diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d780cfe21..7e530dc13 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -62,12 +62,15 @@ REGISTRATION_IMAGE ?= $(IMAGE_REGISTRY)/registration:$(IMAGE_TAG)
 PLACEMENT_IMAGE ?= $(IMAGE_REGISTRY)/placement:$(IMAGE_TAG)
 # ADDON_MANAGER_IMAGE can be set in the env to override calculated value
 ADDON_MANAGER_IMAGE ?= $(IMAGE_REGISTRY)/addon-manager:$(IMAGE_TAG)
+# AWS_CLI_IMAGE can be set in the env to override calculated value
+AWS_CLI_IMAGE ?= $(IMAGE_REGISTRY)/aws-cli:$(IMAGE_TAG)
 
 $(call build-image,registration,$(REGISTRATION_IMAGE),./build/Dockerfile.registration,.)
 $(call build-image,work,$(WORK_IMAGE),./build/Dockerfile.work,.)
 $(call build-image,placement,$(PLACEMENT_IMAGE),./build/Dockerfile.placement,.)
 $(call build-image,registration-operator,$(OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME),./build/Dockerfile.registration-operator,.)
 $(call build-image,addon-manager,$(ADDON_MANAGER_IMAGE),./build/Dockerfile.addon,.)
+$(call build-image,aws-cli,$(AWS_CLI_IMAGE),./build/Dockerfile.aws-cli,.)
 
 copy-crd:
 	bash -x hack/copy-crds.sh $(YAML_PATCH)
diff --git a/build/Dockerfile.aws-cli b/build/Dockerfile.aws-cli
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..058f4f6a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/Dockerfile.aws-cli
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+FROM golang:1.22-bullseye AS builder
+ARG OS=linux
+ARG ARCH=x86_64
+ARG VERSION=2.22.8
+
+# Downloading aws-cli
+WORKDIR /tmp
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install unzip
+RUN unzip -v
+RUN curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-${OS}-${ARCH}-${VERSION}.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
+RUN unzip awscliv2.zip
+
+
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:latest
+ENV USER_UID=10001
+
+# Installing aws-cli
+RUN mkdir -p ./aws
+COPY --from=builder /tmp/aws ./aws
+RUN ./aws/install -i /usr/local/aws-cli -b /usr/local/bin
+RUN rm -rf ./aws/*
+RUN rmdir ./aws
+RUN aws --version
+
+USER ${USER_UID}