diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3e1d0677..8461ff37 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,14 +28,17 @@ ISOLATED_NETWORK ?= 0
 # Internal variables
 SHELL := /bin/bash
 # Override the default OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE variable based on the architecture
+OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE_X86_64 ?= quay.io/okd/scos-release
+OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE_AARCH64 ?= ghcr.io/microshift-io/okd/okd-release-arm64
 ifeq ($(ARCH),aarch64)
-OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE ?= ghcr.io/microshift-io/okd/okd-release-arm64
+OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE ?= $(OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE_AARCH64)
 else
-OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE ?= quay.io/okd/scos-release
+OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE ?= $(OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE_X86_64)
 endif
 
 BUILDER_IMAGE := microshift-okd-builder
 USHIFT_IMAGE := microshift-okd
+SRPM_IMAGE := microshift-okd-srpm
 LVM_DISK := /var/lib/microshift-okd/lvmdisk.image
 VG_NAME := myvg1
 
@@ -44,8 +47,9 @@ VG_NAME := myvg1
 #
 .PHONY: all
 all:
-	@echo "make <rpm | image | run | add-node | start | stop | clean | check>"
+	@echo "make <rpm | srpm | image | run | add-node | start | stop | clean | check>"
 	@echo "   rpm:       	build the MicroShift RPMs"
+	@echo "   srpm:      	build the MicroShift SRPM"
 	@echo "   image:     	build the MicroShift bootc container image"
 	@echo "   run:       	create and run a MicroShift cluster (1 node) in a bootc container"
 	@echo "   add-node:  	add a new node to the MicroShift cluster in a bootc container"
@@ -82,6 +86,20 @@ rpm:
 	echo "Build completed successfully" && \
 	echo "RPMs are available in '$${outdir}'"
 
