diff --git a/pkg/devcontainer/build.go b/pkg/devcontainer/build.go
index 0c1b97bbd..dcc31e5c0 100644
--- a/pkg/devcontainer/build.go
+++ b/pkg/devcontainer/build.go
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ func (r *runner) buildImage(
 		r.Log.Debugf("Try to find prebuild image %s in repositories %s", prebuildHash, strings.Join(options.PrebuildRepositories, ","))
 		for _, prebuildRepo := range options.PrebuildRepositories {
 			prebuildImage := prebuildRepo + ":" + prebuildHash
-			img, err := image.GetImage(ctx, prebuildImage)
+			img, err := image.GetImageForArch(ctx, prebuildImage, targetArch)
 			if err == nil && img != nil {
 				// prebuild image found
 				r.Log.Infof("Found existing prebuilt image %s", prebuildImage)
diff --git a/pkg/image/image.go b/pkg/image/image.go
index 8bd70a5b3..3c9c520a6 100644
--- a/pkg/image/image.go
+++ b/pkg/image/image.go
@@ -37,6 +37,30 @@ func GetImage(ctx context.Context, image string) (v1.Image, error) {
 	return img, err
 }
 
+func GetImageForArch(ctx context.Context, image, arch string) (v1.Image, error) {
+	ref, err := name.ParseReference(image)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	keychain, err := getKeychain(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create authentication keychain: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	remoteOptions := []remote.Option{
+		remote.WithAuthFromKeychain(keychain),
+		remote.WithPlatform(v1.Platform{Architecture: arch, OS: "linux"}),
+	}
+
+	img, err := remote.Image(ref, remoteOptions...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "retrieve image %s", image)
+	}
+
+	return img, err
+}
+
 func CheckPushPermissions(image string) error {
 	ref, err := name.ParseReference(image)
 	if err != nil {