diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-quickstart.yml b/.github/workflows/release-quickstart.yml
index dec4e3804..2edf3fdb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-quickstart.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-quickstart.yml
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release-quickstart:
     name: Release Quickstart Job
-    # this is only run on the official upstream repo when a PR is merged to the default branch "main" or a release tag
-    # is pushed; merges to main trigger a quickstart release with a commit SHA suffix featuring the previous ziti binary
-    # release version, whereas release tag pushes trigger a quickstart release with the same tag name and the same ziti
-    # binary release version
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'openziti' 
-      && (
-        startsWith(github.ref_name, 'v')
-        || (
+    # this is only run on the official upstream repo when a PR is merged to the
+    # default branch "main" or a release tag is pushed or for the same
+    # conditions in a repo fork that overrides the container image repo to push
+    # to; merges to main trigger a quickstart release with a commit SHA suffix
+    # featuring the previous ziti binary release version, whereas release tag
+    # pushes trigger a quickstart release with the same tag name and the same
+    # ziti binary release version
+    if: (github.repository_owner == 'openziti' || github.vars.ZITI_QUICKSTART_IMAGE != '') && (
+        startsWith(github.ref_name, 'v') || (
           github.event.pull_request.merged == true 
           && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'quickstartrelease')
         )
diff --git a/quickstart/docker/pushLatestDocker.sh b/quickstart/docker/pushLatestDocker.sh
index 557fc26a5..a1ef148b0 100755
--- a/quickstart/docker/pushLatestDocker.sh
+++ b/quickstart/docker/pushLatestDocker.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 set -eo pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+: "${ZITI_QUICKSTART_IMAGE:-openziti/quickstart}"
 
 if [ -z "${ZITI_VERSION}" ]; then
   DOCKER_IMAGE_ROOT="$(realpath ${SCRIPT_DIR}/image)"
@@ -36,6 +37,6 @@ docker buildx create \
 
 eval docker buildx build "${_BUILDX_PLATFORM}" "${SCRIPT_DIR}/image" \
   --build-arg ZITI_VERSION_OVERRIDE="v${ZITI_VERSION}" \
-  --tag "openziti/quickstart:${ZITI_VERSION}" \
-  --tag "openziti/quickstart:${IMAGE_TAG}" \
+  --tag "${ZITI_QUICKSTART_IMAGE}:${ZITI_VERSION}" \
+  --tag "${ZITI_QUICKSTART_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}" \
   "${_BUILDX_ACTION}"