diff --git a/.github/workflows/master.yml b/.github/workflows/master.yml
index 3375a603a..21d2e931b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master.yml
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./build/mvn clean install -Pspark-3.1 -DskipTests -pl :kyuubi-spark-sql-engine_2.12,:kyuubi-common_2.12,:kyuubi-ha_2.12,:kyuubi-zookeeper_2.12,:kyuubi-spark-monitor_2.12
           ./build/mvn test -Pspark-3.1 -Dtest=none -DwildcardSuites=org.apache.kyuubi.operation.tpcds -Dmaven.plugin.scalatest.exclude.tags=''
+
   minikube-it:
     name: Minikube Integration Test
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
@@ -153,6 +154,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Kyuubi Docker Image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
         with:
+          # passthrough CI into build container
+          build-args: CI=${CI}
           context: .
           file: docker/Dockerfile
           load: true
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index d376a673c..6394dcdee 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -17,19 +17,32 @@
 
 # Usage:
 #   Run the docker command below
-#      docker build --build-arg MVN_ARG="-Pspark-3.1,spark-hadoop-3.2" -f docker/Dockerfile -t apache/kyuubi:tagname .
+#      docker build \
+#        --build-arg MVN_ARG="-Pspark-3.1,spark-hadoop-3.2" \
+#        --file docker/Dockerfile \
+#        --tag apache/kyuubi:tagname \
+#        .
 #   Options:
-#     -f this docker file
-#     -t the target repo and tag name
-#     more options can be found with -h
+#     -f, --file  this docker file
+#     -t, --tag   the target repo and tag name
+#     more options can be found with -h, --help
 
-# declare the BASE_IMAGE argument in the first line. for more detail see: https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/38379
+# Declare the BASE_IMAGE argument in the first line, for more detail
+# see: https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/38379
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=openjdk:8-jdk
 
 FROM maven:3.6-jdk-8 as builder
 
 ARG MVN_ARG
 
+# Pass the environment variable `CI` into container, for internal use only.
+#
+# Continuous integration(aka. CI) services like GitHub Actions, Travis always provide
+# an environment variable `CI` in runners, and we detect this variable to run some
+# specific actions, e.g. run `mvn` in batch mode to suppress noisy logs.
+ARG CI
+ENV CI ${CI}
+
 ADD . /workspace/kyuubi
 WORKDIR /workspace/kyuubi