diff --git a/python/docker/Dockerfile.base_local b/python/docker/Dockerfile.base_local
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b71627b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/docker/Dockerfile.base_local
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright 2016 the original author or authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+FROM ubuntu:xenial
+
+MAINTAINER Voltha Community <info@opennetworking.org>
+
+# Update to have latest images
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y python python-pip openssl iproute2 libpcap-dev wget
+
+COPY requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
+
+# pip install cython enum34 six && \
+# Install app dependencies
+RUN wget https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init/releases/download/v1.2.0/dumb-init_1.2.0_amd64.deb && \
+    dpkg -i *.deb && \
+    rm -f *.deb && \
+    apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y wget build-essential make gcc binutils python-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev git && \
+    pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt
+
+# Install local pyvoltha
+COPY pyvoltha/dist /pyvoltha/dist
+RUN pip install /pyvoltha/dist/*.tar.gz
+
+# Install local voltha-protos
+COPY voltha-protos/dist /voltha-protos/dist
+RUN pip install /voltha-protos/dist/*.tar.gz
+
+RUN apt-get purge -y wget build-essential make gcc binutils python-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev git && \
+    apt-get autoremove -y
diff --git a/python/docker/Dockerfile.cli b/python/docker/Dockerfile.cli
index 2c4fd45..4e2d925 100644
--- a/python/docker/Dockerfile.cli
+++ b/python/docker/Dockerfile.cli
@@ -23,17 +23,10 @@
 # Bundle app source
 RUN mkdir /voltha && touch /voltha/__init__.py
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/voltha
-COPY common /voltha/python/common/
 COPY cli /voltha/python/cli
 RUN touch /voltha/python/__init__.py
 RUN touch /voltha/python/cli/__init__.py
 
-# Copy in the generated GRPC proto code
-COPY --from=protos /protos/voltha /voltha/python/protos
-COPY --from=protos /protos/google/api /voltha/python/protos/third_party/google/api
-COPY protos/third_party/__init__.py /voltha/python/protos/third_party
-RUN touch /voltha/python/protos/__init__.py
-RUN touch /voltha/python/protos/third_party/google/__init__.py
 
 # Setup the voltha user
 RUN useradd -b /home -d /home/voltha voltha -s /bin/bash