diff --git a/.github/workflows/image_base.yml b/.github/workflows/image_base.yml
index 8a2eeb294a..886d9f3f03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image_base.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image_base.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: base
 on:
   push:
     branches: 
-      - 'base'
+      - 'new_build_process'
 
 jobs:
   baseimagebuild:
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         with:
           context: .
-          file: ./Dockerfile.base
+          file: ./Dockerfile.builder
           platforms: linux/amd64
           push: true
-          tags: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/kepler_base:latest-libbpf-amd64-simplified
+          tags: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/kepler_builder:ubi-9-libbpf-1.2.0
       - name: Create and upload multi-arch image
         run: make multi-arch-image-base
diff --git a/Dockerfile.builder b/Dockerfile.builder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f684ffb101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.builder
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/go-toolset:1.20 as builder
+
+USER 0
+
+RUN yum -y install yum-utils
+RUN yum-config-manager --enable ubi-9-baseos-source
+
+WORKDIR /elfutils-source
+RUN yumdownloader --source elfutils
+RUN yum -y install cpio
+RUN rpm2cpio elfutils-0.189-3.el9.src.rpm | cpio -iv
+RUN tar xjvf elfutils-0.189.tar.bz2
+WORKDIR /elfutils-source/elfutils-0.189
+RUN ./configure --disable-debuginfod
+RUN make install
+
+
+WORKDIR /libbpf-source
+RUN yumdownloader --source libbpf
+RUN rpm2cpio libbpf-1.2.0-1.el9.src.rpm | cpio -iv
+RUN tar xf ./linux-*el9.tar.xz
+WORKDIR /libbpf-source/linux-5.14.0-333.el9/tools/lib/bpf
+RUN make install_headers
+RUN prefix=/usr BUILD_STATIC_ONLY=y make install
+WORKDIR /libbpf-source/linux-5.14.0-333.el9/tools/bpf
+RUN make bpftool
+
+RUN yum -y install clang
+
+# enable EPEL and install cpuid
+RUN yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
+RUN yum install -y cpuid
+RUN yum clean all