diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/os/openshift-os-master.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/os/openshift-os-master.yaml
index b5c138d4f43f..3eff11364854 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/os/openshift-os-master.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/os/openshift-os-master.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+base_images:
+  rhel-coreos-base:
+    name: rhel-coreos-base
+    namespace: coreos
+    tag: "9.6"
 build_root:
   image_stream_tag:
     name: coreos-assembler
@@ -23,10 +28,17 @@ images:
     WORKDIR /tmp/cosa
   from: root
   to: build-image
+- build_args:
+  - name: OPENSHIFT_CI
+    value: "1"
+  dockerfile_path: Containerfile
+  from: rhel-coreos-base
+  to: rhel-coreos
 promotion:
   to:
   - excluded_images:
     - build-image
+    - rhel-coreos
     name: "4.19"
     namespace: ocp
 releases: