diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0701415df904a3e72a640f463052c161f94dcaa5..6e09f283cf24fa963fdb4ad3cc4a61a2ef83a3af 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ variables:
   EICD_VERSION: "v2.0.0"
   AFTERBURNER_VERSION: "v0.1.2"
 
-  ## Spack github version, v0.18.1
+  ## Spack github version, e.g. v0.18.1 or commit hash
   SPACK_VERSION: "v0.18.1"
   ## Space-separated list of spack cherry-picks
   SPACK_CHERRYPICKS: "adc9f887eac78a81bb8189d603f4dc45ed3509c1 5bd44a795c76a61f0f9fbfeedcf7e917a0bf40b0"
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ variables:
   ## adc9f887eac78a81bb8189d603f4dc45ed3509c1: acts-dd4hep: new package; acts: new version
   ## 5bd44a795c76a61f0f9fbfeedcf7e917a0bf40b0: lcio, podio, edm4hep: add latest versions
 
+  ## Spack github version, e.g. v0.18 or commit hash
+  EICSPACK_VERSION: "v0.18"
+  ## Space-separated list of eic=spack cherry-picks
+  EICSPACK_CHERRYPICKS: "" 
+
   ## We need to enable Docker Buildkit to use cache mounts and better
   ## build performance overall
   DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
@@ -249,6 +254,8 @@ oneapi_jug_dev:default:
                    -f containers/oneapi/onedev.Dockerfile
                    --build-arg SPACK_VERSION="${SPACK_VERSION}"
                    --build-arg SPACK_CHERRYPICKS="${SPACK_CHERRYPICKS}"
+                   --build-arg EICSPACK_VERSION="${EICSPACK_VERSION}"
+                   --build-arg EICSPACK_CHERRYPICKS="${EICSPACK_CHERRYPICKS}"
                    --build-arg CACHE_BUST=${PACKAGE_HASH}
                    --build-arg INTERNAL_TAG=${INTERNAL_TAG}
                    --build-arg JUG_VERSION=${INTERNAL_TAG}-$(git rev-parse HEAD)
@@ -351,6 +358,8 @@ jug_dev:default:
                    -f containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
                    --build-arg SPACK_VERSION="${SPACK_VERSION}"
                    --build-arg SPACK_CHERRYPICKS="${SPACK_CHERRYPICKS}"
+                   --build-arg EICSPACK_VERSION="${EICSPACK_VERSION}"
+                   --build-arg EICSPACK_CHERRYPICKS="${EICSPACK_CHERRYPICKS}"
                    --build-arg CACHE_BUST=${PACKAGE_HASH}
                    --build-arg INTERNAL_TAG=${INTERNAL_TAG}
                    --build-arg JUG_VERSION=${INTERNAL_TAG}-$(git rev-parse HEAD)
@@ -360,6 +369,8 @@ jug_dev:default:
                    -f containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
                    --build-arg SPACK_VERSION="${SPACK_VERSION}"
                    --build-arg SPACK_CHERRYPICKS="${SPACK_CHERRYPICKS}"
+                   --build-arg EICSPACK_VERSION="${EICSPACK_VERSION}"
+                   --build-arg EICSPACK_CHERRYPICKS="${EICSPACK_CHERRYPICKS}"
                    --build-arg CACHE_BUST=${PACKAGE_HASH}
                    --build-arg INTERNAL_TAG=${INTERNAL_TAG}
                    --build-arg JUG_VERSION=${INTERNAL_TAG}-$(git rev-parse HEAD)
diff --git a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
index fed68a6217b41f6f18571127c40a4ff12b31191c..64853e7a49cad26d93aaa0d1a9eca59c61a9d2f3 100644
--- a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ ENV EICSPACK_ROOT=$SPACK_ROOT/var/spack/repos/eic-spack
 ARG EICSPACK_VERSION="$SPACK_VERSION"
 RUN git clone https://github.com/eic/eic-spack.git ${EICSPACK_ROOT}     \
  && git -C ${EICSPACK_ROOT} checkout ${EICSPACK_VERSION}                \
+ && if [ -n "${EICSPACK_CHERRYPICKS}" ] ; then                          \
+      git -C ${EICSPACK_ROOT} cherry-pick -n ${SPACK_CHERRYPICKS} ;     \
+    fi  
  && spack repo add --scope site "${EICSPACK_ROOT}"
 
 ## Setup our custom environment