diff --git a/deb_autopkg/builder.py b/deb_autopkg/builder.py
index 373a2a8..105d485 100644
--- a/deb_autopkg/builder.py
+++ b/deb_autopkg/builder.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@metux.net>
 
 from metux.util.task import TaskRunner
-from .tasks import pkg_build, pkg_clone, all_clone, pool_build, pool_upload, pool_deploy
+from .tasks import pkg_build, pkg_clone, all_clone, all_baseimage, pool_build, pool_upload, pool_deploy
 from metux.util.specobject import SpecError
 
 class Builder:
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ def clone_package(self, name):
     def clone_all(self):
         return self._run(all_clone.alloc(self.conf))
 
+    def baseimage_all(self):
+        return self._run(all_baseimage.alloc(self.conf))
+
     def build_pool(self, name):
         if name is None or name == '':
             name = self.conf['defaults::build-pool']
diff --git a/deb_autopkg/cmd.py b/deb_autopkg/cmd.py
index 5a22999..0a6145a 100644
--- a/deb_autopkg/cmd.py
+++ b/deb_autopkg/cmd.py
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ def build_package(conffile, pkg):
 def clone_all(conffile):
     return Builder(load(conffile)).clone_all()
 
+@cmdfunc
+def baseimage_all(conffile):
+    return Builder(load(conffile)).baseimage_all()
+
 @cmdfunc
 def get_builder(conffile):
     return Builder(load(conffile))
@@ -76,3 +80,13 @@ def tool_repo_build_pool(argv):
         return build_pool(argv[1], None)
 
     return build_pool(argv[1], argv[2])
+
+@cmdfunc
+def tool_repo_build_rootfs(argv):
+    if len(argv) < 2:
+        print("%s <config-file>" % argv[0])
+        print("")
+        print("Build root filesystems for targets in given config file")
+        return 1
+
+    return baseimage_all(argv[1])
diff --git a/deb_autopkg/tasks/all_baseimage.py b/deb_autopkg/tasks/all_baseimage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9eec69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deb_autopkg/tasks/all_baseimage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@metux.net>
+
+from metux.util.task import Task
+from .target_rootfs import alloc as target_rootfs_alloc
+from .dckbp_clone import alloc as dckbp_clone_alloc
+
+""" Task: clone all package git repos"""
+class BaseimageAllTask(Task):
+
+    def get_subtasks(self):
+        conf = self.param['conf']
+        tasks = [ dckbp_clone_alloc(conf) ]
+
+        for t in conf.get_targets():
+            tasks.append(target_rootfs_alloc(conf, t))
+
+        return tasks
+
+def alloc(conf):
+    return conf.cached_task_alloc('baseimage-all', BaseimageAllTask, { 'conf': conf })
diff --git a/deb_autopkg/tasks/target_rootfs.py b/deb_autopkg/tasks/target_rootfs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..329f458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deb_autopkg/tasks/target_rootfs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@metux.net>
+
+from metux.util.task import Task
+from os import environ
+from copy import copy
+from subprocess import call
+
+"""build for apt (docker-buildpackage)"""
+class TargetBaseimageTask(Task):
+
+    """[private]"""
+    def __init__(self, param):
+        Task.__init__(self, param)
+        self.target   = param['target']
+        self.conf     = param['conf']
+
+    def do_run(self):
+        tgt       = self.target
+
+        env = copy(environ)
+
+        self.log_info('building rootfs for target "%s"' % tgt['name'])
+
+        if (call([self.conf.get_dckbp_cmd(),
+                  '--create-baseimage',
+                  '--target',
+                  self.target['dck-buildpackage::target']],
+                 env=env) != 0):
+            self.fail("rootfs build failed: "+tgt['name'])
+
+        return True
+
+def alloc(conf, target):
+    return conf.cached_task_alloc('target-baseimage:'+target['name'], TargetBaseimageTask, { 'target': target })
diff --git a/repo-build-baseimage b/repo-build-baseimage
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..45b2b72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo-build-baseimage
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys, deb_autopkg
+from deb_autopkg import cmd
+sys.exit(cmd.tool_repo_build_rootfs(sys.argv))