diff --git a/ci_build_images/debian.Dockerfile b/ci_build_images/debian.Dockerfile
index fe9e5e5d..3e2e8f4e 100644
--- a/ci_build_images/debian.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci_build_images/debian.Dockerfile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ RUN . /etc/os-release \
       exit 1; \
     fi
 
+ARG BASE_IMAGE
 ARG ARCH_VARIANT=
 ENV ARCH_VARIANT=$ARCH_VARIANT
 # Install updates and required packages
@@ -71,7 +72,11 @@ RUN . /etc/os-release \
     libasio-dev \
     # bootstrapping libboost additions in below line for MDEV-35826. \
     # to be removed after https://github.com/MariaDB/server/pull/2651 merge to 11.4 \
-    libboost-atomic-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev \
+    libboost-atomic-dev \
+    libboost-chrono-dev \
+    libboost-date-time-dev \
+    libboost-regex-dev \
+    libboost-thread-dev \
     libboost-dev \
     libboost-filesystem-dev \
     libboost-program-options-dev \
@@ -90,6 +95,7 @@ RUN . /etc/os-release \
     socat \
     sudo  \
     wget \
+    && if [ "$BASE_IMAGE" != "debian:sid" ]; then apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends libboost-system-dev; fi \
     && if [ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" = 64 ]; then apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends galera-4; fi \
     && if [ "${VERSION_ID}" != 11 ]; then \
       # Bootstrap MDEV-32686 so only temporary until https://github.com/MariaDB/server/pull/3692 merged up \