diff --git a/.buildkite/check-wheel-size.py b/.buildkite/check-wheel-size.py
index b39dce2659a5..0412c5f37952 100644
--- a/.buildkite/check-wheel-size.py
+++ b/.buildkite/check-wheel-size.py
@@ -1,36 +1,43 @@
 import os
+import sys
 import zipfile
 
-MAX_SIZE_MB = 250
+# Read the VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB environment variable, defaulting to 250 MB
+VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB = int(os.environ.get('VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB', 250))
 
 
 def print_top_10_largest_files(zip_file):
+    """Print the top 10 largest files in the given zip file."""
     with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_file, 'r') as z:
         file_sizes = [(f, z.getinfo(f).file_size) for f in z.namelist()]
         file_sizes.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
         for f, size in file_sizes[:10]:
-            print(f"{f}: {size/(1024*1024)} MBs uncompressed.")
+            print(f"{f}: {size / (1024 * 1024):.2f} MBs uncompressed.")
 
 
 def check_wheel_size(directory):
+    """Check the size of .whl files in the given directory."""
     for root, _, files in os.walk(directory):
-        for f in files:
-            if f.endswith(".whl"):
-                wheel_path = os.path.join(root, f)
-                wheel_size = os.path.getsize(wheel_path)
-                wheel_size_mb = wheel_size / (1024 * 1024)
-                if wheel_size_mb > MAX_SIZE_MB:
-                    print(
-                        f"Wheel {wheel_path} is too large ({wheel_size_mb} MB) "
-                        f"compare to the allowed size ({MAX_SIZE_MB} MB).")
+        for file_name in files:
+            if file_name.endswith(".whl"):
+                wheel_path = os.path.join(root, file_name)
+                wheel_size_mb = os.path.getsize(wheel_path) / (1024 * 1024)
+                if wheel_size_mb > VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB:
+                    print(f"Not allowed: Wheel {wheel_path} is larger "
+                          f"({wheel_size_mb:.2f} MB) than the limit "
+                          f"({VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB} MB).")
                     print_top_10_largest_files(wheel_path)
                     return 1
                 else:
                     print(f"Wheel {wheel_path} is within the allowed size "
-                          f"({wheel_size_mb} MB).")
+                          f"({wheel_size_mb:.2f} MB).")
     return 0
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    import sys
-    sys.exit(check_wheel_size(sys.argv[1]))
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("Usage: python check-wheel-size.py <directory>")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    directory = sys.argv[1]
+    sys.exit(check_wheel_size(directory))
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ec6069f605eb..7f255e1d6e93 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -108,10 +108,17 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/ccache \
         python3 setup.py bdist_wheel --dist-dir=dist --py-limited-api=cp38; \
     fi
 
-# check the size of the wheel, we cannot upload wheels larger than 100MB
+# Check the size of the wheel if RUN_WHEEL_CHECK is true
 COPY .buildkite/check-wheel-size.py check-wheel-size.py
-RUN python3 check-wheel-size.py dist
-
+# Default max size of the wheel is 250MB
+ARG VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB=250
+ENV VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB=$VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB
+ARG RUN_WHEEL_CHECK=true
+RUN if [ "$RUN_WHEEL_CHECK" = "true" ]; then \
+        python3 check-wheel-size.py dist; \
+    else \
+        echo "Skipping wheel size check."; \
+    fi
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