diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8b180e6c..22dcf253 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ RUN apt-get update -q --fix-missing && \
   touch /var/log/auth.log && \
   update-locale && \
   rm -f /etc/cron.weekly/fstrim && \
-  rm -f /etc/postsrsd.secret
+  rm -f /etc/postsrsd.secret && \
+  rm -f /etc/postfix/dhparams.pem && \
+  rm -f /etc/dovecot/dh.pem
 
 RUN echo "0 */6 * * * clamav /usr/bin/freshclam --quiet" > /etc/cron.d/clamav-freshclam && \
   chmod 644 /etc/clamav/freshclam.conf && \
@@ -120,8 +122,7 @@ RUN sed -i -e 's/include_try \/usr\/share\/dovecot\/protocols\.d/include_try \/e
   cd /usr/share/dovecot && \
   ./mkcert.sh  && \
   mkdir -p /usr/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe /usr/lib/dovecot/sieve-filter /usr/lib/dovecot/sieve-global && \
-  chmod 755 -R /usr/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe /usr/lib/dovecot/sieve-filter /usr/lib/dovecot/sieve-global && \
-  openssl dhparam -out /etc/dovecot/dh.pem 2048
+  chmod 755 -R /usr/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe /usr/lib/dovecot/sieve-filter /usr/lib/dovecot/sieve-global
 
 # Configures LDAP
 COPY target/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext /etc/dovecot
@@ -180,10 +181,7 @@ RUN mkdir /var/run/fetchmail && chown fetchmail /var/run/fetchmail
 # Configures Postfix
 COPY target/postfix/main.cf target/postfix/master.cf /etc/postfix/
 COPY target/postfix/header_checks.pcre target/postfix/sender_header_filter.pcre target/postfix/sender_login_maps.pcre /etc/postfix/maps/
-RUN echo "" > /etc/aliases && \
-  openssl dhparam -out /etc/postfix/dhparams.pem 2048 && \
-  echo "@weekly FILE=\`mktemp\` ; openssl dhparam -out \$FILE 2048 > /dev/null 2>&1 && mv -f \$FILE /etc/postfix/dhparams.pem" > /etc/cron.d/dh2048
-
+RUN echo "" > /etc/aliases
 
 # Configuring Logs
 RUN sed -i -r "/^#?compress/c\compress\ncopytruncate" /etc/logrotate.conf && \
diff --git a/target/start-mailserver.sh b/target/start-mailserver.sh
index 8571d9e3..b289df04 100644
--- a/target/start-mailserver.sh
+++ b/target/start-mailserver.sh
@@ -1224,28 +1224,41 @@ function _setup_postfix_relay_hosts() {
 function _setup_postfix_dhparam() {
 	notify 'task' 'Setting up Postfix dhparam'
 	if [ "$ONE_DIR" = 1 ];then
-		DHPARAMS_FILE=/var/mail-state/lib-postfix/dhparams.pem
+		DHPARAMS_FILE=/var/mail-state/lib-shared/dhparams.pem
 		if [ ! -f $DHPARAMS_FILE ]; then
-			notify 'inf' "Generate new dhparams for postfix"
+			notify 'inf' "Generate new shared dhparams (postfix)"
 			mkdir -p $(dirname "$DHPARAMS_FILE")
 			openssl dhparam -out $DHPARAMS_FILE 2048
 		else
-			notify 'inf' "Use dhparams that was generated previously"
+			notify 'inf' "Use postfix dhparams that was generated previously"
 		fi
 
 		# Copy from the state directory to the working location
 		rm /etc/postfix/dhparams.pem && cp $DHPARAMS_FILE /etc/postfix/dhparams.pem
 	else
-		notify 'inf' "No state dir, we use the dhparams generated on image creation"
+                if [ ! -f /etc/postfix/dhparams.pem ]; then
+                        if [ -f /etc/dovecot/dh.pem ]; then
+                                notify 'inf' "Copy dovecot dhparams to postfix"
+                                cp /etc/dovecot/dh.pem /etc/postfix/dhparams.pem
+                        elif [ -f /tmp/docker-mailserver/dhparams.pem ]; then
+                                notify 'inf' "Copy pre-generated dhparams to postfix"
+                                cp /tmp/docker-mailserver/dhparams.pem /etc/postfix/dhparams.pem
+                        else
+                                notify 'inf' "Generate new dhparams for postfix"
+                                openssl dhparam -out /etc/postfix/dhparams.pem 2048
+                        fi
+                else
+                        notify 'inf' "Use existing postfix dhparams"
+                fi
 	fi
 }
 
 function _setup_dovecot_dhparam() {
         notify 'task' 'Setting up Dovecot dhparam'
         if [ "$ONE_DIR" = 1 ];then
-                DHPARAMS_FILE=/var/mail-state/lib-dovecot/dh.pem
+                DHPARAMS_FILE=/var/mail-state/lib-shared/dhparams.pem
                 if [ ! -f $DHPARAMS_FILE ]; then
-                        notify 'inf' "Generate new dhparams for dovecot"
+                        notify 'inf' "Generate new shared dhparams (dovecot)"
                         mkdir -p $(dirname "$DHPARAMS_FILE")
                         openssl dhparam -out $DHPARAMS_FILE 2048
                 else
@@ -1255,7 +1268,20 @@ function _setup_dovecot_dhparam() {
                 # Copy from the state directory to the working location
                 rm /etc/dovecot/dh.pem && cp $DHPARAMS_FILE /etc/dovecot/dh.pem
         else
-                notify 'inf' "No state dir, we use the dovecot dhparams generated on image creation"
+                if [ ! -f /etc/dovecot/dh.pem ]; then
+                        if [ -f /etc/postfix/dhparams.pem ]; then
+                                notify 'inf' "Copy postfix dhparams to dovecot"
+                                cp /etc/postfix/dhparams.pem /etc/dovecot/dh.pem
+                        elif [ -f /tmp/docker-mailserver/dhparams.pem ]; then
+                                notify 'inf' "Copy pre-generated dhparams to dovecot"
+                                cp /tmp/docker-mailserver/dhparams.pem /etc/dovecot/dh.pem
+                        else
+                                notify 'inf' "Generate new dhparams for dovecot"
+                                openssl dhparam -out /etc/dovecot/dh.pem 2048
+                        fi
+                else
+                        notify 'inf' "Use existing dovecot dhparams"
+                fi
         fi
 }
 
diff --git a/test/config/dhparams.pem b/test/config/dhparams.pem
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ebe8dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config/dhparams.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+-----BEGIN DH PARAMETERS-----
+MIIBCAKCAQEAlYgX/PXMu60WVkgKXOqnT562wd2F3l1WDwyn7DLWDqb9rCI6SAB8
+8uDkImAeoRFQycL77fXBqO9KKVk5x569Qjltacbw4/taOhWPAq/+6Wf5bZsUEp5g
+wD+hLvgYn/0pdGkjiAJ+jlRBxarF9lJac4QPztqw3qJPtVdIKbmo58hoxERIthD2
+f/ZkGjaZXzOIvD8Ai0NQ+H4k5DK5dLlFI78XbrsH161t4Jcspq+v5VUdUyUMAvti
+4peK0RgHw47h90kkee+qIf5F+WWSw28tjkbILWx2ld/bN59eZj4itb3UUw/OZRpC
+Y0pOBOvl1wp5PS+pUJAMsg6PR50yPNYREwIBAg==
+-----END DH PARAMETERS-----