diff --git a/automation/scripts/containerize b/automation/scripts/containerize
index da45baed4e..b7c81559fb 100755
--- a/automation/scripts/containerize
+++ b/automation/scripts/containerize
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ die() {
 #
 BASE="registry.gitlab.com/xen-project/xen"
 case "_${CONTAINER}" in
+    _alpine) CONTAINER="${BASE}/alpine:3.12" ;;
     _archlinux|_arch) CONTAINER="${BASE}/archlinux:current" ;;
     _centos7) CONTAINER="${BASE}/centos:7" ;;
     _centos72) CONTAINER="${BASE}/centos:7.2" ;;