diff --git a/scripts/package b/scripts/package
index 182039245..09551d2e5 100755
--- a/scripts/package
+++ b/scripts/package
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ IMAGE=${REPO}/${PROJECT}:${TAG}
 
 cp /usr/src/tgt/pkg/tgt_*.deb ./bin/
 
+# update base image to get latest changes
+BASE_IMAGE=`grep FROM package/Dockerfile  | awk '{print $2}'`
+docker pull ${BASE_IMAGE}
+
 docker build --build-arg ARCH=${ARCH} -t ${IMAGE} -f package/Dockerfile .
 
 echo Built ${IMAGE}