diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index af1094040..b2326612b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -374,12 +374,7 @@ compile_standalone_db_migrator:
 	@$(DOCKERCMD) run --rm -v $(BUILDPATH):$(GOBUILDPATHINCONTAINER) -w $(GOBUILDPATH_STANDALONE_DB_MIGRATOR) $(GOBUILDIMAGE) $(GOIMAGEBUILD_COMMON) -o $(GOBUILDPATHINCONTAINER)/$(GOBUILDMAKEPATH_STANDALONE_DB_MIGRATOR)/$(STANDALONE_DB_MIGRATOR_BINARYNAME)
 	@echo "Done."
 
-compile_exporter:
-	@echo "compiling binary for exporter (golang image)..."
-	@$(DOCKERCMD) build -f ${GOBUILDMAKEPATH_EXPORTER}/Dockerfile --build-arg build_image=$(GOBUILDIMAGE) -t $(DOCKERIMAGENAME_EXPORTER):$(VERSIONTAG) .
-	@echo "Done."
-
-compile: check_environment versions_prepare compile_core compile_jobservice compile_registryctl compile_notary_migrate_patch compile_exporter
+compile: check_environment versions_prepare compile_core compile_jobservice compile_registryctl compile_notary_migrate_patch
 
 update_prepare_version:
 	@echo "substitute the prepare version tag in prepare file..."
@@ -416,7 +411,7 @@ build_base_docker:
 	else \
 		echo "No docker credentials provided, please make sure enough priviledges to access docker hub!" ; \
 	fi
-	@for name in chartserver trivy-adapter core db jobservice log nginx notary-server notary-signer portal prepare redis registry registryctl; do \
+	@for name in chartserver trivy-adapter core db jobservice log nginx notary-server notary-signer portal prepare redis registry registryctl exporter; do \
 		echo $$name ; \
 		sleep 30 ; \
 		$(DOCKERBUILD) --pull --no-cache -f $(MAKEFILEPATH_PHOTON)/$$name/Dockerfile.base -t $(BASEIMAGENAMESPACE)/harbor-$$name-base:$(BASEIMAGETAG) --label base-build-date=$(date +"%Y%m%d") . && \
diff --git a/make/photon/Makefile b/make/photon/Makefile
index 73d46b5d3..1ee719fcd 100644
--- a/make/photon/Makefile
+++ b/make/photon/Makefile
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ DOCKERFILEPATH_STANDALONE_DB_MIGRATOR=$(DOCKERFILEPATH)/standalone-db-migrator
 DOCKERFILENAME_STANDALONE_DB_MIGRATOR=Dockerfile
 DOCKERIMAGENAME_STANDALONE_DB_MIGRATOR=goharbor/standalone-db-migrator
 
+DOCKERFILEPATH_EXPORTER=$(DOCKERFILEPATH)/exporter
+DOCKERFILENAME_EXPORTER=Dockerfile
+DOCKERIMAGENAME_EXPORTER=goharbor/harbor-exporter
 
 # for chart server (chartmuseum)
 DOCKERFILEPATH_CHART_SERVER=$(DOCKERFILEPATH)/chartserver
@@ -213,6 +216,11 @@ _build_standalone_db_migrator:
 	@$(DOCKERBUILD) --build-arg harbor_base_image_version=$(BASEIMAGETAG) --build-arg harbor_base_namespace=$(BASEIMAGENAMESPACE) -f $(DOCKERFILEPATH_STANDALONE_DB_MIGRATOR)/$(DOCKERFILENAME_STANDALONE_DB_MIGRATOR) -t $(DOCKERIMAGENAME_STANDALONE_DB_MIGRATOR):$(VERSIONTAG) .
 	@echo "Done."
 
+_compile_and_build_exporter:
+	@echo "compiling and building image for exporter..."
+	@$(DOCKERCMD) build --build-arg harbor_base_image_version=$(BASEIMAGETAG) --build-arg harbor_base_namespace=$(BASEIMAGENAMESPACE) --build-arg build_image=$(GOBUILDIMAGE) -f ${DOCKERFILEPATH_EXPORTER}/${DOCKERFILENAME_EXPORTER} -t $(DOCKERIMAGENAME_EXPORTER):$(VERSIONTAG) .
+	@echo "Done."
+
 define _extract_archive
 	echo "download $1";\
 	$(CURL) --connect-timeout 30 -f -k -L $1 | tar xvz -C $2 || exit 1
@@ -223,7 +231,9 @@ define _get_binary
 	$(CURL) --connect-timeout 30 -f -k -L $1 -o $2 || exit 1
 endef
 
-build: _build_prepare _build_db _build_portal _build_core _build_jobservice _build_log _build_nginx _build_registry _build_registryctl _build_notary _build_trivy_adapter _build_redis _build_chart_server
+
+
+build: _build_prepare _build_db _build_portal _build_core _build_jobservice _build_log _build_nginx _build_registry _build_registryctl _build_notary _build_trivy_adapter _build_redis _build_chart_server _compile_and_build_exporter
 
 cleanimage:
 	@echo "cleaning image for photon..."
diff --git a/make/photon/exporter/Dockerfile b/make/photon/exporter/Dockerfile
index d35263814..42f94481a 100644
--- a/make/photon/exporter/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/exporter/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ARG build_image
+ARG harbor_base_image_version
+ARG harbor_base_namespace
+
 FROM ${build_image} AS build
 
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
@@ -9,12 +12,7 @@ COPY src /harbor/src
 WORKDIR /harbor/src/cmd/exporter
 RUN go build -o /out/harbor_exporter
 
-FROM photon:2.0
-
-RUN tdnf install -y tzdata shadow >> /dev/null \
-    && tdnf clean all \
-    && groupadd -r -g 10000 harbor && useradd --no-log-init -r -m -g 10000 -u 10000 harbor \
-    && mkdir /harbor/
+FROM ${harbor_base_namespace}/harbor-exporter-base:${harbor_base_image_version}
 
 COPY --from=build /out/harbor_exporter /harbor/harbor_exporter
 COPY ./make/photon/exporter/entrypoint.sh ./make/photon/common/install_cert.sh /harbor/
diff --git a/make/photon/exporter/Dockerfile.base b/make/photon/exporter/Dockerfile.base
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd1a383a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/photon/exporter/Dockerfile.base
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM photon:2.0
+
+RUN tdnf install -y tzdata shadow >> /dev/null \
+    && tdnf clean all \
+    && groupadd -r -g 10000 harbor && useradd --no-log-init -r -m -g 10000 -u 10000 harbor \
+    && mkdir /harbor/