diff --git a/deploy/lib/buildAndPushContainers.js b/deploy/lib/buildAndPushContainers.js
index 7d3c5d07..01a05083 100644
--- a/deploy/lib/buildAndPushContainers.js
+++ b/deploy/lib/buildAndPushContainers.js
@@ -45,12 +45,26 @@ function findErrorInBuildOutput(buildOutput) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  buildAndPushContainers() {
+  async buildAndPushContainers() {
+    // used for pushing
     const auth = {
       username: 'any',
       password: this.provider.scwToken,
     };
 
+    // used for building: see https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/v1.37/#tag/Image/operation/ImageBuild
+    const registryAuth = {};
+    registryAuth['rg.' + this.provider.scwRegion + '.scw.cloud'] = {
+      username: 'any',
+      password: this.provider.scwToken,
+    };
+
+    try {
+      await docker.checkAuth(registryAuth);
+    } catch (err) {
+      throw new Error(`Authentication to registry failed`);
+    }
+
     const containerNames = Object.keys(this.containers);
     const promises = containerNames.map((containerName) => {
       const container = this.containers[containerName];
@@ -60,7 +74,7 @@ module.exports = {
       this.serverless.cli.log(`Building and pushing container ${container.name} to: ${imageName} ...`);
 
       return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
-        const buildStream = await docker.buildImage(tarStream, { t: imageName })
+        const buildStream = await docker.buildImage(tarStream, { t: imageName, registryconfig: registryAuth })
         const buildStreamEvents = await extractStreamContents(buildStream, this.provider.options.verbose);
 
         const buildError = findErrorInBuildOutput(buildStreamEvents);
diff --git a/shared/api/registry.js b/shared/api/registry.js
index 1d12ef2c..372ee8d8 100644
--- a/shared/api/registry.js
+++ b/shared/api/registry.js
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ class RegistryApi {
     return this.apiManager.delete(`namespaces/${namespaceId}`)
       .catch(manageError);
   }
+
+  createRegistryNamespace(params) {
+    return this.apiManager.post("namespaces", params)
+      .then(response => response.data)
+      .catch(manageError);
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = RegistryApi;
diff --git a/tests/containers/containers_private_registry.test.js b/tests/containers/containers_private_registry.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea176bc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/containers/containers_private_registry.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+const Docker = require('dockerode');
+
+const docker = new Docker();
+
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const { expect } = require('chai');
+
+const { getTmpDirPath, replaceTextInFile } = require('../utils/fs');
+const { getServiceName, sleep, serverlessDeploy, serverlessRemove} = require('../utils/misc');
+const { ContainerApi, RegistryApi } = require('../../shared/api');
+const { CONTAINERS_API_URL, REGISTRY_API_URL } = require('../../shared/constants');
+const { execSync, execCaptureOutput } = require('../../shared/child-process');
+
+const serverlessExec = path.join('serverless');
+
+describe('Build and deploy on container with a base image private', () => {
+  const templateName = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'examples', 'container');
+  const tmpDir = getTmpDirPath();
+  let oldCwd;
+  let serviceName;
+  const scwRegion = process.env.SCW_REGION;
+  const scwProject = process.env.SCW_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID || process.env.SCW_PROJECT;
+  const scwToken = process.env.SCW_SECRET_KEY || process.env.SCW_TOKEN;
+  const apiUrl = `${CONTAINERS_API_URL}/${scwRegion}`;
+  const registryApiUrl = `${REGISTRY_API_URL}/${scwRegion}/`;
+  let api;
+  let registryApi;
+  let namespace;
+  let containerName;
+
+  const originalImageRepo = 'python';
+  const imageTag = '3-alpine';
+  let privateRegistryImageRepo;
+  let privateRegistryNamespaceId;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    oldCwd = process.cwd();
+    serviceName = getServiceName();
+    api = new ContainerApi(apiUrl, scwToken);
+    registryApi = new RegistryApi(registryApiUrl, scwToken);
+
+    // pull the base image, create a private registry, push it into that registry, and remove the image locally
+    // to check that the image is pulled at build time
+    const registryName = `private-registry-${crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('hex')}`;
+    const privateRegistryNamespace = await registryApi.createRegistryNamespace({name: registryName, project_id: scwProject});
+    privateRegistryNamespaceId = privateRegistryNamespace.id;
+
+    privateRegistryImageRepo = `rg.${scwRegion}.scw.cloud/${registryName}/python`;
+
+    await docker.pull(`${originalImageRepo}:${imageTag}`);
+    const originalImage = docker.getImage(`${originalImageRepo}:${imageTag}`);
+    await originalImage.tag({repo: privateRegistryImageRepo, tag: imageTag});
+    const privateRegistryImage = docker.getImage(`${privateRegistryImageRepo}:${imageTag}`);
+    await privateRegistryImage.push({
+      stream: false,
+      username: 'nologin',
+      password: scwToken
+    });
+    await privateRegistryImage.remove();
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await registryApi.deleteRegistryNamespace(privateRegistryNamespaceId);
+    process.chdir(oldCwd);
+  });
+
+  it('should create service in tmp directory', () => {
+    execSync(`${serverlessExec} create --template-path ${templateName} --path ${tmpDir}`);
+    process.chdir(tmpDir);
+    execSync(`npm link ${oldCwd}`);
+    replaceTextInFile('serverless.yml', 'scaleway-container', serviceName);
+    replaceTextInFile('serverless.yml', '<scw-token>', scwToken);
+    replaceTextInFile('serverless.yml', '<scw-project-id>', scwProject);
+    replaceTextInFile(path.join('my-container', 'Dockerfile'), 'FROM python:3-alpine', `FROM ${privateRegistryImageRepo}:${imageTag}`);
+    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(tmpDir, 'serverless.yml'))).to.be.equal(true);
+    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(tmpDir, 'my-container'))).to.be.equal(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should deploy service/container to scaleway', async () => {
+    serverlessDeploy();
+    namespace = await api.getNamespaceFromList(serviceName);
+    namespace.containers = await api.listContainers(namespace.id);
+    containerName = namespace.containers[0].name;
+  });
+
+  it('should invoke container from scaleway', async () => {
+    // TODO query function status instead of having an arbitrary sleep
+    await sleep(30000);
+
+    let output = execCaptureOutput(serverlessExec, ['invoke', '--function', containerName]);
+    expect(output).to.be.equal('{"message":"Hello, World from Scaleway Container !"}');
+  });
+
+  it('should remove service from scaleway', async () => {
+    serverlessRemove();
+    try {
+      await api.getNamespace(namespace.id);
+    } catch (err) {
+      expect(err.response.status).to.be.equal(404);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('should remove registry namespace properly', async () => {
+    const response = await registryApi.deleteRegistryNamespace(namespace.registry_namespace_id);
+    expect(response.status).to.be.equal(200);
+  });
+});