diff --git a/packaging/pre_build_script.sh b/packaging/pre_build_script.sh
index 7167d813399..f1337233103 100644
--- a/packaging/pre_build_script.sh
+++ b/packaging/pre_build_script.sh
@@ -38,5 +38,21 @@ else
   pip install "auditwheel<6.3.0"
 fi
 
+# Build the image extension without rocJPEG on ROCm. setup.py enables rocJPEG
+# whenever $ROCM_HOME/include/rocjpeg/rocjpeg.h exists, which links
+# torchvision/image_stable.so against librocjpeg.so.1. That library is neither
+# bundled into the torchvision wheel (the repair step omits it) nor shipped in
+# the torch wheel, so the extension fails to dlopen at import and every
+# torchvision.io image op silently disappears -- CPU jpeg/png/webp included.
+# Written to BUILD_ENV_FILE because this script runs as a subprocess; the build
+# steps source that file.
+if [[ "${CU_VERSION:-}" == rocm* ]]; then
+  echo "Disabling rocJPEG support for ${CU_VERSION}"
+  export TORCHVISION_USE_ROCJPEG=0
+  if [[ -n "${BUILD_ENV_FILE:-}" ]]; then
+    echo "export TORCHVISION_USE_ROCJPEG=0" >> "${BUILD_ENV_FILE}"
+  fi
+fi
+
 pip install numpy pyyaml future ninja
 pip install --upgrade setuptools==72.1.0