diff --git a/.github/workflows/alpine-mainline.yml b/.github/workflows/alpine-mainline.yml
index ca5ed32..3a788c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/alpine-mainline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/alpine-mainline.yml
@@ -112,10 +112,19 @@ jobs:
           context: "{{ defaultContext }}:mainline/alpine-slim"
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          # push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          outputs: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && 'type=registry' || 'type=oci,dest=/tmp/nginxslim.tar' }}
           # cache-from: type=gha,scope=alpine-slim
           # cache-to: type=gha,mode=min,scope=alpine-slim
 
+      - name: Upload Docker build artifact during local builds
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3 # v4.3.1
+        with:
+          name: nginxslim
+          path: /tmp/nginxslim.tar
+          retention-days: 1
+
       - name: Sign Docker Hub Manifest
         if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
         run: |
@@ -198,6 +207,18 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ secrets.QUAY_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.QUAY_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Download artifact
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@eaceaf801fd36c7dee90939fad912460b18a1ffe # v4.1.2
+        with:
+          name: nginxslim
+          path: /tmp
+
+      - name: Load image
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+        run: |
+          docker load --input /tmp/nginxslim.tar
+
       - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
         id: meta
         uses: docker/metadata-action@8e5442c4ef9f78752691e2d8f8d19755c6f78e81 # v5.5.1
@@ -227,10 +248,19 @@ jobs:
           context: "{{ defaultContext }}:mainline/alpine"
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          # push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          outputs: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && 'type=registry' || 'type=oci,dest=/tmp/nginxcore.tar' }}
           # cache-from: type=gha,scope=debian-perl
           # cache-to: type=gha,mode=min,scope=debian-perl
 
+      - name: Upload Docker build artifact during local builds
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3 # v4.3.1
+        with:
+          name: nginxcore
+          path: /tmp/nginxcore.tar
+          retention-days: 1
+
       - name: Sign Docker Hub Manifest
         if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
         run: |
@@ -334,6 +364,18 @@ jobs:
             type=raw,value=alpine-perl
             type=raw,value=alpine${{ needs.version.outputs.distro }}-perl
 
+      - name: Download artifact
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@eaceaf801fd36c7dee90939fad912460b18a1ffe # v4.1.2
+        with:
+          name: nginxcore
+          path: /tmp
+
+      - name: Load image
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+        run: |
+          docker load --input /tmp/nginxcore.tar
+
       - name: Build and push NGINX mainline perl Alpine image to Amazon ECR Public Gallery, Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry, and Quay
         id: build
         uses: docker/build-push-action@4a13e500e55cf31b7a5d59a38ab2040ab0f42f56 # v5.1.0
@@ -343,6 +385,7 @@ jobs:
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
           push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          # outputs: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && 'type=registry' || 'type=oci,dest=/tmp/nginxslim.tar' }}
           # cache-from: type=gha,scope=alpine-perl
           # cache-to: type=gha,mode=min,scope=alpine-perl