diff --git a/.env.docker b/.env.docker
index 8367c003..0e373aed 100644
--- a/.env.docker
+++ b/.env.docker
@@ -1131,6 +1131,13 @@ DOCKER_APP_HOST_CACHE_PATH="${DOCKER_ALL_HOST_DATA_ROOT_PATH:?error}/pixelfed/ca
 # @dottie/validate required,oneof=0 1 2
 #DOCKER_APP_PHP_OPCACHE_REVALIDATE_FREQ="2"
 
+# When doing [docker compose build], should the frontend be built in the Dockerfile?
+# If set to "0" the included pre-compiled frontend will be used.
+#
+# @default "0"
+# @dottie/validate required,oneof=0 1
+#DOCKER_APP_BUILD_FRONTEND="0"
+
 ################################################################################
 # docker redis
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/.hadolint.yaml b/.hadolint.yaml
index cbb62ca4..27fa2ff2 100644
--- a/.hadolint.yaml
+++ b/.hadolint.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ignored:
   - DL3002 # warning: Last USER should not be root
   - DL3008 # warning: Pin versions in apt get install. Instead of `apt-get install <package>` use `apt-get install <package>=<version>`
+  - DL3029 # warning: Do not use --platform flag with FROM
   - SC2046 # warning: Quote this to prevent word splitting.
   - SC2086 # info: Double quote to prevent globbing and word splitting.
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a3317c11..a0eda322 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -176,6 +176,55 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pixelfed-pear-${PHP_VERSION}-${PHP_DEBIAN_RELEASE}-${T
     PHP_PECL_EXTENSIONS_EXTRA=${PHP_PECL_EXTENSIONS_EXTRA} \
     /docker/install/php-extensions.sh
 
+#######################################################
+# Node: Build frontend
+#######################################################
+
+# NOTE: Since the nodejs build is CPU architecture agnostic,
+# we only want to build once and cache it for other architectures.
+# We force the (CPU) [--platform] here to be architecture
+# of the "builder"/"server" and not the *target* CPU architecture
+# (e.g.) building the ARM version of Pixelfed on AMD64.
+FROM --platform=${BUILDARCH} node:lts AS frontend-build
+
+ARG BUILDARCH
+ARG BUILD_FRONTEND=0
+ARG RUNTIME_UID
+
+ARG NODE_ENV=production
+ENV NODE_ENV=$NODE_ENV
+
+WORKDIR /var/www/
+
+SHELL [ "/usr/bin/bash", "-c" ]
+
+# Install NPM dependencies
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pixelfed-node-${BUILDARCH},sharing=locked,target=/tmp/cache \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=package.json,target=/var/www/package.json \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=package-lock.json,target=/var/www/package-lock.json \
+<<EOF
+    if [[ $BUILD_FRONTEND -eq 1 ]];
+    then
+        npm install --cache /tmp/cache --no-save --dev
+    else
+        echo "Skipping [npm install] as --build-arg [BUILD_FRONTEND] is not set to '1'"
+    fi
+EOF
+
+# Copy the frontend source into the image before building
+COPY --chown=${RUNTIME_UID}:${RUNTIME_GID} . /var/www
+
+# Build the frontend with "mix" (See package.json)
+RUN \
+<<EOF
+    if [[ $BUILD_FRONTEND -eq 1 ]];
+    then
+        npm run production
+    else
+        echo "Skipping [npm run production] as --build-arg [BUILD_FRONTEND] is not set to '1'"
+    fi
+EOF
+
 #######################################################
 # PHP: composer and source code
 #######################################################
@@ -231,6 +280,7 @@ COPY --link --from=dottie-image /dottie /usr/local/bin/dottie
 COPY --link --from=gomplate-image /usr/local/bin/gomplate /usr/local/bin/gomplate
 COPY --link --from=composer-image /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
 COPY --link --from=composer-and-src --chown=${RUNTIME_UID}:${RUNTIME_GID} /var/www /var/www
+COPY --link --from=frontend-build --chown=${RUNTIME_UID}:${RUNTIME_GID} /var/www/public /var/www/public
 
 #! Changing user to runtime user
 USER ${RUNTIME_UID}:${RUNTIME_GID}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3ba3afd3..2a805eb7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ services:
         - "type=registry,ref=${DOCKER_APP_IMAGE}-cache:${DOCKER_APP_TAG}"
       args:
         APT_PACKAGES_EXTRA: "${DOCKER_APP_APT_PACKAGES_EXTRA:-}"
+        BUILD_FRONTEND: "${DOCKER_APP_BUILD_FRONTEND:-0}"
         PHP_BASE_TYPE: "${DOCKER_APP_BASE_TYPE}"
         PHP_DEBIAN_RELEASE: "${DOCKER_APP_DEBIAN_RELEASE}"
         PHP_EXTENSIONS_EXTRA: "${DOCKER_APP_PHP_EXTENSIONS_EXTRA:-}"
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ services:
         - "type=registry,ref=${DOCKER_APP_IMAGE}-cache:${DOCKER_APP_TAG}"
       args:
         APT_PACKAGES_EXTRA: "${DOCKER_APP_APT_PACKAGES_EXTRA:-}"
+        BUILD_FRONTEND: "${DOCKER_APP_BUILD_FRONTEND:-0}"
         PHP_BASE_TYPE: "${DOCKER_APP_BASE_TYPE}"
         PHP_DEBIAN_RELEASE: "${DOCKER_APP_DEBIAN_RELEASE}"
         PHP_EXTENSIONS_EXTRA: "${DOCKER_APP_PHP_EXTENSIONS_EXTRA:-}"