diff --git a/quantum/Dockerfile b/quantum/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83d1e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quantum/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+ARG tag=noble
+FROM spack/ubuntu-${tag}:latest AS builder
+ARG ARCH=x86_64
+ENV ARCH=${ARCH}
+ARG FLUX_SCHED_REPO=https://github.com/vsoch/flux-sched
+ARG FLUX_SCHED_BRANCH=add-hold
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y gettext-base git make pkg-config
+
+# Custom flux-sched branch, built from a local clone via spack `develop`
+RUN git clone --depth 1 -b ${FLUX_SCHED_BRANCH} ${FLUX_SCHED_REPO} /opt/flux-sched
+
+# Spack environment written inline (jansson is needed to build the jobtap)
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/spack-environment && cat > /opt/spack-environment/spack.yaml <<EOF
+spack:
+  specs:
+    - flux-sched@master
+    - flux-core
+    - flux-pmix
+    - pmix
+    - libzmq
+    - jansson
+  view: /opt/views/view
+  concretizer:
+    unify: true
+  develop:
+    flux-sched:
+      spec: flux-sched@master
+      path: /opt/flux-sched
+  packages:
+    all:
+      require: ["target=:${ARCH}"]
+    boost:
+      # boost 1.90 + modern cmake break component config lookup (boost_system);
+      # pin below it so flux-sched's find_package(Boost) succeeds.
+      require: "@1.85.0"
+  config:
+    install_tree:
+      root: /opt/software
+EOF
+
+RUN cd /opt/spack-environment && \
+    . /opt/spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh && \
+    spack env activate . && \
+    spack install --fail-fast && spack gc -y
+
+RUN cd /opt/spack-environment && \
+    spack env activate --sh -d . > activate.sh && \
+    . ./activate.sh && \
+    python3 -m ensurepip
+
+# flux-quantum plugins staged into the view.
+COPY . /opt/flux-quantum-src
+RUN cd /opt/spack-environment && . ./activate.sh && \
+    export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/views/view/lib/pkgconfig:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH} && \
+    make -C /opt/flux-quantum-src/flux_quantum/jobtap \
+        FLUX_CFLAGS="$(pkg-config --cflags flux-core jansson)" \
+        FLUX_LIBS="$(pkg-config --libs flux-core jansson)" \
+        CFLAGS="-Wall -fPIC -O2" && \
+    mkdir -p /opt/views/view/flux-quantum && \
+    cp -R /opt/flux-quantum-src/flux_quantum /opt/views/view/flux-quantum/ && \
+    cp -R /opt/flux-quantum-src/cli-plugins  /opt/views/view/flux-quantum/ && \
+    install -D /opt/flux-quantum-src/flux_quantum/jobtap/quantum.so \
+        /opt/views/view/flux-quantum/jobtap/quantum.so
+
+RUN find -L /opt/views/view/* -type f -exec readlink -f '{}' \; | \
+    xargs file -i | grep 'charset=binary' | \
+    grep 'x-executable\|x-archive\|x-sharedlib' | \
+    awk -F: '{print $1}' | xargs strip || true
+
+# Bare OS image with the view
+ARG tag=noble
+FROM ubuntu:${tag}
+COPY --from=builder /opt/spack-environment /opt/spack-environment
+COPY --from=builder /opt/software /opt/software
+COPY --from=builder /opt/views /opt/views
+RUN { \
+      echo '#!/bin/sh' \
+      && echo '.' /opt/spack-environment/activate.sh \
+      && echo 'exec "$@"'; \
+    } > /entrypoint.sh \
+&& chmod a+x /entrypoint.sh \
+&& ln -s /opt/views/view /opt/view
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/entrypoint.sh" ]
+CMD [ "/bin/bash" ]
diff --git a/quantum/uptodate.yaml b/quantum/uptodate.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc0d79b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quantum/uptodate.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+dockerbuild:
+  build_args:
+    tag:
+      key: "tag"
+      # jammy and focal won't build with flux-sched requiring gcc>12
+      versions:
+       - "noble"
diff --git a/rocky/Dockerfile b/rocky/Dockerfile
index 4666781..67987b8 100644
--- a/rocky/Dockerfile
+++ b/rocky/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ RUN mkdir /opt/spack-environment \
 &&   echo '  view: /opt/views/view' \
 &&   echo '  concretizer:' \
 &&   echo '    unify: true' \
+&&   echo '  packages:' \
+&&   echo '    boost:' \
+&&   echo '      require: "@1.85.0"' \
 &&   echo '  config:' \
 &&   echo '    install_tree:' \
 &&   echo '      root: /opt/software') > /opt/spack-environment/spack.yaml
diff --git a/ubuntu/Dockerfile b/ubuntu/Dockerfile
index 355d500..d40b0ec 100644
--- a/ubuntu/Dockerfile
+++ b/ubuntu/Dockerfile
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y gettext-base
 # is specified in a manifest file (spack.yaml)
 RUN mkdir /opt/spack-environment \
 &&  (echo spack: \
-&&   echo '  specs: [flux-sched, flux-core@master, pmix, flux-pmix, libzmq]' \
+&&   echo '  specs: [flux-sched, flux-core, pmix, flux-pmix, libzmq]' \
 &&   echo '  view: /opt/views/view' \
 &&   echo '  concretizer:' \
 &&   echo '    unify: true' \
 &&   echo '  packages:' \
 &&   echo '    all:' \
 &&   echo '      require: ["target=:${ARCH}"]' \
+&&   echo '    boost:' \
+&&   echo '      require: "@1.85.0"' \
 &&   echo '  config:' \
 &&   echo '    install_tree:' \
 &&   echo '      root: /opt/software') > /opt/spack-environment/spack-template.yaml