diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 3f3d02cba..4e325f582 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -245,10 +245,12 @@ common-docker-publish: $(PUBLISH_DOCKER_ARCHS)
 $(PUBLISH_DOCKER_ARCHS): common-docker-publish-%:
 	docker push "$(DOCKER_REPO)/$(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME)-linux-$*:$(DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG)"
 
+DOCKER_MAJOR_VERSION_TAG = $(firstword $(subst ., ,$(shell cat VERSION)))
 .PHONY: common-docker-tag-latest $(TAG_DOCKER_ARCHS)
 common-docker-tag-latest: $(TAG_DOCKER_ARCHS)
 $(TAG_DOCKER_ARCHS): common-docker-tag-latest-%:
 	docker tag "$(DOCKER_REPO)/$(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME)-linux-$*:$(DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG)" "$(DOCKER_REPO)/$(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME)-linux-$*:latest"
+	docker tag "$(DOCKER_REPO)/$(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME)-linux-$*:$(DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG)" "$(DOCKER_REPO)/$(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME)-linux-$*:v$(DOCKER_MAJOR_VERSION_TAG)"
 
 .PHONY: common-docker-manifest
 common-docker-manifest: