diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69905cc17d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.dockerignore
+out
+dockerfiles
+make
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96554d125e7..34e223a61ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 cmd/docker-machine-driver-kvm/docker-machine-driver-kvm
 *.sw*
 docker-machine-driver-kvm-*
+out
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ce5d680c526..b7c95d9b2dc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,41 @@
-PREFIX=docker-machine-driver-kvm
-MACHINE_VERSION=v0.10.0
-GO_VERSION=1.8.1
+export PREFIX=docker-machine-driver-kvm
+export GO_VERSION ?= 1.8.1
+export MACHINE_VERSION ?= v0.10.0
+export GIT_ROOT=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 DESCRIBE=$(shell git describe --tags)
 
-TARGETS=$(addprefix $(PREFIX)-, alpine3.4 alpine3.5 ubuntu14.04 ubuntu16.04 centos7)
+TARGETS=$(addprefix out/$(PREFIX)-, alpine3.4 alpine3.5 ubuntu14.04 ubuntu16.04 centos7 opensuse42.2)
 
 build: $(TARGETS)
 
-$(PREFIX)-%: Dockerfile.%
-	docker rmi -f $@ >/dev/null  2>&1 || true
-	docker rm -f $@-extract > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
-	echo "Building binaries for $@"
-	docker build --build-arg "MACHINE_VERSION=$(MACHINE_VERSION)" --build-arg "GO_VERSION=$(GO_VERSION)" -t $@ -f $< .
-	docker create --name $@-extract $@ sh
-	docker cp $@-extract:/go/bin/docker-machine-driver-kvm ./
-	mv ./docker-machine-driver-kvm ./$@
-	docker rm $@-extract || true
-	docker rmi $@ || true
+$(PREFIX)-base\:%: dockerfiles/Dockerfile.%
+	"$(GIT_ROOT)/make/base" $@
+
+Dockerfile.%.build:
+	@echo "FROM $(PREFIX)-base:$*" >> $@
+	@echo "ENV PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/go/bin" >> $@
+	@echo "ENV GOPATH /go" >> $@
+	@echo "COPY . /go/src/github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm" >> $@
+
+out/$(PREFIX)-%: $(PREFIX)-base\:% Dockerfile.%.build
+	"$(GIT_ROOT)/make/build" $<
 
 clean:
-	rm -f ./$(PREFIX)-*
+	rm -f ./out/$(PREFIX)-*
 
+clean-bases:
+	docker rmi $(docker images -q $(PREFIX)-base)
 
 release: build
 	@echo "Paste the following into the release page on github and upload the binaries..."
 	@echo ""
-	@for bin in $(PREFIX)-* ; do \
+	@for bin in out/$(PREFIX)-* ; do \
+	    bin=$$(basename "$$bin"); \
 	    target=$$(echo $${bin} | cut -f5- -d-) ; \
-	    md5=$$(md5sum $${bin}) ; \
+	    md5=$$(md5sum out/$${bin}) ; \
 	    echo "* $${target} - md5: $${md5}" ; \
 	    echo '```' ; \
-	    echo "  curl -L https://github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm/releases/download/$(DESCRIBE)/$${bin} > /usr/local/bin/$(PREFIX) \\ " ; \
+	    echo "  curl -L https://github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm/releases/download/$(DESCRIBE)/$${bin} > /usr/local/bin/$(PREFIX)" ; \
 	    echo "  chmod +x /usr/local/bin/$(PREFIX)" ; \
 	    echo '```' ; \
 	done
diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine3.4 b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpine3.4
similarity index 60%
rename from Dockerfile.alpine3.4
rename to dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpine3.4
index afa00740296..aa439e2c281 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.alpine3.4
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpine3.4
@@ -3,13 +3,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.4
 MAINTAINER Daniel Hiltgen <daniel.hiltgen@docker.com>
 
