diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/main.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/main.go
index b0a40c64..3cd71502 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/main.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type options struct {
 	root        string
 	pidFile     string
 	sourceRoot  string
+	packageType string
 
 	toolkitOptions toolkit.Options
 	runtimeOptions runtime.Options
@@ -141,11 +142,18 @@ func (a app) build() *cli.App {
 			EnvVars:     []string{"ROOT"},
 		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:        "source-root",
+			Name:        "toolkit-source-root",
 			Value:       "/",
 			Usage:       "The folder where the required toolkit artifacts can be found",
 			Destination: &options.sourceRoot,
-			EnvVars:     []string{"SOURCE_ROOT"},
+			EnvVars:     []string{"TOOLKIT_SOURCE_ROOT"},
+		},
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "toolkit-package-type",
+			Usage:       "specify the package type to use for the toolkit. One of ['deb', 'rpm', 'auto', '']. If 'auto' or '' are used, the type is inferred automatically.",
+			Value:       "auto",
+			Destination: &options.packageType,
+			EnvVars:     []string{"TOOLKIT_PACKAGE_TYPE"},
 		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:        "pid-file",
@@ -163,6 +171,15 @@ func (a app) build() *cli.App {
 }
 
 func (a *app) Before(c *cli.Context, o *options) error {
+	if o.sourceRoot == "" {
+		sourceRoot, err := resolveSourceRoot(o.runtimeOptions.HostRootMount, o.packageType)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve source root: %v", err)
+		}
+		a.logger.Infof("Resolved source root to %v", sourceRoot)
+		o.sourceRoot = sourceRoot
+	}
+
 	a.toolkit = toolkit.NewInstaller(
 		toolkit.WithLogger(a.logger),
 		toolkit.WithSourceRoot(o.sourceRoot),
@@ -323,3 +340,33 @@ func (a *app) shutdown(pidFile string) {
 		a.logger.Warningf("Unable to remove pidfile: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func resolveSourceRoot(hostRoot string, packageType string) (string, error) {
+	resolvedPackageType, err := resolvePackageType(hostRoot, packageType)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	switch resolvedPackageType {
+	case "deb":
+		return "/artifacts/deb", nil
+	case "rpm":
+		return "/artifacts/rpm", nil
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid package type: %v", resolvedPackageType)
+	}
+}
+
+func resolvePackageType(hostRoot string, packageType string) (rPackageTypes string, rerr error) {
+	if packageType != "" && packageType != "auto" {
+		return packageType, nil
+	}
+
+	if info, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(hostRoot, "/usr/bin/rpm")); err != nil && !info.IsDir() {
+		return "rpm", nil
+	}
+	if info, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(hostRoot, "/usr/bin/dpkg")); err != nil && !info.IsDir() {
+		return "deb", nil
+	}
+
+	return "deb", nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/installer.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/installer.go
index 86c734a5..80bccbf3 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/installer.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/installer.go
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ var _ Installer = (*toolkitInstaller)(nil)
 
 // New creates a toolkit installer with the specified options.
 func New(opts ...Option) (Installer, error) {
-	t := &toolkitInstaller{}
+	t := &toolkitInstaller{
+		sourceRoot: "/",
+	}
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(t)
 	}
@@ -55,9 +57,6 @@ func New(opts ...Option) (Installer, error) {
 	if t.logger == nil {
 		t.logger = logger.New()
 	}
-	if t.sourceRoot == "" {
-		t.sourceRoot = "/"
-	}
 	if t.artifactRoot == nil {
 		artifactRoot, err := newArtifactRoot(t.logger, t.sourceRoot)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/package-type.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/package-type.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6db44930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/package-type.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+*
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+*
+*/
+package installer
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/toolkit.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/toolkit.go
index 86365c03..6b3e00d9 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/toolkit.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/toolkit.go
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ func Flags(opts *Options) []cli.Flag {
 
