diff --git a/.ci/podman.mk b/.ci/podman.mk
index 5e3de0b..3e8b720 100644
--- a/.ci/podman.mk
+++ b/.ci/podman.mk
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 GTAG=$(shell git describe --tags --match v*.*.* 2>/dev/null || git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null)
 TAG ?= $(shell echo $(GTAG) | awk -F '-' '{ print $$1 "-" $$2 }' | sed -e 's/-$$//')
 
+# EXTRA_TAGS supposed to be set at the caller, eg. $(shell echo $(TAG) | awk -F '.' '{ print $$1 "." $$2 }')
+
 ifeq ($(TRIVY_REMOTE),)
   TRIVY_OPTS := image
 else
@@ -54,5 +56,9 @@ rm-test-image:
 ci-pull-upstream:
 	git stash && git subtree pull --prefix .ci ssh://git@git.zero-downtime.net/ZeroDownTime/ci-tools-lib.git master --squash && git stash pop
 
+.PHONY: create-repo
+create-repo:
+	aws ecr-public create-repository --repository-name $(IMAGE) --region $(REGION)
+
 .DEFAULT:
 	@echo "$@ not implemented. NOOP"