 ARG MACHINE_VERSION
+# Uncomment the following line to build with docker engine < 1.13
+# ARG GO_VERSION
 ENV GOPATH /go
 
 RUN apk -v add --update libvirt-dev curl go git musl-dev gcc
 RUN git clone --branch ${MACHINE_VERSION} https://github.com/docker/machine.git /go/src/github.com/docker/machine
-
-COPY . /go/src/github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm
-WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm
-RUN go get -v -d ./...
-
-RUN go install -v ./cmd/docker-machine-driver-kvm
diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine3.5 b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpine3.5
similarity index 60%
rename from Dockerfile.alpine3.5
rename to dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpine3.5
index 1f42b0e62aa..b81a21e8f24 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.alpine3.5
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpine3.5
@@ -3,13 +3,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.5
 MAINTAINER Daniel Hiltgen <daniel.hiltgen@docker.com>
 
 ARG MACHINE_VERSION
+# Uncomment the following line to build with docker engine < 1.13
+# ARG GO_VERSION
 ENV GOPATH /go
 
 RUN apk -v add --update libvirt-dev curl go git musl-dev gcc
 RUN git clone --branch ${MACHINE_VERSION} https://github.com/docker/machine.git /go/src/github.com/docker/machine
-
-COPY . /go/src/github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm
-WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm
-RUN go get -v -d ./...
-
-RUN go install -v ./cmd/docker-machine-driver-kvm
diff --git a/Dockerfile.centos7 b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.centos7
similarity index 58%
rename from Dockerfile.centos7
rename to dockerfiles/Dockerfile.centos7
index 693d364ee56..d163b2c4a2e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.centos7
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.centos7
@@ -8,11 +8,4 @@ ENV GOPATH /go
 
