diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 269c404..43d5ec7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## {{ UNRELEASED_VERSION }} - [{{ UNRELEASED_DATE }}]({{ UNRELEASED_LINK }})
 
+* Fixed `buildx` built images not being available locally by adding `--load` flag [lando/core#424](https://github.com/lando/core/pull/424)
+
 ## v4.0.0-unstable.8 - [December 9, 2025](https://github.com/lando/core-next/releases/tag/v4.0.0-unstable.8)
 
 * Updated to prep for `bunification` part 2
diff --git a/components/docker-engine.js b/components/docker-engine.js
index 617a4a6..4a72278 100644
--- a/components/docker-engine.js
+++ b/components/docker-engine.js
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ class DockerEngine extends Dockerode {
         'buildx',
         'build',
         `--file=${dockerfile}`,
+        '--load',
         '--progress=plain',
         `--tag=${tag}`,
         context,