diff --git a/src/centos/manifest.json b/src/centos/manifest.json
index 7384a66e2..90b98b55f 100644
--- a/src/centos/manifest.json
+++ b/src/centos/manifest.json
@@ -87,6 +87,19 @@
             }
           ]
         },
+        {
+          "platforms": [
+            {
+              "dockerfile": "src/centos/stream8/helix/amd64",
+              "os": "linux",
+              "osVersion": "centos-stream8",
+              "tags": {
+                "centos-stream8-helix-$(System:TimeStamp)-$(System:DockerfileGitCommitSha)": {},
+                "centos-stream8-helix$(FloatingTagSuffix)": {}
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        },
         {
           "platforms": [
             {
diff --git a/src/centos/stream8/helix/amd64/Dockerfile b/src/centos/stream8/helix/amd64/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d9cc261c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/centos/stream8/helix/amd64/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+FROM quay.io/centos/centos:stream8
+
+# Install dependencies
+RUN curl -LO https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc && \
+    echo 2cfd20a306b2fa5e25522d78f2ef50a1f429d35fd30bd983e2ebffc2b80944fa microsoft.asc| sha256sum --check - && \
+    rpm --import microsoft.asc && \
+    rm microsoft.asc && \
+    dnf install --setopt tsflags=nodocs --refresh -y \
+        dnf-plugins-core \
+    && \
+    dnf config-manager --add-repo https://packages.microsoft.com/centos/8/prod \
+    && \
+    dnf install --setopt tsflags=nodocs -y --allowerasing \
+        autoconf \
+        automake \
+        curl \
+        file \
+        gcc \
+        gcc-c++ \
+        gdb \
+        git-core \
+        iputils \
+        libicu \
+        libmsquic \
+        libtool \
+        make \
+        openssl \
+        openssl-devel \
+        perl \
+        python3 \
+        python3-devel \
+        sudo \
+        tar \
+        wget \
+        which \
+    && \
+    dnf clean all
+
+RUN ln -sf /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python && \
+    python -m pip install --upgrade pip==20.2 && \
+    python -m pip install virtualenv==16.6.0 && \
+    pip download --no-deps helix-scripts --index-url https://dnceng.pkgs.visualstudio.com/public/_packaging/helix-client-prod/pypi/simple && \
+    pip install ./helix_scripts-*-py3-none-any.whl
+
+ENV LANG=en_US.utf8
+
+# create helixbot user and give rights to sudo without password
+RUN /usr/sbin/adduser --uid 1000 --shell /bin/bash --gid adm helixbot && \
+    chmod 755 /root && \
+    echo "helixbot ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL" > /etc/sudoers
+
+USER helixbot
+
+RUN python -m virtualenv --no-site-packages /home/helixbot/.vsts-env