diff --git a/docker/develop/jammy-slim/Dockerfile b/docker/develop/jammy-slim/Dockerfile
index ddd8e14f4..8f468f898 100644
--- a/docker/develop/jammy-slim/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/develop/jammy-slim/Dockerfile
@@ -52,13 +52,12 @@ RUN echo 'APT::Acquire::Retries "3";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80retries && \
         x264 x265 libde265-dev libjpeg8 libvpx7 libwebm1 \
     && \
     /scripts/install-darktable.sh && \
+    /scripts/install-libheif.sh && \
     echo 'alias ll="ls -alh"' >> /etc/skel/.bashrc && \
     echo 'export PS1="\u@$DOCKER_TAG:\w\$ "' >> /etc/skel/.bashrc && \
     echo "ALL ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:SETENV: /scripts/entrypoint-init.sh" >> /etc/sudoers.d/init && \
     cp /etc/skel/.bashrc /root/.bashrc && \
     /scripts/create-users.sh && \
-    (wget --inet4-only -c "https://dl.photoprism.app/dist/libheif/libheif.jammy.tar.gz" -O - | tar -xz -C /usr/local) && \
-    ldconfig && \
     install -d -m 0777 -o 1000 -g 1000 \
         /photoprism/originals \
         /photoprism/import \
diff --git a/docker/develop/jammy/Dockerfile b/docker/develop/jammy/Dockerfile
index 3e845b683..05cad9915 100644
--- a/docker/develop/jammy/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/develop/jammy/Dockerfile
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ RUN echo 'APT::Acquire::Retries "3";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80retries && \
     /scripts/install-nodejs.sh && \
     /scripts/install-tensorflow.sh && \
     /scripts/install-darktable.sh && \
+    /scripts/install-libheif.sh && \
     /scripts/install-chrome.sh && \
     /scripts/install-go.sh && \
     /scripts/install-go-tools.sh && \
@@ -76,8 +77,6 @@ RUN echo 'APT::Acquire::Retries "3";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80retries && \
     echo "ALL ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:SETENV: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/all && \
     cp /etc/skel/.bashrc /root/.bashrc && \
     /scripts/create-users.sh && \
-    (wget --inet4-only -c "https://dl.photoprism.app/dist/libheif/libheif.jammy.tar.gz" -O - | tar -xz -C /usr/local) && \
-    ldconfig && \
     install -d -m 0777 -o 1000 -g 1000 \
         /photoprism/originals \
         /photoprism/import \
diff --git a/scripts/dist/build-libheif.sh b/scripts/dist/build-libheif.sh
index f7dce489b..5d15428a9 100755
--- a/scripts/dist/build-libheif.sh
+++ b/scripts/dist/build-libheif.sh
@@ -1,31 +1,58 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Abort if not executed as root.
-if [[ $(id -u) != "0" ]]; then
-  echo "Usage: run ${0##*/} as root" 1>&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 # Build "heif-convert", "heif-enc", "heif-info", and "heif-thumbnailer" from source.
 CURRENT_DIR=$(pwd)
-apt-get update
-apt-get -qq install git autoconf automake cmake libtool libjpeg8 libjpeg8-dev libde265-dev
+
+# Query architecture.
+if [[ $PHOTOPRISM_ARCH ]]; then
+  SYSTEM_ARCH=$PHOTOPRISM_ARCH
+else
+  SYSTEM_ARCH=$(uname -m)
+fi
+
+. /etc/os-release
+
+LATEST=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/strukturag/libheif/releases/latest" | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')
+LIBHEIF_VERSION=${1:-$LATEST}
+DESTARCH=${2:-$SYSTEM_ARCH}
+
+BUILD="libheif-$VERSION_CODENAME-$DESTARCH-$LIBHEIF_VERSION"
+
+DESTDIR="${CURRENT_DIR}/build/$BUILD"
+
+mkdir -p "$DESTDIR"
+
+ARCHIVE="${CURRENT_DIR}/build/$BUILD.tar.gz"
+
+echo "------------------------------------------------"
+echo "VERSION: $LIBHEIF_VERSION"
+echo "LATEST : $LATEST"
+echo "ARCHIVE: $ARCHIVE"
+echo "------------------------------------------------"
+
+echo "Installing build deps..."
+
+sudo apt-get -qq update
+sudo apt-get -qq install build-essential gcc g++ gettext git autoconf automake cmake libtool libjpeg8 libjpeg8-dev libde265-dev
+
 cd "/tmp" || exit
 rm -rf "/tmp/libheif"
-git clone https://github.com/strukturag/libheif.git
+
+echo "Cloning git repository..."
+git clone -c advice.detachedHead=false -b "$LIBHEIF_VERSION" --depth 1 https://github.com/strukturag/libheif.git libheif
 cd libheif || exit
 ./autogen.sh
 ./configure
 make
 
 # Install "heif-convert", "heif-enc", "heif-info", and "heif-thumbnailer" in "/usr/local".
-make install-exec
+echo "Installing binaries..."
+DESTDIR=$DESTDIR make install-exec
 cd "$CURRENT_DIR" || exit
 rm -rf "/tmp/libheif"
 
-# Create a tar archive to distribute the binaries on demand.
-if [[ $1 ]]; then
-    echo "creating $1..."
-    (cd /usr/local && tar -czf "$1" lib/libheif.* bin/heif-convert bin/heif-enc bin/heif-info bin/heif-thumbnailer)
-fi
+# Create a tar archive to distribute the binaries.
+echo "Creating $ARCHIVE..."
+tar -czf "$ARCHIVE" -C "$DESTDIR/usr/local" bin lib
 
+echo "Done."
diff --git a/scripts/dist/install-libheif.sh b/scripts/dist/install-libheif.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..39071cdb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dist/install-libheif.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+LIBHEIF_VERSION=${1:-v1.13.0}
+DESTDIR=$(realpath "${2:-/usr/local}")
+SYSTEM_ARCH=$("$(dirname "$0")/arch.sh")
+DESTARCH=${DESTARCH:-$SYSTEM_ARCH}
+
+. /etc/os-release
+
+# abort if not executed as root
+if [[ $(id -u) != "0" ]] && [[ $DESTDIR == "/usr" || $DESTDIR == "/usr/local" ]]; then
+  echo "Error: Run ${0##*/} as root to install in a system directory!" 1>&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "$DESTDIR"
+
+ARCHIVE="libheif-${VERSION_CODENAME}-${DESTARCH}-${LIBHEIF_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+URL="https://dl.photoprism.app/dist/libheif/${ARCHIVE}"
+
+echo "------------------------------------------------"
+echo "VERSION: $LIBHEIF_VERSION"
+echo "ARCHIVE: $ARCHIVE"
+echo "DESTDIR: $DESTDIR"
+echo "------------------------------------------------"
+
+echo "Extracting \"$URL\" to \"$DESTDIR\"."
+wget --inet4-only -c "$URL" -O - | tar --overwrite --mode=755 -xz -C "$DESTDIR"
+
+if [[ $DESTDIR == "/usr" || $DESTDIR == "/usr/local" ]]; then
+  echo "Running \"ldconfig\"."
+  ldconfig
+else
+  echo "Running \"ldconfig -n $DESTDIR/lib\"."
+  ldconfig -n "$DESTDIR/lib"
+fi
+
+echo "Done."