diff --git a/Dockerfile.onos-builder b/Dockerfile.onos-builder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6103ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.onos-builder
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+FROM debian:jessie
+MAINTAINER A R Karthick <kramanar@ciena.com>
+
+# Add Java 8 repository
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+RUN echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | debconf-set-selections && \
+    echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list && \
+    echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list && \
+    apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys EEA14886
+
+# Set the environment variables
+ENV HOME /root
+ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle
+ENV ONOS_ROOT /src/onos
+ENV KARAF_VERSION 3.0.5
+ENV KARAF_ROOT /root/onos/apache-karaf-3.0.5
+ENV KARAF_LOG /root/onos/apache-karaf-3.0.5/data/log/karaf.log
+ENV BUILD_NUMBER docker
+ENV PATH $PATH:$KARAF_ROOT/bin
+#Download and Build ONOS
+RUN     apt-get update && apt-get install -y python git less zip curl oracle-java8-installer oracle-java8-set-default
+RUN     mkdir -p /src
+WORKDIR /src
+CMD bash -c "git clone https://github.com/opennetworkinglab/onos.git && \
+        cd onos && \
+        tools/build/onos-buck build onos && \
+        cp buck-out/gen/tools/package/onos-package/onos.tar.gz /root/cord-tester && \
+        rm -rf /src/onos"
+
diff --git a/build-onos-docker.sh b/build-onos-docker.sh
index 9aa9381..5557544 100755
--- a/build-onos-docker.sh
+++ b/build-onos-docker.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     echo "Invalid arguments"
     show_help
 fi
-mydir=$(dirname $0)
+mydir=$(dirname $(realpath $0))
 if [ x"$onos_package" = "x" ]; then
     if [ ! -d $onos_src_dir ]; then
         onos_build=1
@@ -51,24 +51,36 @@
     onos_package=$onos_src_dir/buck-out/gen/tools/package/onos-package/onos.tar.gz
 fi
 
-onos_cloned=0
+function build_onos {
+    if [ ! -f $mydir/Dockerfile.onos-builder ]; then
+        echo "Dockerfile.onos-builder not found. Copy this file from cord-tester project before resuming the build"
+        exit 127
+    fi
+    docker images | grep ^cord-tester-onos-builder || docker build -t cord-tester-onos-builder:latest -f $mydir/Dockerfile.onos-builder $mydir
+    docker run -v $mydir:/root/cord-tester --rm cord-tester-onos-builder:latest
+    return $?
+}
 
 #if onos package is not built, then exit
 if [ $onos_build -eq 1 ]; then
     if [ ! -d $onos_src_dir ]; then
-        mkdir -p $onos_src_dir
-        onos_cloned=1
-      ( cd $onos_src_dir && git clone http://github.com/opennetworkinglab/onos.git . )
+        build_onos
+        local ret=$?
+        if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo "Failed to build ONOS. Exiting"
+            exit 127
+        fi
+        onos_package=$mydir/onos.tar.gz
     else
       if [ $onos_update -eq 1 ]; then
           echo "Updating ONOS source"
           ( cd $onos_src_dir && git pull --ff-only origin master || git clone http://github.com/opennetworkinglab/onos.git . )
       fi
+      ( cd $onos_src_dir && tools/build/onos-buck build onos ) && echo "ONOS build success" || {
+        echo "ONOS build failure. Exiting ..." && exit 1
+      }
+      onos_package=$onos_src_dir/buck-out/gen/tools/package/onos-package/onos.tar.gz
     fi
-    ( cd $onos_src_dir && tools/build/onos-buck build onos ) && echo "ONOS build success" || {
-      echo "ONOS build failure. Exiting ..." && exit 1
-    }
-    onos_package=$onos_src_dir/buck-out/gen/tools/package/onos-package/onos.tar.gz
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f $onos_package ]; then
@@ -76,12 +88,11 @@
     exit 1
 fi
 
-cp -v $onos_package $mydir
+if [ $onos_package != $mydir/onos.tar.gz ]; then
+    cp -v $onos_package $mydir/onos.tar.gz
+fi
 
 function finish {
-    if [ $onos_cloned -eq 1 ]; then
-        rm -rf $onos_src_dir
-    fi
     rm -f onos.tar.gz
     rm -f Dockerfile.cord-tester
 }
@@ -130,5 +141,4 @@
 EOF
 
 #Now build the docker image
-
 docker build -t $onos_tag -f $mydir/Dockerfile.cord-tester $mydir