diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 708107b2bc7..fee3c6620e6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ $(DOCKER_LITE_TARGETS): docker_lite_%:
 	${call build_docker_image,docker/lite/Dockerfile.$*,vitess/lite:$*}
 
 docker_lite_push:
+	echo "pushing lite image: latest" && docker push vitess/lite:latest
 	for i in $(DOCKER_LITE_SUFFIX); do echo "pushing lite image: $$i"; docker push vitess/lite:$$i || exit 1; done
 
 docker_lite_all: docker_lite $(DOCKER_LITE_TARGETS)