diff --git a/image/base/Dockerfile b/image/base/Dockerfile
index e9052ed66..a47bc65a9 100644
--- a/image/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/image/base/Dockerfile
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ FROM builder AS imagemagick_builder
 ADD install-imagemagick /tmp/install-imagemagick
 RUN /tmp/install-imagemagick
 
+FROM builder AS nginx_builder
+# From https://nginx.org/en/pgp_keys.html
+ADD nginx_public_keys.key /tmp/nginx_public_keys.key
+ADD install-nginx /tmp/install-nginx
+RUN gpg --import /tmp/nginx_public_keys.key &&\
+    rm /tmp/nginx_public_keys.key &&\
+    /tmp/install-nginx
+
 FROM discourse/ruby:3.3.6-${DEBIAN_RELEASE}-slim AS discourse_dependencies
 
 ARG DEBIAN_RELEASE
@@ -56,8 +64,8 @@ RUN --mount=type=tmpfs,target=/var/log \
     libheif1 libjbig0 libtiff6 libpng16-16 libfontconfig1 \
     libwebpdemux2 libwebpmux3 libxext6 librsvg2-2 libgomp1 \
     fonts-urw-base35 \
-# nginx compile dependencies \
-    libfreetype6-dev && \
+# nginx runtime dependencies \
+    nginx-common && \
 # install these without recommends to avoid pulling in e.g.
 # X11 libraries, mailutils
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends git rsyslog logrotate cron ssh-client less; \
@@ -91,6 +99,8 @@ RUN sed -i "s/^# $LANG/$LANG/" /etc/locale.gen; \
 RUN --mount=type=tmpfs,target=/root/.npm \
     npm install -g terser uglify-js pnpm
 
+COPY --from=nginx_builder /usr/sbin/nginx /usr/sbin
+
 # Copy binary and configuration files for magick
 COPY --from=imagemagick_builder /usr/local/bin/magick /usr/local/bin/magick
 COPY --from=imagemagick_builder /usr/local/etc/ImageMagick-7 /usr/local/etc/ImageMagick-7
@@ -113,14 +123,6 @@ RUN ln -s /usr/local/bin/magick /usr/local/bin/animate &&\
 ADD install-jemalloc /tmp/install-jemalloc
 RUN /tmp/install-jemalloc
 
-# From https://nginx.org/en/pgp_keys.html
-ADD nginx_public_keys.key /tmp/nginx_public_keys.key
-ADD install-nginx /tmp/install-nginx
-
-RUN gpg --import /tmp/nginx_public_keys.key &&\
-    rm /tmp/nginx_public_keys.key &&\
-    /tmp/install-nginx
-
 ADD install-redis /tmp/install-redis
 RUN /tmp/install-redis