diff --git a/deployment/docker/Makefile b/deployment/docker/Makefile
index f75a24ec3..de92c780a 100644
--- a/deployment/docker/Makefile
+++ b/deployment/docker/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 DOCKER_NAMESPACE ?= victoriametrics
 
 ROOT_IMAGE ?= alpine:3.20.0
+ROOT_IMAGE_SCRATCH ?= scratch
 CERTS_IMAGE := alpine:3.20.0
 
 GO_BUILDER_IMAGE := golang:1.22.3-alpine
@@ -86,6 +87,18 @@ publish-via-docker:
 		-f app/$(APP_NAME)/multiarch/Dockerfile \
 		--push \
 		bin
+	$(DOCKER) buildx build \
+		--platform=linux/amd64,linux/arm,linux/arm64,linux/ppc64le,linux/386 \
+		--build-arg certs_image=$(CERTS_IMAGE) \
+		--build-arg root_image=$(ROOT_IMAGE_SCRATCH) \
+		--build-arg APP_NAME=$(APP_NAME) \
+		--tag $(DOCKER_NAMESPACE)/$(APP_NAME):$(PKG_TAG)$(RACE)-scratch \
+		--tag $(DOCKER_NAMESPACE)/$(APP_NAME):$(LATEST_TAG)$(RACE)-scratch \
+		-o type=image \
+		--provenance=false \
+		-f app/$(APP_NAME)/multiarch/Dockerfile \
+		--push \
+		bin
 	cd bin && rm -rf \
 		$(APP_NAME)-linux-amd64-prod \
 		$(APP_NAME)-linux-arm-prod \
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 50a11d4ac..5e71c9453 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ See also [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/).
 
 * SECURITY: upgrade Go builder from Go1.22.2 to Go1.22.3. See [the list of issues addressed in Go1.22.3](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.22.3+label%3ACherryPickApproved).
 * SECURITY: upgrade base docker image (Alpine) from 3.19.1 to 3.20.0. See [alpine 3.20.0 release notes](https://www.alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.20.0-released.html).
+* SECURITY: add release images built from scratch image. Such images could be more preferable for using in environments with higher security standards. See this [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6386).
 
 * FEATURE: [dashboards/single](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/10229): support selecting of multiple instances on the dashboard. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5869) for details.
 * FEATURE: [dashboards/single](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/10229): properly display version in the Stats row for the custom builds of VictoriaMetrics.