 // An Installer is used to install the NVIDIA Container Toolkit from the toolkit container.
 type Installer struct {
-	logger     logger.Interface
+	logger logger.Interface
+
 	sourceRoot string
 	// toolkitRoot specifies the destination path at which the toolkit is installed.
 	toolkitRoot string
diff --git a/deployments/container/Dockerfile.ubi8 b/deployments/container/Dockerfile.ubi8
index 4efa622b..19bccf4e 100644
--- a/deployments/container/Dockerfile.ubi8
+++ b/deployments/container/Dockerfile.ubi8
@@ -47,33 +47,85 @@ ARG VERSION="N/A"
 ARG GIT_COMMIT="unknown"
 RUN make PREFIX=/artifacts cmd-nvidia-ctk-installer
 
-FROM nvcr.io/nvidia/cuda:12.8.1-base-ubi8
+FROM nvcr.io/nvidia/cuda:12.8.1-base-ubi8 AS packaging
+
+ARG ARTIFACTS_ROOT
+COPY ${ARTIFACTS_ROOT} /artifacts/packages/
+
+WORKDIR /artifacts/packages
+
+# build-args are added to the manifest.txt file below.
+ARG PACKAGE_DIST
+ARG PACKAGE_VERSION
+ARG GIT_BRANCH
+ARG GIT_COMMIT
+ARG GIT_COMMIT_SHORT
+ARG SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
+ARG VERSION
+
+# Create a manifest.txt file with the absolute paths of all deb and rpm packages in the container
+RUN echo "#IMAGE_EPOCH=$(date '+%s')" > /artifacts/manifest.txt && \
+    env | sed 's/^/#/g' >> /artifacts/manifest.txt && \
+    find /artifacts/packages -iname '*.deb' -o -iname '*.rpm' >> /artifacts/manifest.txt
+
+RUN mkdir /licenses && mv /NGC-DL-CONTAINER-LICENSE /licenses/NGC-DL-CONTAINER-LICENSE
+
+# The rpmpackages stage is used to extract the contents of the rpm packages.
+FROM nvcr.io/nvidia/cuda:12.8.1-base-ubi8 AS rpmpackages
+RUN dnf install -y cpio
+
+ARG TARGETARCH
+ARG PACKAGE_DIST_RPM=centos7
+
+COPY --from=packaging /artifacts/packages/${PACKAGE_DIST_RPM} /rpm-packages
+
+RUN mkdir -p /artifacts/rpm
+RUN set -eux; \
+    \
+    case "${TARGETARCH}" in \
+        x86_64 | amd64) ARCH='x86_64' ;; \
+        ppc64el | ppc64le) ARCH='ppc64le' ;; \
+        aarch64 | arm64) ARCH='aarch64' ;; \
+        *) echo "unsupported architecture" ; exit 1 ;; \
+    esac; \
+    for p in $(ls /rpm-packages/${ARCH}/*.rpm); do rpm2cpio $p | cpio -idmv -D /artifacts/rpm; done
+
+# The debpackages stage is used to extract the contents of deb packages.
+FROM nvcr.io/nvidia/cuda:12.8.1-base-ubuntu20.04 AS debpackages
+
+ARG TARGETARCH
+ARG PACKAGE_DIST_DEB=ubuntu18.04
+
+COPY --from=packaging /artifacts/packages/${PACKAGE_DIST_DEB} /deb-packages
+
+RUN mkdir -p /artifacts/deb
+RUN set -eux; \
+    \
+    case "${TARGETARCH}" in \
+        x86_64 | amd64) ARCH='amd64' ;; \
+        ppc64el | ppc64le) ARCH='ppc64le' ;; \
+        aarch64 | arm64) ARCH='arm64' ;; \
+        *) echo "unsupported architecture" ; exit 1 ;; \
+    esac; \
+    for p in $(ls /deb-packages/${ARCH}/*.deb); do dpkg-deb -xv $p /artifacts/deb/; done
+
+FROM nvcr.io/nvidia/cuda:12.8.1-base-ubi8 AS artifacts
+
+COPY --from=rpmpackages /artifacts/rpm /artifacts/rpm
+COPY --from=debpackages /artifacts/deb /artifacts/deb
+COPY --from=build /artifacts/bin /artifacts/build
+
+FROM nvcr.io/nvidia/cuda:12.6.2-base-ubi8
 
