diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/badges/files/imagestream.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/badges/files/imagestream.yml
index 2da36b52f6..c6a0606f67 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/badges/files/imagestream.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/badges/files/imagestream.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,8 @@ items:
             scheduled: true
           referencePolicy:
             type: Source
+  # The Python 3.10 builder image plus custom packages
+  - apiVersion: image.openshift.io/v1
+    kind: ImageStream
+    metadata:
+      name: python-310-custom-builder
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/badges/templates/Dockerfile-builder-image b/roles/openshift-apps/badges/templates/Dockerfile-builder-image
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ff18aa2d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/badges/templates/Dockerfile-builder-image
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+FROM quay.io/fedora/python-310:latest
+LABEL \
+    name="python-310-badges-custom-builder" \
+    vendor="Fedora Infrastructure" \
+    license="MIT"
+USER root
+RUN dnf install -y cyrus-sasl-gssapi
+USER 1001
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/badges/templates/buildconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/badges/templates/buildconfig.yml
index 0de13bca39..40f899886d 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/badges/templates/buildconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/badges/templates/buildconfig.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,32 @@
 ---
 apiVersion: build.openshift.io/v1
 kind: BuildConfig
+metadata:
+  name: python-310-custom-builder
+  labels:
+    app: badges
+    build: python-310-custom-builder
+spec:
+  runPolicy: Serial
+  source:
+    type: Dockerfile
+    dockerfile: |-
+      {{ load_file('Dockerfile-builder-image') | indent(6) }}
+  strategy:
+    type: Docker
+    dockerStrategy:
+      from:
+        kind: ImageStreamTag
+        name: python-310:latest
+  output:
+    to:
+      kind: ImageStreamTag
+      name: python-310-custom-builder:latest
+  triggers:
+  - type: ImageChange
+---
+apiVersion: build.openshift.io/v1
+kind: BuildConfig
 metadata:
   name: fedbadges
   labels:
@@ -21,7 +47,7 @@ spec:
     sourceStrategy:
       from:
         kind: ImageStreamTag
-        name: python-310:latest
+        name: python-310-custom-builder:latest
   output:
     to:
       kind: ImageStreamTag
@@ -59,7 +85,7 @@ spec:
     sourceStrategy:
       from:
         kind: ImageStreamTag
-        name: python-310:latest
+        name: python-310-custom-builder:latest
   output:
     to:
       kind: ImageStreamTag