diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.alpine b/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
index c8d2cc02..baa41817 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -65,13 +65,14 @@ RUN mkdir -pv "${CARGO_HOME}" \
 RUN USER=root cargo new --bin /app
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Shared variables across Debian and Alpine
+# Environment variables for Cargo on Alpine based builds
 RUN echo "export CARGO_TARGET=${RUST_MUSL_CROSS_TARGET}" >> /env-cargo && \
     # To be able to build the armv6 image with mimalloc we need to tell the linker to also look for libatomic
     if [[ "${TARGETARCH}${TARGETVARIANT}" == "armv6" ]] ; then echo "export RUSTFLAGS='-Clink-arg=-latomic'" >> /env-cargo ; fi && \
     # Output the current contents of the file
     cat /env-cargo
 
+# Configure the DB ARG as late as possible to not invalidate the cached layers above
 # Enable MiMalloc to improve performance on Alpine builds
 ARG DB=sqlite,mysql,postgresql,enable_mimalloc
 
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.debian b/docker/Dockerfile.debian
index 9e55c07d..1505e5fc 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.debian
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.debian
@@ -88,9 +88,17 @@ RUN mkdir -pv "${CARGO_HOME}" \
 RUN USER=root cargo new --bin /app
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Environment variables for cargo across Debian and Alpine
+# Environment variables for Cargo on Debian based builds
+ARG ARCH_OPENSSL_LIB_DIR \
+    ARCH_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR
+
 RUN source /env-cargo && \
     if xx-info is-cross ; then \
+        # Some special variables if needed to override some build paths
+        if [[ -n "${ARCH_OPENSSL_LIB_DIR}" && -n "${ARCH_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}" ]]; then \
+            echo "export $(echo "${CARGO_TARGET}" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' | tr - _)_OPENSSL_LIB_DIR=${ARCH_OPENSSL_LIB_DIR}" >> /env-cargo && \
+            echo "export $(echo "${CARGO_TARGET}" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' | tr - _)_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=${ARCH_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}" >> /env-cargo ; \
+        fi && \
         # We can't use xx-cargo since that uses clang, which doesn't work for our libraries.
         # Because of this we generate the needed environment variables here which we can load in the needed steps.
         echo "export CC_$(echo "${CARGO_TARGET}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr - _)=/usr/bin/$(xx-info)-gcc" >> /env-cargo && \
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/Dockerfile.j2
index e8f81469..73a9c2a5 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -108,9 +108,17 @@ RUN USER=root cargo new --bin /app
 WORKDIR /app
 
 {% if base == "debian" %}
-# Environment variables for cargo across Debian and Alpine
+# Environment variables for Cargo on Debian based builds
+ARG ARCH_OPENSSL_LIB_DIR \
+    ARCH_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR
+
 RUN source /env-cargo && \
     if xx-info is-cross ; then \
+        # Some special variables if needed to override some build paths
+        if [[ -n "${ARCH_OPENSSL_LIB_DIR}" && -n "${ARCH_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}" ]]; then \
+            echo "export $(echo "${CARGO_TARGET}" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' | tr - _)_OPENSSL_LIB_DIR=${ARCH_OPENSSL_LIB_DIR}" >> /env-cargo && \
+            echo "export $(echo "${CARGO_TARGET}" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' | tr - _)_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=${ARCH_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}" >> /env-cargo ; \
+        fi && \
         # We can't use xx-cargo since that uses clang, which doesn't work for our libraries.
         # Because of this we generate the needed environment variables here which we can load in the needed steps.
         echo "export CC_$(echo "${CARGO_TARGET}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr - _)=/usr/bin/$(xx-info)-gcc" >> /env-cargo && \
@@ -126,13 +134,14 @@ RUN source /env-cargo && \
 # Configure the DB ARG as late as possible to not invalidate the cached layers above
 ARG DB=sqlite,mysql,postgresql
 {% elif base == "alpine" %}
-# Shared variables across Debian and Alpine
+# Environment variables for Cargo on Alpine based builds
 RUN echo "export CARGO_TARGET=${RUST_MUSL_CROSS_TARGET}" >> /env-cargo && \
     # To be able to build the armv6 image with mimalloc we need to tell the linker to also look for libatomic
     if [[ "${TARGETARCH}${TARGETVARIANT}" == "armv6" ]] ; then echo "export RUSTFLAGS='-Clink-arg=-latomic'" >> /env-cargo ; fi && \
     # Output the current contents of the file
     cat /env-cargo
 
+# Configure the DB ARG as late as possible to not invalidate the cached layers above
 # Enable MiMalloc to improve performance on Alpine builds
 ARG DB=sqlite,mysql,postgresql,enable_mimalloc
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 3c74043c..2e78f534 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ With just these two files we can build both Debian and Alpine images for the fol
  - armv7 (linux/arm/v7)
  - armv6 (linux/arm/v6)
 
+Some unsupported platforms for Debian based images. These are not built and tested by default and are only provided to make it easier for users to build for these architectures.
+- 386     (linux/386)
+- ppc64le (linux/ppc64le)
+- s390x   (linux/s390x)
+
 To build these containers you need to enable QEMU binfmt support to be able to run/emulate architectures which are different then your host.<br>
 This ensures the container build process can run binaries from other architectures.<br>
 
diff --git a/docker/docker-bake.hcl b/docker/docker-bake.hcl
index e7f6a94b..38e7ef97 100644
--- a/docker/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/docker/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -125,6 +125,40 @@ target "debian-armv6" {
   tags = generate_tags("", "-armv6")
 }
 
+// ==== Start of unsupported Debian architecture targets ===
+// These are provided just to help users build for these rare platforms
+// They will not be built by default
+target "debian-386" {
+  inherits = ["debian"]
+  platforms = ["linux/386"]
+  tags = generate_tags("", "-386")
+  args = {
+    ARCH_OPENSSL_LIB_DIR = "/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu"
+    ARCH_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR = "/usr/include/i386-linux-gnu"
+  }
+}
+
+target "debian-ppc64le" {
+  inherits = ["debian"]
+  platforms = ["linux/ppc64le"]
+  tags = generate_tags("", "-ppc64le")
+  args = {
+    ARCH_OPENSSL_LIB_DIR = "/usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu"
+    ARCH_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR = "/usr/include/powerpc64le-linux-gnu"
+  }
+}
+
+target "debian-s390x" {
+  inherits = ["debian"]
+  platforms = ["linux/s390x"]
+  tags = generate_tags("", "-s390x")
+  args = {
+    ARCH_OPENSSL_LIB_DIR = "/usr/lib/s390x-linux-gnu"
+    ARCH_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR = "/usr/include/s390x-linux-gnu"
+  }
+}
+// ==== End of unsupported Debian architecture targets ===
+
 // A Group to build all platforms individually for local testing
 group "debian-all" {
   targets = ["debian-amd64", "debian-arm64", "debian-armv7", "debian-armv6"]