diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index edb53c244a..e8a94ab30a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export CACHE_DIR ?= $(XDG_CACHE_HOME)/zitadel-make
 export LOGIN_DIR := $(dir $(word $(words $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),$(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
 
 export BAKE_CLI ?= docker buildx bake
-BAKE_CLI_WITH_COMMON_ARGS := $(BAKE_CLI) --file ./docker-bake.hcl --file $(LOGIN_DIR)apps/login-test-acceptance/docker-compose.yaml
+BAKE_CLI_WITH_COMMON_ARGS := $(BAKE_CLI) --file $(LOGIN_DIR)/docker-bake.hcl --file $(LOGIN_DIR)apps/login-test-acceptance/docker-compose.yaml
 
 export COMPOSE_BAKE=true
 export UID := $(id -u)
diff --git a/docker-bake.hcl b/docker-bake.hcl
index 20c774acc1..50284e5316 100644
--- a/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -1,30 +1,43 @@
+variable "LOGIN_DIR" {
+  default = "./"
+}
+
+variable "DOCKERFILES_DIR" {
+  default = "${LOGIN_DIR}dockerfiles/"
+}
+
 target "login-pnpm" {
-  dockerfile = "./dockerfiles/login-pnpm.Dockerfile"
+  context = "${LOGIN_DIR}"
+  dockerfile = "${DOCKERFILES_DIR}login-pnpm.Dockerfile"
 }
 
 target "login-dev-base" {
-  dockerfile = "./dockerfiles/login-dev-base.Dockerfile"
+  dockerfile = "${DOCKERFILES_DIR}login-dev-base.Dockerfile"
+  context = "${LOGIN_DIR}"
   contexts = {
     login-pnpm = "target:login-pnpm"
   }
 }
 
 target "login-lint" {
-  dockerfile = "./dockerfiles/login-lint.Dockerfile"
+  dockerfile = "${DOCKERFILES_DIR}login-lint.Dockerfile"
+  context = "${LOGIN_DIR}"
   contexts = {
     login-dev-base = "target:login-dev-base"
   }
 }
 
 target "login-test-unit" {
-  dockerfile = "./dockerfiles/login-test-unit.Dockerfile"
+  dockerfile = "${DOCKERFILES_DIR}login-test-unit.Dockerfile"
+  context = "${LOGIN_DIR}"
   contexts = {
     login-client = "target:login-client"
   }
 }
 
 target "login-client" {
-  dockerfile = "./dockerfiles/login-client.Dockerfile"
+  dockerfile = "${DOCKERFILES_DIR}login-client.Dockerfile"
+  context = "${LOGIN_DIR}"
   contexts = {
     login-pnpm              = "target:login-pnpm"
     typescript-proto-client = "target:typescript-proto-client"
@@ -32,7 +45,8 @@ target "login-client" {
 }
 
 target "typescript-proto-client" {
-  dockerfile = "./dockerfiles/typescript-proto-client.Dockerfile"
+  dockerfile = "${DOCKERFILES_DIR}typescript-proto-client.Dockerfile"
+  context = "${LOGIN_DIR}"
   contexts = {
     # We directly generate and download the client server-side with buf, so we don't need the proto files
     login-pnpm = "target:login-pnpm"
@@ -43,7 +57,8 @@ target "typescript-proto-client" {
 # proto-files is only used to build core-mock against which the integration tests run.
 # To build the proto-client, we use buf to generate and download the client code directly.
 target "proto-files" {
-  dockerfile = "./dockerfiles/proto-files.Dockerfile"
+  dockerfile = "${DOCKERFILES_DIR}proto-files.Dockerfile"
+  context = "${LOGIN_DIR}"
   contexts = {
     login-pnpm = "target:login-pnpm"
   }
@@ -54,7 +69,7 @@ variable "CORE_MOCK_TAG" {
 }
 
 target "core-mock" {
-  context = "./apps/login-test-integration/core-mock"
+  context = "${LOGIN_DIR}apps/login-test-integration/core-mock"
   contexts = {
     protos = "target:proto-files"
   }
@@ -67,7 +82,8 @@ variable "LOGIN_TEST_INTEGRATION_TAG" {
 }
 
 target "login-test-integration" {
-  dockerfile = "./dockerfiles/login-test-integration.Dockerfile"
+  dockerfile = "${DOCKERFILES_DIR}login-test-integration.Dockerfile"
+  context = "${LOGIN_DIR}"
   contexts = {
     login-pnpm = "target:login-pnpm"
   }
@@ -80,7 +96,8 @@ variable "LOGIN_TEST_ACCEPTANCE_TAG" {
 }
 
 target "login-test-acceptance" {
-  dockerfile = "./dockerfiles/login-test-acceptance.Dockerfile"
+  dockerfile = "${DOCKERFILES_DIR}login-test-acceptance.Dockerfile"
+  context = "${LOGIN_DIR}"
   contexts = {
     login-pnpm = "target:login-pnpm"
   }
@@ -97,7 +114,8 @@ target "docker-metadata-action" {}
 # We run integration and acceptance tests against the next standalone server for docker.
 target "login-standalone" {
   inherits   = ["docker-metadata-action"]
-  dockerfile = "./dockerfiles/login-standalone.Dockerfile"
+  dockerfile = "${DOCKERFILES_DIR}login-standalone.Dockerfile"
+  context = "${LOGIN_DIR}"
   contexts = {
     login-client = "target:login-client"
   }