 RUN yum install -y libvirt-devel curl git gcc
 RUN curl -sSL https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -C /usr/local -xzf -
-ENV PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/go/bin
 RUN git clone --branch ${MACHINE_VERSION} https://github.com/docker/machine.git /go/src/github.com/docker/machine
-
-COPY . /go/src/github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm
-WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm
-RUN go get -v -d ./...
-
-RUN go install -v ./cmd/docker-machine-driver-kvm
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.opensuse42.2 b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.opensuse42.2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ecae6466540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.opensuse42.2
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+FROM opensuse:42.2
+
+LABEL maintainer "Hart Simha <hart.simha@suse.com>"
+RUN zypper -n in libvirt-devel curl git gcc tar && \
+    git clone https://github.com/docker/machine.git /go/src/github.com/docker/machine
+
+ARG GO_VERSION
+RUN curl -sSL https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -C /usr/local -xzf -
+
+ARG MACHINE_VERSION
+WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/docker/machine
+RUN git checkout $MACHINE_VERSION
diff --git a/Dockerfile.ubuntu14.04 b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.ubuntu14.04
similarity index 59%
rename from Dockerfile.ubuntu14.04
rename to dockerfiles/Dockerfile.ubuntu14.04
index 3b1c1cc552d..68dc458a043 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ubuntu14.04
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.ubuntu14.04
@@ -8,11 +8,4 @@ ENV GOPATH /go
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libvirt-dev curl git gcc
 RUN curl -sSL https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -C /usr/local -xzf -
-ENV PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/go/bin
 RUN git clone --branch ${MACHINE_VERSION} https://github.com/docker/machine.git /go/src/github.com/docker/machine
-
-COPY . /go/src/github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm
-WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm
-RUN go get -v -d ./...
-
-RUN go install -v ./cmd/docker-machine-driver-kvm
diff --git a/Dockerfile.ubuntu16.04 b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.ubuntu16.04
similarity index 59%
rename from Dockerfile.ubuntu16.04
rename to dockerfiles/Dockerfile.ubuntu16.04
index c6286daaa70..cf8c6d3d04a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ubuntu16.04
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.ubuntu16.04
@@ -8,11 +8,4 @@ ENV GOPATH /go
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libvirt-dev curl git gcc
 RUN curl -sSL https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -C /usr/local -xzf -
-ENV PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/go/bin
 RUN git clone --branch ${MACHINE_VERSION} https://github.com/docker/machine.git /go/src/github.com/docker/machine
-
-COPY . /go/src/github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm
-WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm
-RUN go get -v -d ./...
-
-RUN go install -v ./cmd/docker-machine-driver-kvm
diff --git a/make/base b/make/base
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..941ebc149de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/base
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+# This script creates the platform-specific base image used as the FROM base for constructing 
+# the image which will be used to generate the docker-machine-driver-kvm-$platform binary.
+# It expects the base image name (taking the form of $PREFIX-base:$PLATFORM) to be passed as an argument
+set -e
+GO_VERSION_ARG=GO_VERSION=${GO_VERSION:-1.8.1}
+MACHINE_VERSION_ARG=MACHINE_VERSION=${MACHINE_VERSION:-v0.10.0}
+GIT_ROOT=${GIT_ROOT:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)}
+
+# Extract values 'BASE_IMAGE_NAME:PLATFORM' from the image name argument
+BASE_IMAGE_NAME=${1%:*}
+PLATFORM=${1#*:}
+
+# If the base image for this platform, go version, and machine version is not already present, build it.
+# Labels are used to track the GO_VERSION and MACHINE_VERSION
+if [ -z "$(docker images -q $@ -f label=$GO_VERSION_ARG -f label=$MACHINE_VERSION_ARG)" ]; then
+  # If an image with this BASE_IMAGE_NAME:PLATFORM already exists, store its ID for deletion later
+  PREVIOUS_IMAGE=$(docker images -q $@)
+  # Build the new image before deleting any previous one, to reuse common layers
+  docker build \
+    --label $GO_VERSION_ARG      --build-arg $GO_VERSION_ARG \
+    --label $MACHINE_VERSION_ARG --build-arg $MACHINE_VERSION_ARG \
+    -t $@ \
+    -f "${GIT_ROOT}/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.${PLATFORM}" \
+    "${GIT_ROOT}"
+  if [ -n "$PREVIOUS_IMAGE" ]; then
+    docker rmi $PREVIOUS_IMAGE
+  fi
+else
+  echo "Image '$@' with labels $GO_VERSION_ARG $MACHINE_VERSION_ARG already exists"
+fi
diff --git a/make/build b/make/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..982b4d64f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/build
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+# This script builds the docker-machine-driver-kvm binary by first building a temporary
+# image with the relevant docker-machine-kvm code inside, and PATH and GO_PATH set. The binary
+# is then built in a container from this image and into 'out/'. Finally, the temporary
+# image and container (with suffixes '-build' and '-extract) are deleted
+
+set -e
+PREFIX=${PREFIX:-docker-machine-driver-kvm}
+GIT_ROOT=${GIT_ROOT:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)}
+
+BASE_IMAGE=$@
+PLATFORM=${BASE_IMAGE#*:}
+BUILD_TARGET=$PREFIX-$PLATFORM
+BUILD_IMAGE=$PREFIX-build:$PLATFORM
+
+echo "Building compilation image for out/$PREFIX-$PLATFORM"
+docker build -t $BUILD_IMAGE -f "${GIT_ROOT}/Dockerfile.$PLATFORM.build" "${GIT_ROOT}"
+
+echo "Building binaries for out/$PREFIX-$PLATFORM"
+docker run --name $BUILD_TARGET-extract $BUILD_IMAGE sh -c "cd /go/src/github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm && go get -v -d ./... && go install -v ./cmd/docker-machine-driver-kvm"
+docker cp $BUILD_TARGET-extract:/go/bin/docker-machine-driver-kvm out/$BUILD_TARGET
+docker rm $BUILD_TARGET-extract
+docker rmi $BUILD_IMAGE
diff --git a/out/.gitkeep b/out/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d