diff --git a/platform/mellanox/rules.mk b/platform/mellanox/rules.mk
index debf4a4606d..3c35a4e7c89 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/rules.mk
+++ b/platform/mellanox/rules.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SONIC_ALL += $(DOCKER_SYNCD_MLNX) \
 	     $(DOCKER_SNMP_SV2) \
 	     $(DOCKER_TEAMD) \
 	     $(DOCKER_PLATFORM_MONITOR) \
+	     $(DOCKER_DHCP_RELAY) \
 	     debs/$(MLNX_HW_MANAGEMENT) \
 	     debs/$(SX_KERNEL)
 
diff --git a/rules/docker-dhcp-relay.mk b/rules/docker-dhcp-relay.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c68e8468a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/docker-dhcp-relay.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# docker dhcp relay image
+
+DOCKER_DHCP_RELAY = docker-dhcp-relay.gz
+$(DOCKER_DHCP_RELAY)_PATH = $(DOCKERS_PATH)/docker-dhcp-relay
+$(DOCKER_DHCP_RELAY)_LOAD_DOCKERS = $(DOCKER_BASE)
+
+SONIC_SIMPLE_DOCKER_IMAGES += $(DOCKER_DHCP_RELAY)