diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bazel b/WORKSPACE.bazel
index 0ce4c51fa..9d492ff94 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE.bazel
+++ b/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@ oci_pull(
     ],
 )
 
+oci_pull(
+    name = "python3",
+    digest = "sha256:5120c734a5ba810c47b97a80cdc6e03004bd4ff7ad98e492b9ccdaf70ff2b8d6",
+    image = "index.docker.io/library/python",
+)
+
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_pkg",
     sha256 = "8f9ee2dc10c1ae514ee599a8b42ed99fa262b757058f65ad3c384289ff70c4b8",
diff --git a/k8s/cursor-initializator-elastic/BUILD.bazel b/k8s/cursor-initializator-elastic/BUILD.bazel
index aa8c5a031..12a81257a 100644
--- a/k8s/cursor-initializator-elastic/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/k8s/cursor-initializator-elastic/BUILD.bazel
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ py_binary(
 python_oci_image_rules(
     name = "oci_image",
     src = ":cursor-initializator-elastic",
+    base_image = "@python3"
 )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/k8s/oci_images.bzl b/k8s/oci_images.bzl
index ec15e040b..78746af82 100644
--- a/k8s/oci_images.bzl
+++ b/k8s/oci_images.bzl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 rules for creating oci images from python binaries
 """
 
-load("@rules_oci//oci:defs.bzl", "oci_image", "oci_push")
+load("@rules_oci//oci:defs.bzl", "oci_image", "oci_push", "oci_tarball")
 load("@rules_pkg//:pkg.bzl", "pkg_tar")
 
 def python_oci_image_rules(name, src, base_image = "@distroless_python3"):
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ def python_oci_image_rules(name, src, base_image = "@distroless_python3"):
         }
     )
 
+    tarball_name = "{}-tarball".format(binary.name)
+    oci_tarball(
+        name = tarball_name,
+        image = image_rule_name,
+        repo_tags = ["localhost/{}:latest".format(binary.name)]
+    )
+
     oci_push(
         name = "push_image",
         image = image_rule_name,