diff --git a/_config b/_config
index 2aeaec0..e4dc9f6 100644
--- a/_config
+++ b/_config
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ BuildFlags: onlybuild:release-manifest-image
     BuildFlags: onlybuild:ironic-image
     BuildFlags: onlybuild:ironic-ipa-downloader-image
     BuildFlags: onlybuild:ironic-ipa-ramdisk
-    BuildFlags: onlybuild:kiwi-builder-image
     BuildFlags: onlybuild:kube-rbac-proxy
     BuildFlags: onlybuild:kube-rbac-proxy-image
     BuildFlags: onlybuild:metallb
@@ -105,6 +104,21 @@ BuildFlags: onlybuild:release-manifest-image
     PublishFlags: archsync
 %endif
 
+%if "%_repository" == "images_16.0"
+    Prefer: container:sles15-image
+    Type: docker
+    BuildEngine: podman
+    Repotype: none
+    Patterntype: none
+    BuildFlags: dockerarg:SLE_VERSION=16.0
+    BuildFlags: onlybuild:kiwi-builder-image
+
+    # Publish multi-arch container images only once all archs have been built
+    PublishFlags: archsync
+%endif
+
+
+
 %if "%_repository" == "charts" || "%_repository" == "phantomcharts" || "%_repository" == "releasecharts"
     Type: helm
     Repotype: helm
diff --git a/_meta b/_meta
index 334ecb0..8d2c622 100644
--- a/_meta
+++ b/_meta
@@ -31,14 +31,20 @@
     <arch>x86_64</arch>
   </repository>
 {%- endif %}
-{%- for repository in ["images", "test_manifest_images"] %}
+{%- for repository in ["images", "images_16.0", "test_manifest_images"] %}
   <repository name="{{ repository }}">
-    {%- if release_project is defined and repository == "images" %}
+    {%- if release_project is defined and repository != "test_manifest_images" %}
     <releasetarget project="{{ release_project }}" repository="images" trigger="manual"/>
     {%- endif %}
     <path project="SUSE:Registry" repository="standard"/>
-    <path project="SUSE:CA" repository="SLE_15_SP6"/>
-    <path project="{{ project }}" repository="standard"/>
+    {%- if repository == "images_16.0" %}
+      <path project="SUSE:CA" repository="16.0"/>
+      <path project="SUSE:SLFO:Products:SLES:16.0" repository="standard"/>
+      <path project="SUSE:SLFO:Main:Build" repository="standard"/>
+    {%- else %}
+      <path project="{{ project }}" repository="standard"/>
+      <path project="SUSE:CA" repository="SLE_15_SP6"/>
+    {%- endif %}
     <arch>x86_64</arch>
     <arch>aarch64</arch>
   </repository>