diff --git a/src/singularity_modules/subread/1.6.4/build.sh b/src/singularity_modules/subread/1.6.4/build.sh
index 455172afb856a4044319267226fbe90e2e707dd9..4a758ee573f93415c63ce5a5b76c48f08571d4ad 100755
--- a/src/singularity_modules/subread/1.6.4/build.sh
+++ b/src/singularity_modules/subread/1.6.4/build.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #/bin/sh
-sudo singularity build --force bin/subread:1.6.4.img docker://quay.io/biocontainers/subread:1.6.4--h84994c4_1 && \
+sudo singularity build --force bin/subread:1.6.4.img src/singularity_modules/subread/1.6.4/subread.def && \
 singularity sign bin/subread:1.6.4.img
diff --git a/src/singularity_modules/subread/1.6.4/subread.def b/src/singularity_modules/subread/1.6.4/subread.def
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db8f00c2d69c767cf1568302e2efabde5c4d6ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/singularity_modules/subread/1.6.4/subread.def
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Bootstrap: docker
+From: quay.io/biocontainers/subread:1.6.4--h84994c4_1
+
+%labels
+MAINTAINER Laurent Modolo
+
+%post
+mkdir -p /sps /pbs /scratch
+SUBREF_VERSION=1.6.4
+
+%environment
+export SUBREF_VERSION=1.6.4
+
+%runscript
+exec /bin/bash "$@"