diff --git a/zuul.d/base.yaml b/zuul.d/base.yaml
index 664f57c4f..206d999d9 100644
--- a/zuul.d/base.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/base.yaml
@@ -155,3 +155,26 @@
       tags:
         - build
         - standalone
+
+# Please do not add files: to tripleo-build-containers-base otherwise the periodic job wont run
+# See https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2005040
+- job:
+    name: tripleo-build-containers-base
+    abstract: true
+    description: |
+        Base abstract job for standalone TripleO CI build-containers jobs
+    parent: tripleo-ci-base-singlenode
+    pre-run:
+      - playbooks/tripleo-buildcontainers/pre.yaml
+    run: playbooks/tripleo-buildcontainers/run.yaml
+    post-run: playbooks/tripleo-buildcontainers/post.yaml
+    timeout: 7200
+    voting: false
+    required-projects:
+      - git.openstack.org/openstack/ansible-role-container-registry
+      - git.openstack.org/openstack/kolla
+      - git.openstack.org/openstack/python-tripleoclient
+      - git.openstack.org/openstack/requirements
+      - git.openstack.org/openstack/tripleo-common
+      - git.openstack.org/openstack/tripleo-repos
+
diff --git a/zuul.d/build-containers.yaml b/zuul.d/build-containers.yaml
index c9dca92fa..28670e2f7 100644
--- a/zuul.d/build-containers.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/build-containers.yaml
@@ -15,28 +15,18 @@
 
 - job:
     name: tripleo-build-containers-centos-7
-    parent: tripleo-ci-base-singlenode
-    pre-run:
-      - playbooks/tripleo-buildcontainers/pre.yaml
-    run: playbooks/tripleo-buildcontainers/run.yaml
-    post-run: playbooks/tripleo-buildcontainers/post.yaml
-    timeout: 7200
+    parent: tripleo-build-containers-base
     nodeset: single-centos-7-node
     voting: true
-    required-projects:
-      - git.openstack.org/openstack/ansible-role-container-registry
-      - git.openstack.org/openstack/kolla
-      - git.openstack.org/openstack/python-tripleoclient
-      - git.openstack.org/openstack/requirements
-      - git.openstack.org/openstack/tripleo-common
-      - git.openstack.org/openstack/tripleo-repos
     irrelevant-files:
       - ^.*\.rst$
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
     files:
       # tripleo-ci
       - ^playbooks/tripleo-buildcontainers/.*$
-      - zuul.d/build-containers.yaml
+      - zuul.d/base.yaml
+      - zuul.d/nodesets.yaml
+      - roles/tripleo-repos/.*
       # tripleo-common
       - ^container-images/.*$
       - ^tripleo_common/image/.*$