diff --git a/tests/static-check/run.sh b/tests/static-check/run.sh
index ba434a655e..847fff3d1d 100755
--- a/tests/static-check/run.sh
+++ b/tests/static-check/run.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 set -eE # include E so that create_image() failures bubble up to the surface
 trap "echo FAILURE" ERR
 
+SUM_FILE="`basename $0`.sum"
+
 if [ -z "$STATIC_CHECKS_FEDORA_VERSION" ]; then
   default_f_ver="40"
   echo "No Fedora version for static checks specified, using the default (Fedora $default_f_ver)"
@@ -19,15 +21,37 @@ function create_image() {
   buildah run $c -- dnf -q -y install "@C Development Tools and Libraries" clang cppcheck which diffutils file >/dev/null 2>&1
   buildah run $c -- dnf -q -y install pcre-devel pcre2-devel openssl-devel libxml2-devel pam-devel lmdb-devel libacl-devel libyaml-devel curl-devel libvirt-devel >/dev/null 2>&1
   buildah run $c -- dnf clean all >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+  # Copy checksum of this file into container
+  sha256sum $0 > $SUM_FILE
+  buildah copy $c $SUM_FILE >/dev/null
+  rm $SUM_FILE
+
   buildah commit $c cfengine-static-checker-f$STATIC_CHECKS_FEDORA_VERSION >/dev/null 2>&1
   echo $c
 }
 
 set -x
 
-# TODO: check how old the image is and recreate if it's too old
 if buildah inspect cfengine-static-checker-f$STATIC_CHECKS_FEDORA_VERSION >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   c=$(buildah from cfengine-static-checker-f$STATIC_CHECKS_FEDORA_VERSION)
+
+  # Recreate the image if the checksum of this file has changed 
+  if [[ `buildah run $c ls $SUM_FILE` == $SUM_FILE ]]; then
+    SUM_A=$(sha256sum $0)
+    SUM_B=$(buildah run $c cat $SUM_FILE)
+    if [[ $SUM_A != $SUM_B ]]; then
+      echo "Recreating image due to mismatching checksum..."
+      IMAGE_ID=$(buildah inspect $c | jq -r '.FromImageID')
+      buildah rmi --force $IMAGE_ID >/dev/null
+      c=$(create_image)
+    fi
+  else
+    echo "Recreating image due to missing checksum..."
+    IMAGE_ID=$(buildah inspect $c | jq -r '.FromImageID')
+    buildah rmi --force $IMAGE_ID >/dev/null
+    c=$(create_image)
+  fi
 else
   c=$(create_image)
 fi