diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
index 25c64c32e8a..43d5d898ee2 100644
--- a/.drone.star
+++ b/.drone.star
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ load(
 )
 load(
     "scripts/drone/pipelines/ci_images.star",
+    "publish_ci_build_container_image_pipeline",
     "publish_ci_windows_test_image_pipeline",
 )
 load("scripts/drone/pipelines/github.star", "publish_github_pipeline")
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ def main(_ctx):
         version_branch_pipelines() +
         integration_test_pipelines() +
         publish_ci_windows_test_image_pipeline() +
+        publish_ci_build_container_image_pipeline() +
         cronjobs() +
         secrets()
     )
diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 806b51fa813..9fc47e02033 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -6978,6 +6978,59 @@ volumes:
     path: //./pipe/docker_engine/
   name: docker
 ---
+clone:
+  retries: 3
+depends_on: []
+image_pull_secrets:
+- dockerconfigjson
+kind: pipeline
+name: publish-ci-build-container-image
+node:
+  type: no-parallel
+platform:
+  arch: amd64
+  os: linux
+services: []
+steps:
+- commands:
+  - if [ -z "${BUILD_CONTAINER_VERSION}" ]; then echo Missing BUILD_CONTAINER_VERSION;
+    false; fi
+  image: alpine:3.17.1
+  name: validate-version
+- commands:
+  - printenv GCP_KEY > /tmp/key.json
+  - gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/key.json
+  - gsutil cp gs://grafana-private-downloads/MacOSX10.15.sdk.tar.xz ./scripts/build/ci-build/MacOSX10.15.sdk.tar.xz
+  environment:
+    GCP_KEY:
+      from_secret: gcp_download_build_container_assets_key
+  image: google/cloud-sdk:431.0.0
+  name: download-macos-sdk
+- commands:
+  - printenv DOCKER_PASSWORD | docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin
+  - docker build -t "grafana/build-container:${BUILD_CONTAINER_VERSION}" ./scripts/build/ci-build
+  - docker push "grafana/build-container:${BUILD_CONTAINER_VERSION}"
+  environment:
+    DOCKER_PASSWORD:
+      from_secret: docker_password
+    DOCKER_USERNAME:
+      from_secret: docker_username
+  image: google/cloud-sdk:431.0.0
+  name: build-and-publish
+  volumes:
+  - name: docker
+    path: /var/run/docker.sock
+trigger:
+  event:
+  - promote
+  target:
+  - ci-build-container-image
+type: docker
+volumes:
+- host:
+    path: /var/run/docker.sock
+  name: docker
+---
 clone:
   retries: 3
 kind: pipeline
@@ -7227,6 +7280,12 @@ get:
 kind: secret
 name: gcp_upload_artifacts_key
 ---
+get:
+  name: credentials.json
+  path: infra/data/ci/grafana/assets-downloader-build-container-service-account
+kind: secret
+name: gcp_download_build_container_assets_key
+---
 get:
   name: application_id
   path: infra/data/ci/datasources/cpp-azure-resourcemanager-credentials
@@ -7354,6 +7413,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: delivery-bot-app-private-key
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 804a6690ecc4900ed6d0ed55902de1858562f2a07e359204d5c0e2313e5f61ca
+hmac: 992db6d1af741f53ab58777764b03bf713ae2fc3ad7a3bdf8805d23b9bf2f9eb
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/pipelines/ci_images.star b/scripts/drone/pipelines/ci_images.star
index 269798741c5..efda2339e35 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/pipelines/ci_images.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/pipelines/ci_images.star
@@ -9,11 +9,16 @@ load(
 load(
     "scripts/drone/vault.star",
     "from_secret",
+    "gcp_download_build_container_assets_key",
 )
 load(
     "scripts/drone/utils/windows_images.star",
     "windows_images",
 )
+load(
+    "scripts/drone/utils/images.star",
+    "images",
+)
 
 def publish_ci_windows_test_image_pipeline():
     trigger = {
@@ -65,3 +70,51 @@ def publish_ci_windows_test_image_pipeline():
     }
 
     return [pl]
+
+def publish_ci_build_container_image_pipeline():
+    trigger = {
+        "event": ["promote"],
+        "target": ["ci-build-container-image"],
+    }
+    pl = pipeline(
+        name = "publish-ci-build-container-image",
+        trigger = trigger,
+        edition = "",
+        steps = [
+            {
+                "name": "validate-version",
+                "image": images["alpine_image"],
+                "commands": [
+                    "if [ -z \"${BUILD_CONTAINER_VERSION}\" ]; then echo Missing BUILD_CONTAINER_VERSION; false; fi",
+                ],
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "download-macos-sdk",
+                "image": images["cloudsdk_image"],
+                "environment": {
+                    "GCP_KEY": from_secret(gcp_download_build_container_assets_key),
+                },
+                "commands": [
+                    "printenv GCP_KEY > /tmp/key.json",
+                    "gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/key.json",
+                    "gsutil cp gs://grafana-private-downloads/MacOSX10.15.sdk.tar.xz ./scripts/build/ci-build/MacOSX10.15.sdk.tar.xz",
+                ],
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "build-and-publish",  # Consider splitting the build and the upload task.
+                "image": images["cloudsdk_image"],
+                "volumes": [{"name": "docker", "path": "/var/run/docker.sock"}],
+                "environment": {
+                    "DOCKER_USERNAME": from_secret("docker_username"),
+                    "DOCKER_PASSWORD": from_secret("docker_password"),
+                },
+                "commands": [
+                    "printenv DOCKER_PASSWORD | docker login -u \"$DOCKER_USERNAME\" --password-stdin",
+                    "docker build -t \"grafana/build-container:${BUILD_CONTAINER_VERSION}\" ./scripts/build/ci-build",
+                    "docker push \"grafana/build-container:${BUILD_CONTAINER_VERSION}\"",
+                ],
+            },
+        ],
+    )
+
+    return [pl]
diff --git a/scripts/drone/vault.star b/scripts/drone/vault.star
index 9b70e094a4f..35e2babb6fa 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/vault.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/vault.star
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pull_secret = "dockerconfigjson"
 drone_token = "drone_token"
 prerelease_bucket = "prerelease_bucket"
 gcp_upload_artifacts_key = "gcp_upload_artifacts_key"
+gcp_download_build_container_assets_key = "gcp_download_build_container_assets_key"
 azure_sp_app_id = "azure_sp_app_id"
 azure_sp_app_pw = "azure_sp_app_pw"
 azure_tenant = "azure_tenant"
@@ -38,6 +39,11 @@ def secrets():
             "infra/data/ci/grafana/releng/artifacts-uploader-service-account",
             "credentials.json",
         ),
+        vault_secret(
+            gcp_download_build_container_assets_key,
+            "infra/data/ci/grafana/assets-downloader-build-container-service-account",
+            "credentials.json",
+        ),
         vault_secret(
             azure_sp_app_id,
             "infra/data/ci/datasources/cpp-azure-resourcemanager-credentials",