diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 592a179d27..40191d31db 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ CLAIRFLAG=false
 HTTPPROXY=
 BUILDBIN=false
 MIGRATORFLAG=false
+NPM_REGISTRY=https://registry.npmjs.org
 # enable/disable chart repo supporting
 CHARTFLAG=false
 
@@ -304,7 +305,8 @@ build:
 	 -e REGISTRYVERSION=$(REGISTRYVERSION) -e NGINXVERSION=$(NGINXVERSION) -e NOTARYVERSION=$(NOTARYVERSION) -e NOTARYMIGRATEVERSION=$(NOTARYMIGRATEVERSION) \
 	 -e CLAIRVERSION=$(CLAIRVERSION) -e CLAIRDBVERSION=$(CLAIRDBVERSION) -e VERSIONTAG=$(VERSIONTAG) \
 	 -e BUILDBIN=$(BUILDBIN) -e REDISVERSION=$(REDISVERSION) -e MIGRATORVERSION=$(MIGRATORVERSION) \
-	 -e CHARTMUSEUMVERSION=$(CHARTMUSEUMVERSION) -e DOCKERIMAGENAME_CHART_SERVER=$(DOCKERIMAGENAME_CHART_SERVER)
+	 -e CHARTMUSEUMVERSION=$(CHARTMUSEUMVERSION) -e DOCKERIMAGENAME_CHART_SERVER=$(DOCKERIMAGENAME_CHART_SERVER) \
+	 -e NPM_REGISTRY=$(NPM_REGISTRY)
 
 install: compile ui_version build prepare start
 
@@ -431,7 +433,7 @@ swagger_client:
 	mkdir harborclient
 	java -jar swagger-codegen-cli.jar generate -i docs/swagger.yaml -l python -o harborclient
 	cd harborclient; python ./setup.py install
-	pip install docker -q 
+	pip install docker -q
 	pip freeze
 
 cleanbinary:
diff --git a/make/photon/Makefile b/make/photon/Makefile
index 8481fd7a7d..76dde92de3 100644
--- a/make/photon/Makefile
+++ b/make/photon/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Makefile for a harbor project
-#	
+#
 # Targets:
 #
 # build: 	build harbor photon images
@@ -109,20 +109,20 @@ _build_db:
 
 _build_portal:
 	@echo "building portal container for photon..."
-	$(DOCKERBUILD) -f $(DOCKERFILEPATH_PORTAL)/$(DOCKERFILENAME_PORTAL) -t $(DOCKERIMAGENAME_PORTAL):$(VERSIONTAG) .
+	$(DOCKERBUILD) --build-arg npm_registry=$(NPM_REGISTRY) -f $(DOCKERFILEPATH_PORTAL)/$(DOCKERFILENAME_PORTAL) -t $(DOCKERIMAGENAME_PORTAL):$(VERSIONTAG) .
 	@echo "Done."
 
-_build_core:	
+_build_core:
 	@echo "building core container for photon..."
 	@$(DOCKERBUILD) -f $(DOCKERFILEPATH_CORE)/$(DOCKERFILENAME_CORE) -t $(DOCKERIMAGENAME_CORE):$(VERSIONTAG) .
 	@echo "Done."
-	
-_build_jobservice:		
+
+_build_jobservice:
 	@echo "building jobservice container for photon..."
 	@$(DOCKERBUILD) -f $(DOCKERFILEPATH_JOBSERVICE)/$(DOCKERFILENAME_JOBSERVICE) -t $(DOCKERIMAGENAME_JOBSERVICE):$(VERSIONTAG) .
 	@echo "Done."
 
-_build_log:	
+_build_log:
 	@echo "building log container for photon..."
 	$(DOCKERBUILD) -f $(DOCKERFILEPATH_LOG)/$(DOCKERFILENAME_LOG) -t $(DOCKERIMAGENAME_LOG):$(VERSIONTAG) .
 	@echo "Done."
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ _build_chart_server:
 		rm -rf $(DOCKERFILEPATH_CHART_SERVER)/binary; \
 		echo "Done." ; \
 	fi
-		
+
 _build_nginx:
 	@echo "building nginx container for photon..."
 	@$(DOCKERBUILD) -f $(DOCKERFILEPATH_NGINX)/$(DOCKERFILENAME_NGINX) -t $(DOCKERIMAGENAME_NGINX):$(NGINXVERSION) .
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ _build_notary:
 		rm -rf $(DOCKERFILEPATH_NOTARY)/binary; \
 		echo "Done."; \
 	fi
-		
+
 _build_registry:
 	@if [ "$(BUILDBIN)" != "true" ] ; then \
 		rm -rf $(DOCKERFILEPATH_REG)/binary && mkdir -p $(DOCKERFILEPATH_REG)/binary && \
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ _build_registry:
 	@chmod 655 $(DOCKERFILEPATH_REG)/binary/registry && $(DOCKERBUILD) -f $(DOCKERFILEPATH_REG)/$(DOCKERFILENAME_REG) -t $(DOCKERIMAGENAME_REG):$(REGISTRYVERSION)-$(VERSIONTAG) .
 	@echo "Done."
 
-_build_registryctl:		
+_build_registryctl:
 	@echo "building registry controller for photon..."
 	@$(DOCKERBUILD) -f $(DOCKERFILEPATH_REGISTRYCTL)/$(DOCKERFILENAME_REGISTRYCTL) -t $(DOCKERIMAGENAME_REGISTRYCTL):$(VERSIONTAG) .
 	@rm -rf $(DOCKERFILEPATH_REG)/binary
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ cleanimage:
 	- $(DOCKERRMIMAGE) -f $(DOCKERIMAGENAME_CORE):$(VERSIONTAG)
 	- $(DOCKERRMIMAGE) -f $(DOCKERIMAGENAME_JOBSERVICE):$(VERSIONTAG)
 	- $(DOCKERRMIMAGE) -f $(DOCKERIMAGENAME_LOG):$(VERSIONTAG)
-	
+
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: cleanimage
 
diff --git a/make/photon/portal/Dockerfile b/make/photon/portal/Dockerfile
index 004d0113a8..9dc834413b 100644
--- a/make/photon/portal/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/portal/Dockerfile
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 FROM node:10.15.0 as nodeportal
 
-COPY src/portal /portal_src
-COPY ./docs/swagger.yaml   /portal_src
-COPY ./LICENSE /portal_src
-
 WORKDIR /build_dir
 
+ARG npm_registry=https://registry.npmjs.org
+ENV NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY=${npm_registry}
 
-RUN cp -r /portal_src/* /build_dir \
-    && ls -la \
-    && apt-get update \
+COPY src/portal/package.json /build_dir
+COPY src/portal/package-lock.json /build_dir
+COPY ./docs/swagger.yaml /build_dir
+
+RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python-yaml=3.12-1 \
     && python -c 'import sys, yaml, json; y=yaml.load(sys.stdin.read()); print json.dumps(y)' < swagger.yaml > swagger.json \
-    && npm install \
+    && npm install
+
+COPY ./LICENSE /build_dir
+COPY src/portal /build_dir
+
+RUN ls -la \
     && npm run build_lib \
     && npm run link_lib \
     && node --max_old_space_size=8192 'node_modules/@angular/cli/bin/ng' build --prod