diff --git a/.github/workflows/reuse-build-and-push-image.yml b/.github/workflows/reuse-build-and-push-image.yml
index 4a0fa408b..8fde45af2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reuse-build-and-push-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuse-build-and-push-image.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ on:
         description: 'The terraform output which is used to get the ECS_Service and Task Defintion arns for codedeploy'
         required: false
         type: string
- 
+      archive-download-name:
+        description: 'If specified, download this archive instead of checkout'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ''
+
 permissions:
   contents: read  # This is required for actions/checkout
   id-token: write  # Access the Github JWT for AWS access
@@ -62,7 +67,13 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
         - name: Checkout
-          uses: actions/checkout@v4    
+          if: inputs.archive-download-name == ''
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4   
+        - name: Archive download
+          if: inputs.archive-download-name != ''
+          uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+          with:
+              name: ${{inputs.archive-download-name}}
         - name: Build Docker Image
           uses: ./.github/actions/containerize
           with:
@@ -83,7 +94,13 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:        
         - name: Checkout
-          uses: actions/checkout@v4
+          if: inputs.archive-download-name == ''
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4   
+        - name: Archive download
+          if: inputs.archive-download-name != ''
+          uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+          with:
+              name: ${{inputs.archive-download-name}}
         # Get the AWS credentials
         - name: AWS Credentials
           uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
@@ -119,7 +136,13 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
         - name: Checkout
-          uses: actions/checkout@v4
+          if: inputs.archive-download-name == ''
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4   
+        - name: Archive download
+          if: inputs.archive-download-name != ''
+          uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+          with:
+              name: ${{inputs.archive-download-name}}
         # Get the AWS credentials
         - name: AWS Credentials
           uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4