diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_build_docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_build_docker.yaml
index f2dab156858..40f6e0c62e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_build_docker.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_build_docker.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,17 @@ jobs:
             --build-arg TARGETARCH=${TARGETARCH} \
             .
             docker save docker.io/falcosecurity/falco-distroless:${{ inputs.arch }}-${{ inputs.tag }} --output /tmp/falco-distroless-${{ inputs.arch }}.tar
-            
+
+      - name: Build no-falcoctl-distroless image
+        run: |
+          cd ${{ github.workspace }}/docker/no-driver/
+          docker build -f Dockerfile.no-falcoctl-distroless -t docker.io/falcosecurity/no-falcoctl-distroless:${{ inputs.arch }}-${{ inputs.tag }} \
+            --build-arg VERSION_BUCKET=bin${{ inputs.bucket_suffix }} \
+            --build-arg FALCO_VERSION=${{ inputs.version }} \
+            --build-arg TARGETARCH=${TARGETARCH} \
+            .
+            docker save docker.io/falcosecurity/no-falcoctl-distroless:${{ inputs.arch }}-${{ inputs.tag }} --output /tmp/no-falcoctl-distroless-${{ inputs.arch }}.tar
+
       - name: Build falco image
         run: |
           cd ${{ github.workspace }}/docker/falco/
diff --git a/docker/no-driver/Dockerfile.no-falcoctl-distroless b/docker/no-driver/Dockerfile.no-falcoctl-distroless
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7968efe3946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/no-driver/Dockerfile.no-falcoctl-distroless
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+FROM cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base as builder
+
+ARG FALCO_VERSION
+ARG VERSION_BUCKET=bin
+
+ENV FALCO_VERSION=${FALCO_VERSION}
+ENV VERSION_BUCKET=${VERSION_BUCKET}
+
+RUN apk update && apk add build-base gcc curl ca-certificates jq elfutils
+
+WORKDIR /
+
+RUN FALCO_VERSION_URLENCODED=$(echo -n ${FALCO_VERSION}|jq -sRr @uri) && \
+    curl -L -o falco.tar.gz \
+    https://download.falco.org/packages/${VERSION_BUCKET}/$(uname -m)/falco-${FALCO_VERSION_URLENCODED}-$(uname -m).tar.gz && \
+    tar -xvf falco.tar.gz && \
+    rm -f falco.tar.gz && \
+    mv falco-${FALCO_VERSION}-$(uname -m) falco && \
+    rm -rf /falco/usr/bin/falcoctl && \
+    rm -rf /falco/etc/falcoctl && \
+    rm -rf /falco/usr/src/falco-*
+
+RUN sed -e 's/time_format_iso_8601: false/time_format_iso_8601: true/' < /falco/etc/falco/falco.yaml > /falco/etc/falco/falco.yaml.new \
+    && mv /falco/etc/falco/falco.yaml.new /falco/etc/falco/falco.yaml
+
+FROM cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base
+
+LABEL maintainer="cncf-falco-dev@lists.cncf.io"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco"
+
+LABEL usage="docker run -i -t --privileged -v /var/run/docker.sock:/host/var/run/docker.sock -v /dev:/host/dev -v /proc:/host/proc:ro --name NAME IMAGE"
+# NOTE: for the "least privileged" use case, please refer to the official documentation
+
+RUN apk update && apk add libelf libstdc++
+
+ENV HOST_ROOT /host
+ENV HOME /root
+
+USER root
+COPY --from=builder /falco /
+
+CMD ["/usr/bin/falco", "-o", "time_format_iso_8601=true"]