diff --git a/roles/build-images/README.md b/roles/build-images/README.md
index 41ef8c7c3..4d3c4107b 100644
--- a/roles/build-images/README.md
+++ b/roles/build-images/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Role Variables
 * `skip_build_images` -- skip building images if there present or cached
    (default: true), setting it to false will add '--no-skip' option to openstack
     image build command.
+* `base_image_url` -- URL of base image
+* `base_image_path` -- path to save base image on host
 
 Example Usage
 -------------
diff --git a/roles/build-images/templates/overcloud-image-build.sh.j2 b/roles/build-images/templates/overcloud-image-build.sh.j2
index 768f92789..f1cf3d351 100644
--- a/roles/build-images/templates/overcloud-image-build.sh.j2
+++ b/roles/build-images/templates/overcloud-image-build.sh.j2
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ export DIB_YUM_REPO_CONF=""
 {% for repo_path in overcloud_repo_paths %}
 export DIB_YUM_REPO_CONF="$DIB_YUM_REPO_CONF {{ repo_path }}"
 {% endfor %}
-
+{% if base_image_url is defined and base_image_path is defined %}
+wget -nv {{ base_image_url }} -O {{ base_image_path }}
+export DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE={{ base_image_path }}
+{% endif %}
 {# note(trown): there was not support in tripleoclient for YAML config images in Newton #}
 {% if release == 'newton'-%}
 tripleo-build-images \