diff --git a/sabayon-buildpackages b/sabayon-buildpackages
index 4f41c3b..0367483 100755
--- a/sabayon-buildpackages
+++ b/sabayon-buildpackages
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ MAKE_CONF="${MAKE_CONF:-$SAB_WORKSPACE/specs/make.conf}"
 OUTPUT_DIR="${OUTPUT_DIR:-$SAB_WORKSPACE/portage_artifacts/}"
 LOCAL_OVERLAY="${LOCAL_OVERLAY:-$SAB_WORKSPACE/local_overlay}"
 ENTROPY_REPOSITORY="${ENTROPY_REPOSITORY:-main}" # Can be weekly, main, testing
+DOCKER_OPTS="${DOCKER_OPTS:--ti --rm}"
 
 . /sbin/sabayondevkit-functions.sh
 
@@ -55,6 +56,6 @@ fi
 
 echo "Spawning the package builder container for '$@'."
 echo ""
-echo "docker run --rm ${docker_env[@]} ${docker_volumes[@]} -ti $DOCKER_IMAGE $@"
+echo "docker run $DOCKER_OPTS ${docker_env[@]} ${docker_volumes[@]} $DOCKER_IMAGE $@"
 
-docker run --rm "${docker_env[@]}" "${docker_volumes[@]}"	-ti $DOCKER_IMAGE $@
+docker run $DOCKER_OPTS "${docker_env[@]}" "${docker_volumes[@]}" $DOCKER_IMAGE $@
diff --git a/sabayon-createrepo b/sabayon-createrepo
index 21c73c5..f4f73a9 100755
--- a/sabayon-createrepo
+++ b/sabayon-createrepo
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ REPOSITORY_DESCRIPTION="${REPOSITORY_DESCRIPTION:-My Sabayon repository}"
 DOCKER_IMAGE="${DOCKER_IMAGE:-sabayon/eit-amd64}"
 PORTAGE_ARTIFACTS="${PORTAGE_ARTIFACTS:-$SAB_WORKSPACE/portage_artifacts}"
 OUTPUT_DIR="${OUTPUT_DIR:-$SAB_WORKSPACE/entropy_artifacts}"
+DOCKER_OPTS="${DOCKER_OPTS:--ti --rm --entrypoint /bin/bash}"
 
 args=("$@")
 EDITOR=cat
@@ -95,9 +96,9 @@ function cleanup {
 
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
-echo "docker run --rm --entrypoint /bin/bash ${docker_env[@]} ${docker_volumes[@]} -ti $DOCKER_IMAGE /sabayon/bin/create_repo.sh"
+echo "docker $DOCKER_OPTS  ${docker_env[@]} ${docker_volumes[@]} $DOCKER_IMAGE /sabayon/bin/create_repo.sh"
 
-docker run --rm --entrypoint /bin/bash "${docker_env[@]}" "${docker_volumes[@]}" -ti $DOCKER_IMAGE /sabayon/bin/create_repo.sh || true
+docker run $DOCKER_OPTS "${docker_env[@]}" "${docker_volumes[@]}" $DOCKER_IMAGE /sabayon/bin/create_repo.sh || true
 
 if [ -d "$OUTPUT_DIR/standard" ]; then
   echo "The Sabayon repository files are in $SAB_WORKSPACE/entropy_artifacts"