+.PHONY: srpm
+srpm:
+	@echo "Building the MicroShift SRPM image"
+	outdir="$${SRPM_WORKDIR:-$$(mktemp -d /tmp/microshift-srpms-XXXXXX)}" && \
+	sudo podman build \
+        -t "${SRPM_IMAGE}" \
+        --build-arg USHIFT_GITREF="${USHIFT_GITREF}" \
+        --build-arg OKD_VERSION_TAG="${OKD_VERSION_TAG}" \
+        --build-arg OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE_X86_64="${OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE_X86_64}" \
+        --build-arg OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE_AARCH64="${OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE_AARCH64}" \
+		--volume "$${outdir}:/output:Z" \
+        -f packaging/srpm.Containerfile . && \
+	echo "SRPMs are available in '$${outdir}'"
+
 .PHONY: rpm-to-deb
 rpm-to-deb:
 	if [ -z "${RPM_OUTDIR}" ] ; then \
diff --git a/packaging/srpm.Containerfile b/packaging/srpm.Containerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42b5b158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/srpm.Containerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Using Fedora for easy access to the dependencies (no need to install EPEL or use pip)
+FROM quay.io/fedora/fedora:42
+
+RUN dnf install -y \
+        --setopt=install_weak_deps=False \
+        git rpm-build jq python3-pip python3-specfile && \
+    dnf clean all
+
+# Variables controlling the source of MicroShift components to build
+ARG USHIFT_GITREF=main
+ARG OKD_VERSION_TAG
+
+# Internal variables
+ARG OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE_X86_64=quay.io/okd/scos-release
+ARG OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE_AARCH64=ghcr.io/microshift-io/okd/okd-release-arm64
+ARG USHIFT_GIT_URL=https://github.com/openshift/microshift.git
+ENV HOME=/home/microshift
+ARG USHIFT_PREBUILD_SCRIPT=/tmp/prebuild.sh
+ARG USHIFT_BUILDRPMS_SCRIPT=/tmp/build-rpms.sh
+ARG USHIFT_MODIFY_SPEC_SCRIPT=/tmp/modify-spec.py
+ARG SPEC_KINDNET=/tmp/kindnet.spec
+ARG SPEC_TOPOLVM=/tmp/topolvm.spec
+
+# Verify mandatory build arguments
+RUN if [ -z "${OKD_VERSION_TAG}" ]; then \
+        echo "ERROR: OKD_VERSION_TAG is not set"; \
+        echo "See quay.io/okd/scos-release for a list of tags"; \
+        exit 1; \
+    fi
+
+RUN [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ] && ARCH="-arm64" || ARCH="" ; \
+    OKD_CLIENT_URL="https://github.com/okd-project/okd/releases/download/${OKD_VERSION_TAG}/openshift-client-linux${ARCH}-${OKD_VERSION_TAG}.tar.gz" && \
+    echo "OKD_CLIENT_URL: ${OKD_CLIENT_URL}" && \
+    curl -L --retry 5 -o /tmp/okd-client.tar.gz "${OKD_CLIENT_URL}" && \
+    tar -xzf /tmp/okd-client.tar.gz -C /tmp && \
+    mv /tmp/oc /usr/local/bin/oc && \
+    rm -rf /tmp/okd-client.tar.gz ;
+
+WORKDIR ${HOME}
+
+RUN git clone --branch "${USHIFT_GITREF}" --single-branch "${USHIFT_GIT_URL}" "${HOME}/microshift"
+
+# Replace component images with OKD image references
+COPY --chmod=755 ./src/image/prebuild.sh ${USHIFT_PREBUILD_SCRIPT}
+RUN ARCH="x86_64" "${USHIFT_PREBUILD_SCRIPT}" --replace "${OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE_X86_64}" "${OKD_VERSION_TAG}" && \
+    ARCH="aarch64" "${USHIFT_PREBUILD_SCRIPT}" --replace "${OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE_AARCH64}" "${OKD_VERSION_TAG}"
+
+WORKDIR ${HOME}/microshift/
+
+COPY ./src/kindnet/kindnet.spec "${SPEC_KINDNET}"
+COPY ./src/kindnet/assets/  ./assets/optional/
+COPY ./src/kindnet/dropins/ ./packaging/kindnet/
+COPY ./src/kindnet/crio.conf.d/ ./packaging/crio.conf.d/
+
+COPY ./src/topolvm/topolvm.spec "${SPEC_TOPOLVM}"
+COPY ./src/topolvm/assets/  ./assets/optional/topolvm/
+COPY ./src/topolvm/dropins/ ./packaging/microshift/dropins/
+COPY ./src/topolvm/greenboot/ ./packaging/greenboot/
+COPY ./src/topolvm/release/ ./assets/optional/topolvm/
+
+RUN ARCH="x86_64" "${USHIFT_PREBUILD_SCRIPT}" --replace-kindnet "${OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE_X86_64}" "${OKD_VERSION_TAG}" && \
+    ARCH="aarch64" "${USHIFT_PREBUILD_SCRIPT}" --replace-kindnet "${OKD_RELEASE_IMAGE_AARCH64}" "${OKD_VERSION_TAG}"
+
+COPY --chmod=755 ./src/image/modify-spec.py ${USHIFT_MODIFY_SPEC_SCRIPT}
+# Disable the RPM and SRPM checks in the make-rpm.sh script
+# and modify the microshift.spec to remove packages not yet supported by the upstream
+RUN sed -i -e 's,CHECK_RPMS="y",,g' -e 's,CHECK_SRPMS="y",,g' ./packaging/rpm/make-rpm.sh && \
+    "${USHIFT_MODIFY_SPEC_SCRIPT}" ./packaging/rpm/microshift.spec "${SPEC_KINDNET}" "${SPEC_TOPOLVM}"
+
+COPY --chmod=755 ./src/image/build-rpms.sh ${USHIFT_BUILDRPMS_SCRIPT}
+RUN "${USHIFT_BUILDRPMS_SCRIPT}" srpm && \
+    cp ./_output/rpmbuild/SRPMS/* /output/
diff --git a/src/image/build-rpms.sh b/src/image/build-rpms.sh
index 0b3e24e3..2e189a2e 100755
--- a/src/image/build-rpms.sh
+++ b/src/image/build-rpms.sh
@@ -73,10 +73,11 @@ export MICROSHIFT_VARIANT
 
 if [[ "${target}" == "all" || "${target}" == "rpm" ]]; then
     ./packaging/rpm/make-rpm.sh rpm local
+    echo "${MICROSHIFT_VERSION}" > _output/rpmbuild/RPMS/version.txt
 fi
 
 if [[ "${target}" == "all" || "${target}" == "srpm" ]]; then
     ./packaging/rpm/make-rpm.sh srpm local
+    echo "${MICROSHIFT_VERSION}" > _output/rpmbuild/SRPMS/version.txt
 fi
 
