diff --git a/dev/create_release.sh b/dev/create_release.sh
index b1ce218c46..6fa50fcbce 100755
--- a/dev/create_release.sh
+++ b/dev/create_release.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@ done
 RELEASE_VERSION="$1"
 GIT_TAG="$2"
 
+function build_docker_base() {
+  # build base image
+  docker build -t ${DOCKER_USERNAME}/zeppelin-base:latest "${WORKING_DIR}/zeppelin/scripts/docker/zeppelin-base"
+}
 function build_docker_image() {
+  # build release image
   echo "FROM ${DOCKER_USERNAME}/zeppelin-base:latest
   RUN mkdir /usr/local/zeppelin/
   ADD zeppelin-${RELEASE_VERSION}-bin-${BIN_RELEASE_NAME} /usr/local/zeppelin/" > "Dockerfile"
@@ -117,6 +122,7 @@ function make_binary_release() {
 
 git_clone
 make_source_package
+build_docker_base
 make_binary_release all "-Pspark-2.0 -Phadoop-2.4 -Pyarn -Ppyspark -Psparkr -Pr -Pscala-2.11"
 make_binary_release netinst "-Pspark-2.0 -Phadoop-2.4 -Pyarn -Ppyspark -Psparkr -Pr -Pscala-2.11 -pl !alluxio,!angular,!cassandra,!elasticsearch,!file,!flink,!hbase,!ignite,!jdbc,!kylin,!lens,!livy,!markdown,!postgresql,!python,!shell,!bigquery"
 
diff --git a/dev/publish_release.sh b/dev/publish_release.sh
index f41f2641be..adc9a91bac 100755
--- a/dev/publish_release.sh
+++ b/dev/publish_release.sh
@@ -68,9 +68,11 @@ function curl_error() {
 }
 
 function publish_to_dockerhub() {
-  # publish image
+  # publish images
   docker login --username="${DOCKER_USERNAME}" --password="${DOCKER_PASSWORD}" --email="${DOCKER_EMAIL}"
+  docker push ${DOCKER_USERNAME}/zeppelin-base:latest
   docker push ${DOCKER_USERNAME}/zeppelin-release:"${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+  
 }
 
 function publish_to_maven() {
diff --git a/scripts/docker/zeppelin-base/Dockerfile b/scripts/docker/zeppelin-base/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37adc80c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker/zeppelin-base/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+FROM alpine:3.3
+MAINTAINER Mahmoud Elgamal <mahmoudf.elgamal@gmail.com>
+
+RUN apk add --update bash curl openjdk7-jre wget ca-certificates openssl && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
+
+RUN wget -O /usr/local/bin/dumb-init https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init/releases/download/v1.1.3/dumb-init_1.1.3_amd64
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dumb-init
+
+# set jave environment variable
+ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7-openjdk
+ENV PATH $PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
+
+# ports for zeppelin
+EXPOSE 8080 8081
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/dumb-init"]