diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2ed2221..312110f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ include ./make/docker.mk
 ## Build the operator
 build: ./out/operator
 
+.PHONY: ci-build
+ci-build: build
+	$(eval package_yaml := ./manifests/devconsole/devconsole.package.yaml)
+	$(eval version := $(shell cat $(package_yaml) | grep "currentCSV"| cut -d "." -f2- | cut -d "v" -f2 | tr -d '[:space:]'))
+	$(Q)sed -e "s,REPLACE_IMAGE,registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/${OPENSHIFT_BUILD_NAMESPACE}/stable:devconsole-operator," \
+		-i manifests/devconsole/${version}/devconsole-operator.v${version}.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+	$(Q)tar -zcvf ./out/csv.tar.gz manifests/devconsole/${version}/devconsole-operator.v${version}.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	$(Q)-rm -rf ${V_FLAG} ./out
diff --git a/openshift-ci/Dockerfile.registry.build b/openshift-ci/Dockerfile.registry.build
index 48726ac..ac8dca6 100644
--- a/openshift-ci/Dockerfile.registry.build
+++ b/openshift-ci/Dockerfile.registry.build
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ ARG version=0.1.0
 
 COPY manifests manifests
 COPY deploy/crds/*.yaml manifests/devconsole/${version}/
+ADD csv.tar.gz .
 
-RUN sed -e "s,REPLACE_IMAGE,registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/${OPENSHIFT_BUILD_NAMESPACE}/stable:devconsole-operator," -i manifests/devconsole/${version}/devconsole-operator.v${version}.clusterserviceversion.yaml
 RUN initializer
 
 USER 1001