diff --git a/pkg/build/conveyor.go b/pkg/build/conveyor.go
index 2a748c1f9a..a94dce610c 100644
--- a/pkg/build/conveyor.go
+++ b/pkg/build/conveyor.go
@@ -714,11 +714,23 @@ func (c *Conveyor) getImageStage(imageName, stageName string) stage.Interface {
 	if stg := c.GetImage(imageName).GetStage(stage.StageName(stageName)); stg != nil {
 		return stg
 	} else {
-		// FIXME: find first existing stage after specified unexisting
-		return c.GetImage(imageName).GetLastNonEmptyStage()
+		return c.getLastNonEmptyImageStage(imageName)
 	}
 }
 
+func (c *Conveyor) getLastNonEmptyImageStage(imageName string) stage.Interface {
+	// FIXME: find first existing stage after specified unexisting
+	return c.GetImage(imageName).GetLastNonEmptyStage()
+}
+
+func (c *Conveyor) FetchImageStage(ctx context.Context, imageName, stageName string) error {
+	return c.StorageManager.FetchStage(ctx, c.ContainerRuntime, c.getImageStage(imageName, stageName))
+}
+
+func (c *Conveyor) FetchLastNonEmptyImageStage(ctx context.Context, imageName string) error {
+	return c.StorageManager.FetchStage(ctx, c.ContainerRuntime, c.getLastNonEmptyImageStage(imageName))
+}
+
 func (c *Conveyor) GetImageNameForLastImageStage(imageName string) string {
 	return c.GetImage(imageName).GetLastNonEmptyStage().GetImage().Name()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/build/stage/conveyor.go b/pkg/build/stage/conveyor.go
index de843618c7..fdd1248f2f 100644
--- a/pkg/build/stage/conveyor.go
+++ b/pkg/build/stage/conveyor.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ type Conveyor interface {
 	GetImageStageContentDigest(imageName, stageName string) string
 	GetImageContentDigest(imageName string) string
 
+	FetchImageStage(ctx context.Context, imageName, stageName string) error
+	FetchLastNonEmptyImageStage(ctx context.Context, imageName string) error
 	GetImageNameForLastImageStage(imageName string) string
 	GetImageIDForLastImageStage(imageName string) string
 
diff --git a/pkg/build/stage/dependencies.go b/pkg/build/stage/dependencies.go
index 5842b2c3c8..4125e01ce2 100644
--- a/pkg/build/stage/dependencies.go
+++ b/pkg/build/stage/dependencies.go
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ func (s *DependenciesStage) getImportSourceChecksum(ctx context.Context, c Conve
 }
 
 func (s *DependenciesStage) generateImportChecksum(ctx context.Context, c Conveyor, importElm *config.Import) (string, error) {
+	if err := fetchSourceImageDockerImage(ctx, c, importElm); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to fetch source image: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	sourceImageDockerImageName := getSourceImageDockerImageName(c, importElm)
 	importSourceID := getImportSourceID(c, importElm)
 
@@ -323,6 +327,15 @@ func getImportSourceID(c Conveyor, importElm *config.Import) string {
 	)
 }
 
+func fetchSourceImageDockerImage(ctx context.Context, c Conveyor, importElm *config.Import) error {
+	sourceImageName := getSourceImageName(importElm)
+	if importElm.Stage == "" {
+		return c.FetchLastNonEmptyImageStage(ctx, sourceImageName)
+	} else {
+		return c.FetchImageStage(ctx, sourceImageName, importElm.Stage)
+	}
+}
+
 func getSourceImageDockerImageName(c Conveyor, importElm *config.Import) string {
 	sourceImageName := getSourceImageName(importElm)