diff --git a/src/docker_modules/SAMtools/1.7/Dockerfile b/src/docker_modules/SAMtools/1.7/Dockerfile
index 7dc393ea60bda49acd10114e63c1e13e008b210b..ce910af725ef312491a610db21989b2041846612 100644
--- a/src/docker_modules/SAMtools/1.7/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/docker_modules/SAMtools/1.7/Dockerfile
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:18.04
 MAINTAINER Laurent Modolo
 
 ENV SAMTOOLS_VERSION=1.7
-ENV BCFTOOLS_VERSION=1.7
-ENV PACKAGES samtools=${SAMTOOLS_VERSION}* \
-             bcftools=${BCFTOOLS_VERSION}*
+ENV PACKAGES samtools=${SAMTOOLS_VERSION}*
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ${PACKAGES} && \
diff --git a/src/docker_modules/bcftools/1.7/Dockerfile b/src/docker_modules/bcftools/1.7/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b602f187b41a8d54429b06ca45822482292ed68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/docker_modules/bcftools/1.7/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FROM ubuntu:18.04
+MAINTAINER Laurent Modolo
+
+ENV BCFTOOLS_VERSION=1.7
+ENV PACKAGES bcftools=${BCFTOOLS_VERSION}*
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ${PACKAGES} && \
+    apt-get clean
diff --git a/src/docker_modules/bcftools/1.7/docker_init.sh b/src/docker_modules/bcftools/1.7/docker_init.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6d19c6899eebecf2dcd8270ca2aa042a507a74ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/docker_modules/bcftools/1.7/docker_init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+docker build src/docker_modules/bcftools/1.7 -t 'bcftools:1.7'