diff --git a/buildfromtarball/Dockerfile b/buildfromtarball/Dockerfile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildfromtarball/Dockerfile
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+FROM docker
+
+RUN apk install --no-cache \
+	bash \
+	ca-certificates \
+	curl \
+	tar
+
+COPY build.sh /usr/local/bin/build
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["build"]
diff --git a/buildfromtarball/build.sh b/buildfromtarball/build.sh
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+++ b/buildfromtarball/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+set -x
+
+tarball=$1
+image=$2
+
+volume=/build
+
+mkdir -p "$build"
+
+curl --fail --silent --show-error --location "$tarball" | tar xvz --strip=1 -C %s 2>/dev/null) || (echo ""; printf "ERROR: %%s\n" "Could not prepare an image." "Please verify that $tarball is still available and is publicly accessible."; exit 1)
+
+# Try to pull the image.
+docker pull "$image" || true
+
+cd "$build"
+
+docker build --cache-from "$image" -t "$image" .
+
+docker push "$image"