diff --git a/distribution/docker/build.gradle b/distribution/docker/build.gradle
index ddfd6641f39b..c9d8531db9ed 100644
--- a/distribution/docker/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/docker/build.gradle
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ configurations {
       attribute(ArtifactTypeDefinition.ARTIFACT_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, ArtifactTypeDefinition.DIRECTORY_TYPE)
     }
   }
+  // Iron bank images require a tarball
+  aarch64DockerSourceTar
+  dockerSourceTar
+
   log4jConfig
   tini
   allPlugins
@@ -92,7 +96,9 @@ String tiniArch = Architecture.current() == Architecture.AARCH64 ? 'arm64' : 'am
 
 dependencies {
   aarch64DockerSource project(":distribution:archives:linux-aarch64-tar")
+  aarch64DockerSourceTar project(path: ":distribution:archives:linux-aarch64-tar", configuration:"default")
   dockerSource project(":distribution:archives:linux-tar")
+  dockerSourceTar project(path: ":distribution:archives:linux-tar", configuration:"default")
   log4jConfig project(path: ":distribution", configuration: 'log4jConfig')
   tini "krallin:tini:0.19.0:${tiniArch}"
   allPlugins project(path: ':plugins', configuration: 'allPlugins')
@@ -310,11 +316,15 @@ void addTransformDockerContextTask(Architecture architecture, DockerBase base) {
     String distributionFolderName = "elasticsearch-${VersionProperties.elasticsearch}"
 
     from(tarTree("${project.buildDir}/distributions/${archiveName}.tar.gz")) {
-      eachFile { FileCopyDetails details ->
-        if (details.name.equals("Dockerfile")) {
-          filter { String contents ->
-            return contents.replaceAll('^RUN curl.*artifacts-no-kpi.*$', "COPY $distributionFolderName .")
-                           .replaceAll('^RUN tar -zxf /tmp/elasticsearch.tar.gz --strip-components=1$', "")
+
+      if (base != DockerBase.IRON_BANK) {
+        // iron bank always needs a COPY with the tarball file path
+        eachFile { FileCopyDetails details ->
+          if (details.name.equals("Dockerfile")) {
+            filter { String contents ->
+              return contents.replaceAll('^RUN curl.*artifacts-no-kpi.*$', "COPY $distributionFolderName .")
+                .replaceAll('^RUN tar -zxf /tmp/elasticsearch.tar.gz --strip-components=1$', "")
+            }
           }
         }
       }
@@ -322,12 +332,13 @@ void addTransformDockerContextTask(Architecture architecture, DockerBase base) {
     into "${project.buildDir}/docker-context/${archiveName}"
 
     // Since we replaced the remote URL in the Dockerfile, copy in the required file
-    from(architecture == Architecture.AARCH64 ? configurations.aarch64DockerSource : configurations.dockerSource)
-
-    if (base == DockerBase.IRON_BANK) {
+    if(base == DockerBase.IRON_BANK) {
+      from(architecture == Architecture.AARCH64 ? configurations.aarch64DockerSourceTar : configurations.dockerSourceTar)
       from (configurations.tini) {
         rename { _ -> 'tini' }
       }
+    } else {
+      from(architecture == Architecture.AARCH64 ? configurations.aarch64DockerSource : configurations.dockerSource)
     }
 
     expansions(architecture, base).findAll { it.key != 'build_date' }.each { k, v ->