diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 01c675d6f7c..845b8972d47 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
   build to the output of `git describe --dirty`, if the git repo is available.
 - MicroVM process is only attached to the cgroups defined by using `--cgroups`
   or the ones defined indirectly by using `--node`.
+- Changed `devtool build` to build jailer binary for `musl` only targets. Building
+  jailer binary for `non-musl` targets have been removed.
 
 ## [0.22.0]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 799712f7f1d..91195d909aa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [workspace]
 members = ["src/firecracker", "src/jailer"]
+default-members = ["src/firecracker"]
 
 [profile.dev]
 panic = "abort"
diff --git a/tests/host_tools/cargo_build.py b/tests/host_tools/cargo_build.py
index d862607ca4f..48862bf099b 100644
--- a/tests/host_tools/cargo_build.py
+++ b/tests/host_tools/cargo_build.py
@@ -56,24 +56,39 @@ def get_firecracker_binaries():
     building them in case they do not exist at the specified root_path.
     """
     target = DEFAULT_BUILD_TARGET
-    cd_cmd = "cd {}".format(FC_WORKSPACE_DIR)
-    flags = 'RUSTFLAGS="{}"'.format(get_rustflags())
-    cargo_cmd = "cargo build --release --target {}".format(target)
-    cmd = "{} && {} {}".format(cd_cmd, flags, cargo_cmd)
-
-    utils.run_cmd(cmd)
-
     out_dir = "{target_dir}/{target}/release".format(
         target_dir=FC_WORKSPACE_TARGET_DIR, target=target
     )
     fc_bin_path = "{}/{}".format(out_dir, FC_BINARY_NAME)
     jailer_bin_path = "{}/{}".format(out_dir, JAILER_BINARY_NAME)
 
+    if getattr(get_firecracker_binaries, 'binaries_built', False):
+        return fc_bin_path, jailer_bin_path
+
+    cd_cmd = "cd {}".format(FC_WORKSPACE_DIR)
+    flags = 'RUSTFLAGS="{}"'.format(get_rustflags())
+    cargo_default_cmd = "cargo build --release --target {}".format(
+        target
+    )
+    cargo_jailer_cmd = "cargo build -p jailer --release --target {}".format(
+        target
+    )
+    cmd = "{0} && {1} {2} && {1} {3}".format(
+        cd_cmd,
+        flags,
+        cargo_default_cmd,
+        cargo_jailer_cmd
+    )
+
+    utils.run_cmd(cmd)
+
     utils.run_cmd(
         "strip --strip-debug {} {}"
         .format(fc_bin_path, jailer_bin_path)
     )
 
+    setattr(get_firecracker_binaries, 'binaries_built', True)
+
     return fc_bin_path, jailer_bin_path
 
 
diff --git a/tools/devtool b/tools/devtool
index 9019c8924cb..9970d89d8bc 100755
--- a/tools/devtool
+++ b/tools/devtool
@@ -517,6 +517,22 @@ cmd_build() {
             "${cargo_args[@]}"
     ret=$?
 
+    [ $ret -ne 0 ] && return $ret
+
+    # Build jailer only in case of musl for compatibility reasons
+    if [ "$libc" == "musl" ];then
+        run_devctr \
+            --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
+            --workdir "$CTR_FC_ROOT_DIR" \
+            -- \
+            cargo build -p jailer \
+                --target-dir "$CTR_CARGO_TARGET_DIR" \
+                "${cargo_args[@]}"
+
+    fi
+
+    ret=$?
+    
     # If `cargo build` was successful, let's copy the binaries to a more
     # accessible location.
     [ $ret -eq 0 ] && {