diff --git a/make/photon/prepare/Dockerfile.base b/make/photon/prepare/Dockerfile.base
index ce9ec00a3..4b4bbf504 100644
--- a/make/photon/prepare/Dockerfile.base
+++ b/make/photon/prepare/Dockerfile.base
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 FROM photon:4.0
 
-RUN tdnf install -y python3 python3-pip httpd python3-PyYAML python3-jinja2 && tdnf clean all
+RUN tdnf install -y python3 python3-pip python3-PyYAML python3-jinja2 && tdnf clean all
 RUN pip3 install pipenv==2020.11.15
+
+#To install only htpasswd binary from photon package httpd
+RUN tdnf install -y rpm cpio apr-util
+RUN tdnf -y --downloadonly --downloaddir=/tmp/ install httpd && rpm2cpio /tmp/httpd-*.rpm | cpio -ivdm ./usr/bin/htpasswd && rm -f /tmp/*