 ENV NVIDIA_DISABLE_REQUIRE="true"
 ENV NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=void
 ENV NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=utility
 
-ARG ARTIFACTS_ROOT
-ARG PACKAGE_DIST
-COPY ${ARTIFACTS_ROOT}/${PACKAGE_DIST} /artifacts/packages/${PACKAGE_DIST}
-
-WORKDIR /artifacts/packages
-
-ARG PACKAGE_VERSION
-ARG TARGETARCH
-ENV PACKAGE_ARCH=${TARGETARCH}
-
-RUN PACKAGE_ARCH=${PACKAGE_ARCH/amd64/x86_64} && PACKAGE_ARCH=${PACKAGE_ARCH/arm64/aarch64} && \
-    yum localinstall -y \
-    ${PACKAGE_DIST}/${PACKAGE_ARCH}/libnvidia-container1-1.*.rpm \
-    ${PACKAGE_DIST}/${PACKAGE_ARCH}/libnvidia-container-tools-1.*.rpm \
-    ${PACKAGE_DIST}/${PACKAGE_ARCH}/nvidia-container-toolkit*-${PACKAGE_VERSION}*.rpm
+COPY --from=artifacts /artifacts/rpm /artifacts/rpm
+COPY --from=artifacts /artifacts/deb /artifacts/deb
+COPY --from=artifacts /artifacts/build /work
 
 WORKDIR /work
-
-COPY --from=build /artifacts/nvidia-ctk-installer /work/nvidia-ctk-installer
-RUN ln -s nvidia-ctk-installer nvidia-toolkit
-
 ENV PATH=/work:$PATH
 
 ARG VERSION
diff --git a/deployments/container/Makefile b/deployments/container/Makefile
index a2a1f23b..8c450709 100644
--- a/deployments/container/Makefile
+++ b/deployments/container/Makefile
@@ -90,10 +90,13 @@ $(IMAGE_TARGETS): image-%: $(ARTIFACTS_ROOT)
 		--provenance=false --sbom=false \
 		$(DOCKER_BUILD_OPTIONS) \
 		$(DOCKER_BUILD_PLATFORM_OPTIONS) \
+		$(INTERMEDIATE_TARGET) \
 		--tag $(IMAGE) \
 		--build-arg ARTIFACTS_ROOT="$(ARTIFACTS_ROOT)" \
 		--build-arg GOLANG_VERSION="$(GOLANG_VERSION)" \
 		--build-arg PACKAGE_DIST="$(PACKAGE_DIST)" \
+		--build-arg PACKAGE_DIST_DEB="$(PACKAGE_DIST_DEB)" \
+		--build-arg PACKAGE_DIST_RPM="$(PACKAGE_DIST_RPM)" \
 		--build-arg PACKAGE_VERSION="$(PACKAGE_VERSION)" \
 		--build-arg VERSION="$(VERSION)" \
 		--build-arg GIT_COMMIT="$(GIT_COMMIT)" \
@@ -103,14 +106,19 @@ $(IMAGE_TARGETS): image-%: $(ARTIFACTS_ROOT)
 		-f $(DOCKERFILE) \
 		$(CURDIR)
 
+
+PACKAGE_DIST_DEB = ubuntu18.04
+# TODO: This needs to be set to centos8 for ppc64le builds
+PACKAGE_DIST_RPM = centos7
+
 build-ubuntu%: DOCKERFILE_SUFFIX := ubuntu
 build-ubuntu%: PACKAGE_DIST = ubuntu18.04
 
 build-ubi8: DOCKERFILE_SUFFIX := ubi8
 build-ubi8: PACKAGE_DIST = centos7
 
-build-packaging: DOCKERFILE_SUFFIX := packaging
-build-packaging: PACKAGE_ARCH := amd64
+build-packaging: DOCKERFILE_SUFFIX := ubi8
+build-packaging: INTERMEDIATE_TARGET := --target=packaging
 build-packaging: PACKAGE_DIST = all
 
 # Test targets