diff --git a/apertis-image-sdk.yaml b/apertis-image-sdk.yaml
index 44dc9c42e9408262e98c675234c2dcfa822889c8..1b2af3a2535f19b7c445a8760561978fa720d4a3 100644
--- a/apertis-image-sdk.yaml
+++ b/apertis-image-sdk.yaml
@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ actions:
     description: Unpack the devroot ospack
     chroot: false
     command: tar --extract -C "${ROOTDIR}/opt/devroot" -f devpack.tar.gz
+  {{ else if eq $devroot "local" }}
+  - action: run
+    description: Create the devroot directory
+    chroot: false
+    command: mkdir -p "${ROOTDIR}/opt/devroot"
+
+  - action: run
+    description: Unpack the devroot ospack
+    chroot: false
+    command: tar --extract -C "${ROOTDIR}/opt/devroot" -f "${ARTIFACTDIR}/{{ $devpack }}.tar.gz"
   {{ end }}
 
   - action: run
diff --git a/apertis-sample-image-basesdk.yaml b/apertis-sample-image-basesdk.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dfbee768f4eb84d5bc26482326783553969b56e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apertis-sample-image-basesdk.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{{- $architecture := "amd64" }}
+{{- $type := "basesdk" }}
+{{- $mirror := "https://repositories.apertis.org/apertis/" }}
+{{- $suite := "18.12" }}
+{{- $timestamp := "00000000.0" }}
+{{- $image := (printf "apertis-sample-%s-%s-%s_%s" $suite  $type $architecture $timestamp) }}
+
+{{ $devroot_arch := "armhf" }}
+{{ $devpack := (printf "ospack_%s-%s-%s_%s" $suite $devroot_arch "devroot" $timestamp) }}
+
+architecture: {{ $architecture }}
+
+actions:
+  - action: recipe
+    description: Create devroot ospack for {{ $devroot_arch }}
+    recipe: apertis-ospack-devroot.yaml
+    variables:
+      # overide architecture for devroot ospack
+      architecture: {{ $devroot_arch }}
+      mirror: {{ $mirror }}
+      suite: {{ $suite }}
+      timestamp: {{ $timestamp }}
+      ospack: {{ $devpack }}
+
+  - action: run
+    description: Reset rootfs
+    chroot: false
+    command: find ${ROOTDIR} -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -exec rm -rf {} \;
+
+  - action: recipe
+    description: Create ospack for {{ $suite }} {{ $type }} {{ $architecture }}
+    recipe: apertis-ospack-{{ $type }}.yaml
+    variables:
+      type: {{ $type }}
+      mirror: {{ $mirror }}
+      suite: {{ $suite }}
+      timestamp: {{ $timestamp }}
+
+  - action: recipe
+    description: Create image {{ $image }} for {{ $suite }} {{ $type }} {{ $architecture }}
+    recipe: apertis-image-sdk.yaml
+    variables:
+      type: {{ $type }}
+      mirror: {{ $mirror }}
+      suite: {{ $suite }}
+      timestamp: {{ $timestamp }}
+      image: {{ $image }}
+      devroot: local
+      devroot_arch: {{ $devroot_arch }}
+      devpack: {{ $devpack }}