-echo "${MICROSHIFT_VERSION}" > _output/rpmbuild/RPMS/version.txt
diff --git a/src/image/modify-spec.py b/src/image/modify-spec.py
index 582b8f18..89f36cf0 100755
--- a/src/image/modify-spec.py
+++ b/src/image/modify-spec.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 """
 Following script modifies downstream microshift.spec to remove packages not yet supported by the upstream.
diff --git a/src/image/prebuild.sh b/src/image/prebuild.sh
index 70b43cb5..bc29bc4f 100755
--- a/src/image/prebuild.sh
+++ b/src/image/prebuild.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 MICROSHIFT_ROOT="/home/microshift/microshift"
-ARCH="$(uname -m)"
+ARCH="${ARCH:-$(uname -m)}"
 declare -A UNAME_TO_GOARCH_MAP=( ["x86_64"]="amd64" ["aarch64"]="arm64" )
 
+RELEASE_IMAGE_CACHE=$(mktemp "/tmp/release-image-cache-${ARCH}.XXXXX.json")
+trap 'rm -f "${RELEASE_IMAGE_CACHE}"' EXIT
+
 oc_release_info() {
     local -r okd_url=$1
     local -r okd_releaseTag=$2
@@ -15,7 +18,11 @@ oc_release_info() {
         return
     fi
 
-    local -r okd_image="$(oc adm release info --image-for="${image}" "${okd_url}:${okd_releaseTag}")"
+    if [ ! -s "${RELEASE_IMAGE_CACHE}" ] ; then
+        oc adm release info "${okd_url}:${okd_releaseTag}" -o json > "${RELEASE_IMAGE_CACHE}"
+    fi
+
+    local -r okd_image="$(jq -r --arg IMAGE "${image}" '.references.spec.tags[] | select(.name == $IMAGE) | .from.name' "${RELEASE_IMAGE_CACHE}")"
     if [ -z "${okd_image}" ] ; then
         echo "ERROR: No OKD image found for '${image}'"
         exit 1
@@ -49,7 +56,7 @@ replace_base_assets() {
         local new_image
         new_image=$(oc_release_info "${okd_url}" "${okd_releaseTag}" "${cur_image}")
 
-        echo "Replacing '${cur_image}' with '${new_image}'"
+        echo "[${ARCH}] Replacing '${cur_image}' with '${new_image}'"
         jq --arg a "${cur_image}" --arg b "${new_image}"  '.images[$a] = $b' "${MICROSHIFT_ROOT}/assets/release/release-${ARCH}.json" >"${temp_json}"
         mv "${temp_json}" "${MICROSHIFT_ROOT}/assets/release/release-${ARCH}.json"
     done
@@ -93,7 +100,7 @@ EOF
         # Get the new image from OKD release
         local new_image
         new_image=$(oc_release_info "${okd_url}" "${okd_releaseTag}" "${container}")
-        echo "Replacing '${container}' with '${new_image}'"
+        echo "[${ARCH}] Replacing '${container}' with '${new_image}'"
         local new_image_name="${new_image%@*}"
         local new_image_digest="${new_image#*@}"
 
@@ -142,7 +149,7 @@ replace_kindnet_assets() {
 
     # Kube proxy is required for kindnet
     local -r image_with_hash=$(oc_release_info "${okd_url}" "${okd_releaseTag}" "kube-proxy")
-    echo "Replacing 'kube-proxy' with '${image_with_hash}'"
+    echo "[${ARCH}] Replacing 'kube-proxy' with '${image_with_hash}'"
     # The OKD image we retrieve is in the format quay.io/okd/scos-content@sha256:<hash>,
     # where the image name and digest (hash) are combined in a single string.
     # However, in the kustomization.${arch}.yaml file, we need the image name (newName) and