diff --git a/.github/workflows/advanced-example.yml b/.github/workflows/advanced-example.yml
index f16f92d2..7b52d6b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/advanced-example.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/advanced-example.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ jobs:
             distro: fedora_latest
           - arch: armv7
             distro: archarm_latest
+          - arch: x86_64
+            distro: ubuntu18.04
+            base_image: ubuntu:18.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
           distro: ${{ matrix.distro }}
+          base_image: ${{ matrix.base_image }}
 
           # Not required, but speeds up builds
           githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 2a997310..a2bc5ccd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ jobs:
         install: |
           case "${{ matrix.distro }}" in
             ubuntu*|jessie|stretch|buster|bullseye)
-              apt-get update -q -y
-              apt-get install -q -y git
+              apt-get update -q -y --force-yes
+              apt-get install -q -y --force-yes git
               ;;
             fedora*)
               dnf -y update
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbe9c82b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fdbf823e..6698490d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ The action also accepts some optional input parameters:
 * `dockerRunArgs`: Additional arguments to pass to `docker run`, such as volume mappings. See [`docker run` documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/run).
 * `setup`: Shell commands to execute on the host before running the container, such as creating directories for volume mappings.
 * `install`: Shell commands to execute in the container as part of `docker build`, such as installing dependencies. This speeds up subsequent builds if `githubToken` is also used, but note that the image layer will be publicly available in your projects GitHub Package Registry, so make sure the resulting image does not have any secrets cached in logs or state.
+* `base_image`: Specify a custom base image, such as **busybox** or your predefined base image. This will replace the **FROM** claus in the default Dockerfile on the fly. This is optional. Hint: with this option you are able to use all the available archs other than the ones showed in this page. See the [advanced example](./.github/workflows/advanced-example.yml) in this repo. For more detials, see [PR #103](https://github.com/uraimo/run-on-arch-action/pull/103#issuecomment-1363810049).
 
 ### Basic example
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index ff1ae705..77342755 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Shell commands to execute in the container as part of docker build, such as installing dependencies. This speeds up subsequent builds if githubToken is also used, but note that the image layer will be publicly available in your projects GitHub Package Registry, so make sure the resulting image does not have any secrets cached in logs or state.'
     required: false
     default: ''
+  base_image:
+    description: 'Specify a custom base image, such as \"busybox\" or your predefined base image. This will replace the \"FROM\" claus in the default Dockerfile on the fly. This is optional. Hint: with this option you are able to use all the available archs other than the ones showed by default. See the [advanced example](./.github/workflows/advanced-example.yml) in this repo. For more detials, see [PR #103](https://github.com/uraimo/run-on-arch-action/pull/103#issuecomment-1363810049).'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
 
 runs:
   using: 'node16'
diff --git a/src/run-on-arch.js b/src/run-on-arch.js
index aeca1b2e..1282840c 100644
--- a/src/run-on-arch.js
+++ b/src/run-on-arch.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-const core = require('@actions/core')
+/*jshint esversion: 9 */
+
+const core = require('@actions/core');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path')
+const path = require('path');
 const YAML = require('yaml');
 const shlex = require('shlex');
-const { exec } = require('@actions/exec')
+const { exec } = require('@actions/exec');
 
 function slug(str) {
   return str.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g, '-').toLowerCase();
@@ -11,15 +13,27 @@ function slug(str) {
 
 async function main() {
   if (process.platform !== 'linux') {
-    throw new Error('run-on-arch supports only Linux')
+    throw new Error('run-on-arch supports only Linux');
   }
 
   const arch = core.getInput('arch', { required: true });
   const distro = core.getInput('distro', { required: true });
+  const base_image = core.getInput('base_image', { required: false });
 
   // If bad arch/distro passed, fail fast before installing all the qemu stuff
   const dockerFile = path.join(
     __dirname, '..', 'Dockerfiles', `Dockerfile.${arch}.${distro}`);
+
+  // If a custom base image is given, then dynamically create its Dockerfile.
+  if (base_image) {
+    let lines = [];
+    lines.push(`FROM ${base_image}`);
+    lines.push("COPY ./run-on-arch-install.sh /root/run-on-arch-install.sh");
+    lines.push("RUN chmod +x /root/run-on-arch-install.sh && /root/run-on-arch-install.sh");
+    console.log(`Writing custom Dockerfile to: ${dockerFile} ...`);
+    fs.writeFileSync(dockerFile, lines.join("\n"));
+  }
+
   if (!fs.existsSync(dockerFile)) {
     throw new Error(`run-on-arch: ${dockerFile} does not exist.`);
   }
@@ -85,7 +99,7 @@ async function main() {
   // docker run.
   const envYAML = core.getInput('env');
   if (envYAML) {
-    const mapping = YAML.parse(envYAML)
+    const mapping = YAML.parse(envYAML);
     if (typeof mapping !== 'object' || mapping instanceof Array) {
       throw new Error(`run-on-arch: env must be a flat mapping of key/value pairs.`);
     }
@@ -105,7 +119,7 @@ async function main() {
     arch, distro,
   ].join('-'));
 
-  console.log('Configuring Docker for multi-architecture support')
+  console.log('Configuring Docker for multi-architecture support');
   await exec(
     path.join(__dirname, 'run-on-arch.sh'),
     [ dockerFile, containerName, ...dockerRunArgs ],
@@ -114,5 +128,5 @@ async function main() {
 }
 
 main().catch(err => {
-  core.setFailed(err.message)
-})
+  core.setFailed(err.message);
+});