diff --git a/build/common.sh b/build/common.sh
index 5fd8a71208..a0c549cb33 100644
--- a/build/common.sh
+++ b/build/common.sh
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ function kube::release::create_docker_images_for_server() {
         rm -rf ${docker_build_path}
         mkdir -p ${docker_build_path}
         ln $1/${binary_name} ${docker_build_path}/${binary_name}
-        printf " FROM scratch \n ADD ${binary_name} /${binary_name} \n ENTRYPOINT [ \"/${binary_name}\" ]\n" > ${docker_file_path}
+        printf " FROM busybox \n ADD ${binary_name} /${binary_name} \n ENTRYPOINT [ \"/${binary_name}\" ]\n" > ${docker_file_path}
 
         local docker_image_tag=gcr.io/google_containers/$binary_name:$md5_sum
         docker build -q -t "${docker_image_tag}" ${docker_build_path} >/dev/null