diff --git a/bin/docker-build-proxy b/bin/docker-build-proxy
index 50872f124..255f8350a 100755
--- a/bin/docker-build-proxy
+++ b/bin/docker-build-proxy
@@ -13,7 +13,17 @@ rootdir="$( cd $bindir/.. && pwd )"
 . $bindir/_docker.sh
 . $bindir/_tag.sh
 
+dockerfile=$rootdir/Dockerfile-proxy
+
+validate_go_deps_tag $dockerfile
+
+(
+    $bindir/docker-build-base
+    $bindir/docker-build-go-deps
+) >/dev/null
+
 # Default to a pinned commit SHA of the proxy.
 PROXY_VERSION="${PROXY_VERSION:-5018026}"
 
-docker_build proxy "$(head_root_tag)" $rootdir/Dockerfile-proxy --build-arg PROXY_VERSION=$PROXY_VERSION
+tag="$(head_root_tag)"
+docker_build proxy $tag $dockerfile --build-arg LINKERD_VERSION=$tag --build-arg PROXY_VERSION=$PROXY_VERSION