +269,7 @@ $(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/, $(SONIC_DOCKER_IMAGES)) : $(TARGET_PATH)/%.gz : .pl
 
 DOCKER_LOAD_TARGETS = $(addsuffix -load,$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/, \
 		      $(SONIC_SIMPLE_DOCKER_IMAGES) \
+		      $(SONIC_SQUASH_SIMPLE_DOCKER_IMAGES) \
 		      $(SONIC_DOCKER_IMAGES)))
 $(DOCKER_LOAD_TARGETS) : $(TARGET_PATH)/%.gz-load : .platform docker-start $$(TARGET_PATH)/$$*.gz
 	$(HEADER)
@@ -297,7 +307,8 @@ $(SONIC_CLEAN_DEBS) : $(DEBS_PATH)/%-clean : .platform $$(addsuffix -clean,$$(ad
 
 SONIC_CLEAN_TARGETS += $(addsuffix -clean,$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/, \
 		       $(SONIC_DOCKER_IMAGES) \
-		       $(SONIC_SIMPLE_DOCKER_IMAGES)))
+		       $(SONIC_SIMPLE_DOCKER_IMAGES) \
+		       $(SONIC_SQUASH_SIMPLE_DOCKER_IMAGES)))
 $(SONIC_CLEAN_TARGETS) : $(TARGET_PATH)/%-clean : .platform
 	@rm -f $(TARGET_PATH)/$*