diff --git a/packages/k8s/src/hooks/run-container-step.ts b/packages/k8s/src/hooks/run-container-step.ts
index 3fc1ee6..4bfe703 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/src/hooks/run-container-step.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/src/hooks/run-container-step.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
 import * as k8s from '@kubernetes/client-node'
 import { RunContainerStepArgs } from 'hooklib'
 import {
@@ -8,7 +9,8 @@ import {
   getPodLogs,
   getPodStatus,
   waitForJobToComplete,
-  waitForPodPhases
+  waitForPodPhases,
+  containerBuild
 } from '../k8s'
 import {
   containerVolumes,
@@ -17,12 +19,14 @@ import {
   PodPhase,
   writeEntryPointScript
 } from '../k8s/utils'
-import { JOB_CONTAINER_NAME } from './constants'
+import { getRunnerPodName, JOB_CONTAINER_NAME } from './constants'
 
 export async function runContainerStep(
   stepContainer: RunContainerStepArgs
 ): Promise<number> {
   if (stepContainer.dockerfile) {
+    const imagePath = `${generateRandomHandle()}/${generateBuildTag()}`
+    await containerBuild(stepContainer, imagePath)
     throw new Error('Building container actions is not currently supported')
   }
 
@@ -108,3 +112,16 @@ function createPodSpec(
 
   return podContainer
 }
+
+function generateBuildTag(): string {
+  return `${getRunnerPodName}:${uuidv4().substring(0, 6)}`
+}
+
+function generateRandomHandle(length = 10): string {
+  let handle = ''
+  const chars = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+  for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+    handle += chars.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * length))
+  }
+  return handle
+}
diff --git a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts
index 0060dd5..24686b3 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as k8s from '@kubernetes/client-node'
-import { ContainerInfo, Registry } from 'hooklib'
+import { RunContainerStepArgs, ContainerInfo, Registry } from 'hooklib'
 import * as stream from 'stream'
 import {
   getJobPodName,
@@ -485,12 +485,15 @@ export async function isPodContainerAlpine(
   return isAlpine
 }
 
-export async function buildContainer(): Promise<void> {
+export async function containerBuild(
+  args: RunContainerStepArgs,
+  imagePath: string
+): Promise<void> {
   const cm = registryConfigMap()
   const secret = registrySecret()
   const ss = registryStatefulSet()
   const svc = registryService()
-  const pod = kanikoPod()
+  const pod = kanikoPod(args.workingDirectory, imagePath)
   await Promise.all([
     k8sApi.createNamespacedConfigMap(namespace(), cm),
     k8sApi.createNamespacedSecret(namespace(), secret)
diff --git a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/kaniko.ts b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/kaniko.ts
index 676e8bc..b748d0e 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/kaniko.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/kaniko.ts
@@ -173,7 +173,10 @@ export function registryService(): k8s.V1Service {
   return svc
 }
 
-export function kanikoPod(): k8s.V1Pod {
+export function kanikoPod(
+  workingDirectory: string, // git://github.com/<handle>/<repo>
+  imagePath: string // <handle>/<image>:<tag>
+): k8s.V1Pod {
   const pod = new k8s.V1Pod()
   pod.apiVersion = 'v1'
   pod.kind = 'Pod'
@@ -193,8 +196,8 @@ export function kanikoPod(): k8s.V1Pod {
   ]
   c.args = [
     '--dockerfile=Dockerfile',
-    '--context=git://github.com/nikola-jokic/dockeraction.git',
-    '--destination=docker-registry.default.svc.cluster.local:5000/test/app:1.0'
+    `--context=${workingDirectory}`,
+    `--destination=docker-registry.default.svc.cluster.local:5000/${imagePath}`
   ]
   spec.containers = [c]
   spec.dnsPolicy = 'ClusterFirst'
diff --git a/packages/k8s/tests/build-container-test.ts b/packages/k8s/tests/build-container-test.ts
index a8d2239..3e530ae 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/tests/build-container-test.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/tests/build-container-test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { buildContainer } from '../src/k8s'
-import { TestHelper } from './test-setup'
+import { containerBuild } from '../src/k8s'
 
 jest.useRealTimers()
 
@@ -9,6 +8,13 @@ describe('container build', () => {
   })
 
   it('should finish without throwing an exception', async () => {
-    await expect(buildContainer()).resolves.not.toThrow()
+    await expect(
+      containerBuild(
+        {
+          workingDirectory: 'git://github.com/nikola-jokic/dockeraction.git'
+        },
+        'randhandle/randimg:123123'
+      )
+    ).resolves.not.toThrow()
   })
 })