diff --git a/Dockerfile.release b/Dockerfile.release
index e1d63e9ac..9579922c0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.release
+++ b/Dockerfile.release
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ ENV MINIO_ACCESS_KEY_FILE=access_key \
     MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE=secret_key \
     MINIO_KMS_SECRET_KEY_FILE=kms_master_key \
     MINIO_UPDATE_MINISIGN_PUBKEY="RWTx5Zr1tiHQLwG9keckT0c45M3AGeHD6IvimQHpyRywVWGbP1aVSGav" \
-    MINIO_CONFIG_ENV_FILE=config.env
+    MINIO_CONFIG_ENV_FILE=config.env \
+    PATH=$PATH:/opt/bin
 
 COPY dockerscripts/verify-minio.sh /usr/bin/verify-minio.sh
 COPY dockerscripts/docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -30,11 +31,12 @@ RUN \
      microdnf install curl ca-certificates shadow-utils util-linux iproute iputils --nodocs && \
      rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm && \
      microdnf install minisign --nodocs && \
-     curl -s -q https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-${TARGETARCH}/archive/minio.${RELEASE} -o /usr/bin/minio && \
-     curl -s -q https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-${TARGETARCH}/archive/minio.${RELEASE}.sha256sum -o /usr/bin/minio.sha256sum && \
-     curl -s -q https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-${TARGETARCH}/archive/minio.${RELEASE}.minisig -o /usr/bin/minio.minisig && \
+     mkdir -p /opt/bin && chmod -R 777 /opt/bin && \
+     curl -s -q https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-${TARGETARCH}/archive/minio.${RELEASE} -o /opt/bin/minio && \
+     curl -s -q https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-${TARGETARCH}/archive/minio.${RELEASE}.sha256sum -o /opt/bin/minio.sha256sum && \
+     curl -s -q https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-${TARGETARCH}/archive/minio.${RELEASE}.minisig -o /opt/bin/minio.minisig && \
      microdnf clean all && \
-     chmod +x /usr/bin/minio && \
+     chmod +x /opt/bin/minio && \
      chmod +x /usr/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh && \
      chmod +x /usr/bin/verify-minio.sh && \
      /usr/bin/verify-minio.sh
diff --git a/Dockerfile.release.fips b/Dockerfile.release.fips
index ec3a640a7..c29942ecd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.release.fips
+++ b/Dockerfile.release.fips
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ ENV MINIO_ACCESS_KEY_FILE=access_key \
     MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE=secret_key \
     MINIO_KMS_SECRET_KEY_FILE=kms_master_key \
     MINIO_UPDATE_MINISIGN_PUBKEY="RWTx5Zr1tiHQLwG9keckT0c45M3AGeHD6IvimQHpyRywVWGbP1aVSGav" \
-    MINIO_CONFIG_ENV_FILE=config.env
+    MINIO_CONFIG_ENV_FILE=config.env \
+    PATH=$PATH:/opt/bin
 
 COPY dockerscripts/verify-minio.sh /usr/bin/verify-minio.sh
 COPY dockerscripts/docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -30,11 +31,12 @@ RUN \
      microdnf install curl ca-certificates shadow-utils util-linux iproute iputils --nodocs && \
      rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm && \
      microdnf install minisign --nodocs && \
-     curl -s -q https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-${TARGETARCH}/archive/minio.${RELEASE}.fips -o /usr/bin/minio && \
-     curl -s -q https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-${TARGETARCH}/archive/minio.${RELEASE}.fips.sha256sum -o /usr/bin/minio.sha256sum && \
-     curl -s -q https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-${TARGETARCH}/archive/minio.${RELEASE}.fips.minisig -o /usr/bin/minio.minisig && \
+     mkdir -p /opt/bin && chmod -R 777 /opt/bin && \
+     curl -s -q https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-${TARGETARCH}/archive/minio.${RELEASE}.fips -o /opt/bin/minio && \
+     curl -s -q https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-${TARGETARCH}/archive/minio.${RELEASE}.fips.sha256sum -o /opt/bin/minio.sha256sum && \
+     curl -s -q https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-${TARGETARCH}/archive/minio.${RELEASE}.fips.minisig -o /opt/bin/minio.minisig && \
      microdnf clean all && \
-     chmod +x /usr/bin/minio && \
+     chmod +x /opt/bin/minio && \
      chmod +x /usr/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh && \
      chmod +x /usr/bin/verify-minio.sh && \
      /usr/bin/verify-minio.sh
diff --git a/Dockerfile.scratch b/Dockerfile.scratch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8074aa15c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.scratch
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM scratch
+
+COPY minio /minio
+
+CMD ["/minio"]
diff --git a/dockerscripts/verify-minio.sh b/dockerscripts/verify-minio.sh
index 528ecb515..aa26143c3 100755
--- a/dockerscripts/verify-minio.sh
+++ b/dockerscripts/verify-minio.sh
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 
 set -e
 
-if [ ! -x "/usr/bin/minio" ]; then
+if [ ! -x "/opt/bin/minio" ]; then
     echo "minio executable binary not found refusing to proceed"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 verify_sha256sum() {
     echo "verifying binary checksum"
-    echo "$(awk '{print $1}' /usr/bin/minio.sha256sum)  /usr/bin/minio" | sha256sum -c
+    echo "$(awk '{print $1}' /opt/bin/minio.sha256sum)  /opt/bin/minio" | sha256sum -c
 }
 
 verify_signature() {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ verify_signature() {
         return
     fi
     echo "verifying binary signature"
-    minisign -VQm /usr/bin/minio -P RWTx5Zr1tiHQLwG9keckT0c45M3AGeHD6IvimQHpyRywVWGbP1aVSGav
+    minisign -VQm /opt/bin/minio -P RWTx5Zr1tiHQLwG9keckT0c45M3AGeHD6IvimQHpyRywVWGbP1aVSGav
 }
 
 main() {