diff --git a/src/kiwi/subcommands/copy_conf.py b/src/kiwi/subcommands/copy_conf.py
index 805640b..db694ea 100644
--- a/src/kiwi/subcommands/copy_conf.py
+++ b/src/kiwi/subcommands/copy_conf.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from .._constants import KIWI_ROOT
 from ._subcommand import SubCommand
 from .utils.dockercommand import DockerCommand
 from .utils.project import list_projects, get_project_dir
+from .utils.rootkit import Rootkit, prefix_path
 
 
 def _add_prefix(prefix, path):
@@ -27,43 +28,21 @@ class CopyConfCommand(SubCommand):
         )
 
     def run(self, runner, config, args):
-        logging.info("Building image kiwi-config/auxiliary:rsync")
-        DockerCommand('docker').run(
-            config, args,
-            [
-                'build',
-                '-t', 'kiwi-config/auxiliary:rsync',
-                '-f', f"{KIWI_ROOT}/images/rsync.Dockerfile",
-                f"{KIWI_ROOT}/images"
-            ],
-            stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
-        )
-
-        conf_sources = []
+        conf_dirs = []
 
         for project_name in list_projects(config):
             project_conf = f"{get_project_dir(config, project_name)}/conf"
 
             if os.path.isdir(project_conf):
-                conf_sources.append(project_conf)
+                conf_dirs.append(project_conf)
 
-        if conf_sources:
-            print(f"Syncing {conf_sources} to '{config['runtime:storage']}'")
-            conf_sources = [f"'{_add_prefix('/mnt', src)}'" for src in conf_sources]
-            conf_sources = ' '.join(conf_sources)
+        if conf_dirs:
+            # add target directory
+            conf_dirs.append(config['runtime:storage'])
+            logging.info(f"Sync directories: {conf_dirs}")
 
-            conf_target = f"'{_add_prefix('/mnt', config['runtime:storage'])}'"
-            logging.debug(f"Config sources {conf_sources}, Config target {conf_target}")
-
-            DockerCommand('docker').run(
-                config, args,
-                [
-                    'run', '--rm',
-                    '-v', '/:/mnt',
-                    '-u', 'root',
-                    'kiwi-config/auxiliary:rsync',
-                    'ash', '-c', f"rsync -r {conf_sources} {conf_target}"
-                ],
+            Rootkit('rsync').run(
+                config, args, ['rsync', '-r', *prefix_path(conf_dirs)],
                 stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
             )
 
diff --git a/src/kiwi/subcommands/utils/rootkit.py b/src/kiwi/subcommands/utils/rootkit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c18e5ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kiwi/subcommands/utils/rootkit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# system
+import logging
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+# parent
+from ..._constants import KIWI_ROOT
+
+# local
+from .dockercommand import DockerCommand
+
+
+def _prefix_path(prefix, path):
+    abs_path = os.path.abspath(path)
+    return os.path.realpath(prefix + '/' + abs_path)
+
+
+def prefix_path(path):
+    if isinstance(path, str):
+        return _prefix_path('/mnt/', path)
+    elif isinstance(path, list):
+        return [_prefix_path('/mnt/', p) for p in path]
+
+
+def _image_name(image_tag):
+    if image_tag is not None:
+        return f"kiwi-config/auxiliary:{image_tag}"
+    else:
+        return "alpine:latest"
+
+
+class Rootkit:
+    class __Rootkit:
+        __image_tag = None
+
+        def __init__(self, image_tag=None):
+            self.__image_tag = image_tag
+
+        def __exists(self, config, args):
+            ps = DockerCommand('docker').run(
+                config, args, [
+                    'images',
+                    '--filter', f"reference={_image_name(self.__image_tag)}",
+                    '--format', '{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}}'
+                ],
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE
+            )
+
+            return str(ps.stdout, 'utf-8').strip() == _image_name(self.__image_tag)
+
+        def __build_image(self, config, args):
+            if self.__exists(config, args):
+                logging.info(f"Using image {_image_name(self.__image_tag)}")
+            else:
+                if self.__image_tag is None:
+                    logging.info(f"Pulling image {_image_name(self.__image_tag)}")
+                    DockerCommand('docker').run(
+                        config, args, ['pull', _image_name(self.__image_tag)],
+                        stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
+                    )
+
+                else:
+                    logging.info(f"Building image {_image_name(self.__image_tag)}")
+                    DockerCommand('docker').run(
+                        config, args,
+                        [
+                            'build',
+                            '-t', _image_name(self.__image_tag),
+                            '-f', f"{KIWI_ROOT}/images/{self.__image_tag}.Dockerfile",
+                            f"{KIWI_ROOT}/images"
+                        ],
+                        stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
+                    )
+
+        def run(self, config, args, process_args, **kwargs):
+            self.__build_image(config, args)
+            DockerCommand('docker').run(
+                config, args,
+                [
+                    'run', '--rm',
+                    '-v', '/:/mnt',
+                    '-u', 'root',
+                    _image_name(self.__image_tag),
+                    *process_args
+                ],
+                **kwargs
+            )
+
+    __image_tag = None
+    __instances = {}
+
+    def __init__(self, image_tag=None):
+        self.__image_tag = image_tag
+
+        if _image_name(self.__image_tag) not in Rootkit.__instances:
+            Rootkit.__instances[_image_name(self.__image_tag)] = Rootkit.__Rootkit(image_tag)
+
+    def __getattr__(self, item):
+        return getattr(self.__instances[_image_name(self.__image_tag)], item)