diff --git a/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2 b/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
index 04f5181ff610..a08872c4ea42 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
+++ b/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
@@ -77,9 +77,11 @@ sudo cp {{swsssdk_py2_wheel_path}} $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$SWSSSDK_PY2_WHEEL_NAME
 sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip install $SWSSSDK_PY2_WHEEL_NAME
 sudo rm -rf $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$SWSSSDK_PY2_WHEEL_NAME
 
-# Install SONiC Utilities (and its dependencies via 'apt-get -y install -f')
-sudo dpkg --root=$FILESYSTEM_ROOT -i target/debs/python-sonic-utilities_*.deb || \
-    sudo LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y install -f
+# Install SONiC Utilities Python package
+SONIC_UTILITIES_WHEEL_NAME=$(basename {{sonic_utilities_wheel_path}})
+sudo cp {{sonic_utilities_wheel_path}} $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$SONIC_UTILITIES_WHEEL_NAME
+sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip install $SONIC_UTILITIES_WHEEL_NAME
+sudo rm -rf $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$SONIC_UTILITIES_WHEEL_NAME
 
 # SONiC utilities installs bash-completion as a dependency. However, it is disabled by default
 # in bash.bashrc, so we copy a version of the file with it enabled here.
diff --git a/rules/sonic-utilities.mk b/rules/sonic-utilities.mk
index 9349813f5c4e..1634ab88f46a 100644
--- a/rules/sonic-utilities.mk
+++ b/rules/sonic-utilities.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # sonic utilities package
 
-SONIC_UTILS = python-sonic-utilities_1.1-1_all.deb
-$(SONIC_UTILS)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-utilities
-SONIC_PYTHON_STDEB_DEBS += $(SONIC_UTILS)
+SONIC_UTILITIES = sonic_utilities-1.1-py2-none-any.whl
+$(SONIC_UTILITIES)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-utilities
+$(SONIC_UTILITIES)_PYTHON_VERSION = 2
+$(SONIC_UTILITIES)_DEPENDS += $(SWSSSDK_PY2)
+SONIC_PYTHON_WHEELS += $(SONIC_UTILITIES)
diff --git a/slave.mk b/slave.mk
index c26e4932f05a..16fea944853e 100644
--- a/slave.mk
+++ b/slave.mk
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ $(DOCKER_LOAD_TARGETS) : $(TARGET_PATH)/%.gz-load : .platform docker-start $$(TA
 ###############################################################################
 
 # targets for building installers with base image
-$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/, $(SONIC_INSTALLERS)) : $(TARGET_PATH)/% : .platform onie-image.conf $$(addprefix $(DEBS_PATH)/,$$($$*_DEPENDS)) $$(addprefix $(DEBS_PATH)/,$$($$*_INSTALLS)) $$(addprefix $(FILES_PATH)/,$$($$*_FILES)) $(addprefix $(DEBS_PATH)/,$(INITRAMFS_TOOLS) $(LINUX_KERNEL) $(IGB_DRIVER) $(SONIC_DEVICE_DATA) $(SONIC_UTILS)) $$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/,$$($$*_DOCKERS)) $$(addprefix $(PYTHON_WHEELS_PATH)/,$(SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE))
+$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/, $(SONIC_INSTALLERS)) : $(TARGET_PATH)/% : .platform onie-image.conf $$(addprefix $(DEBS_PATH)/,$$($$*_DEPENDS)) $$(addprefix $(DEBS_PATH)/,$$($$*_INSTALLS)) $$(addprefix $(FILES_PATH)/,$$($$*_FILES)) $(addprefix $(DEBS_PATH)/,$(INITRAMFS_TOOLS) $(LINUX_KERNEL) $(IGB_DRIVER) $(SONIC_DEVICE_DATA)) $$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/,$$($$*_DOCKERS)) $$(addprefix $(PYTHON_WHEELS_PATH)/,$(SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE)) $$(addprefix $(PYTHON_WHEELS_PATH)/,$(SONIC_UTILITIES))
 	$(HEADER)
 	# Pass initramfs and linux kernel explicitly. They are used for all platforms
 	export initramfs_tools="$(DEBS_PATH)/$(INITRAMFS_TOOLS)"
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ $(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/, $(SONIC_INSTALLERS)) : $(TARGET_PATH)/% : .platform
 	export installer_images="$(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/,$($*_DOCKERS))"
 	export config_engine_wheel_path="$(addprefix $(PYTHON_WHEELS_PATH)/,$(SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE))"
 	export swsssdk_py2_wheel_path="$(addprefix $(PYTHON_WHEELS_PATH)/,$(SWSSSDK_PY2))"
+	export sonic_utilities_wheel_path="$(addprefix $(PYTHON_WHEELS_PATH)/,$(SONIC_UTILITIES))"
 	
 	$(foreach docker, $($*_DOCKERS),\
 		export docker_image="$(docker)"
diff --git a/src/sonic-utilities b/src/sonic-utilities
index b27d4f9e976f..2c63a413cd48 160000
--- a/src/sonic-utilities
+++ b/src/sonic-utilities
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b27d4f9e976f944f50d81e2354ba826194971774
+Subproject commit 2c63a413cd48f4d73e149bb594dd5ead5dd6e2db