diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67a204e..fd72dc0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ projects, in the same spirit as
   Woodpecker pipeline targets (`ci-version`, `ci-export`, `ci-upload`,
   `ci-update`).
 - `example-woodpecker.yaml` — Woodpecker pipeline: version → build
-  (`node:22-alpine`, syntax check + web bundle) → upload (scp to the
-  droparea) → update (calls the teletypegames `/update` endpoint with
-  `platform=phaser`).
+  (syntax check + web bundle in the
+  `git.teletype.hu/internal/phaser-builder` image) → upload (scp to
+  the droparea) → update (calls the teletypegames `/update` endpoint
+  with `platform=phaser`).
+- `builder.Dockerfile` — the CI builder image: `node:22-alpine` with
+  make/zip/curl baked in.
 - `example-tasks.json` — VS Code `.vscode/tasks.json` with the common
   dev tasks: **Serve** (`make serve`, default build task,
   `Cmd+Shift+B`), **Build Web** and **Make build**.
@@ -42,4 +45,12 @@ The pipeline uploads `$(PROJECT)-$(VERSION).html.zip` to the droparea,
 then triggers
 `/update?platform=phaser&name=$(PROJECT)&version=$(VERSION)`.
 
+## Builder image
+
+```sh
+docker build --platform linux/amd64 -f builder.Dockerfile \
+  -t git.teletype.hu/internal/phaser-builder:latest .
+docker push git.teletype.hu/internal/phaser-builder:latest
+```
+
 Detailed documentation lives on the wiki: `/development/phaser`.
diff --git a/builder.Dockerfile b/builder.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..825f0b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# CI builder image for Phaser projects: Node (syntax check) + packaging
+# tools, so the pipeline's build step does not run apk on every run.
+#
+# Build & push (the CI runner is linux/amd64):
+#   docker build --platform linux/amd64 -f builder.Dockerfile \
+#     -t git.teletype.hu/internal/phaser-builder:latest .
+#   docker push git.teletype.hu/internal/phaser-builder:latest
+
+FROM node:22-alpine
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache make zip curl git
+
+WORKDIR /workspace
+
+CMD ["/bin/sh"]
diff --git a/example-woodpecker.yaml b/example-woodpecker.yaml
index ade6b4c..63e654a 100644
--- a/example-woodpecker.yaml
+++ b/example-woodpecker.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ steps:
       - make ci-version
 
   - name: build
-    image: node:22-alpine
+    image: git.teletype.hu/internal/phaser-builder:latest
     commands:
-      - apk add --no-cache zip make curl
       - make ci-export
 
   - name: upload