diff --git a/docs/cicd_tools/image_builder.md b/docs/cicd_tools/image_builder.md
index dd4017f0..e3005703 100644
--- a/docs/cicd_tools/image_builder.md
+++ b/docs/cicd_tools/image_builder.md
@@ -285,6 +285,16 @@ the provided configuration
 
 #### cicd::container::build
 
+Accepts any number of parameters, will be appended to the final `build` command
+
+**Note** this is to allow extra arguments not directly supported by the library.
+
+```shell
+cicd::image_builder::build --extra-arg1 param1=value1 --param-2
+
+# will add --extra-arg1 param1=value1 --param2 to the resulting image build command
+```
+
 This will build a container image using the provided configuration
 
 #### cicd::container::tag
@@ -337,4 +347,4 @@ Returns the list of build arguments when building a new image
 
 Returns the Image name including the default tag in the format
 
-`registry/repository_org/repository_name:default_tag`
\ No newline at end of file
+`registry/repository_org/repository_name:default_tag`
diff --git a/src/shared/image_builder.sh b/src/shared/image_builder.sh
index a9595c88..030e651a 100644
--- a/src/shared/image_builder.sh
+++ b/src/shared/image_builder.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ cicd::image_builder::local_build() {
 }
 
 cicd::image_builder::build_and_push() {
-  cicd::image_builder::build || return 1
+  cicd::image_builder::build "$@" || return 1
   if ! cicd::image_builder::local_build; then
     cicd::image_builder::push || return 1
   fi
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ cicd::image_builder::build() {
     build_params+=('--build-arg' "${build_arg}")
   done
 
+  build_params+=("$@")
+
   build_params+=("$build_context")
 
   if ! cicd::container::cmd build "${build_params[@]}"; then
diff --git a/test/shared_image_builder.bats b/test/shared_image_builder.bats
index f9c08620..440474b5 100644
--- a/test/shared_image_builder.bats
+++ b/test/shared_image_builder.bats
@@ -694,3 +694,37 @@ setup() {
     assert_output --regexp "^build.*-t foobar:pr-123-extra1"
     assert_output --regexp "^build.*-t foobar:pr-123-extra2"
 }
+
+@test "Support extra build args for build" {
+
+    # podman mock
+    podman() {
+        echo "$@"
+    }
+
+    source load_module.sh image_builder
+
+    export CICD_IMAGE_BUILDER_IMAGE_NAME='foobar'
+    export CICD_IMAGE_BUILDER_CONTAINERFILE_PATH='test/data/Containerfile.test'
+
+    run cicd::image_builder::build --some-extra-arg1 foo=foo:bar --another-extra-arg foobar=bazbar
+
+    assert_output --regexp "^build.*--some-extra-arg1 foo=foo:bar --another-extra-arg foobar=bazbar"
+}
+
+@test "Support extra build args for build_and_push" {
+
+    # podman mock
+    podman() {
+        echo "$@"
+    }
+
+    source load_module.sh image_builder
+
+    export CICD_IMAGE_BUILDER_IMAGE_NAME='foobar'
+    export CICD_IMAGE_BUILDER_CONTAINERFILE_PATH='test/data/Containerfile.test'
+
+    run cicd::image_builder::build_and_push --some-extra-arg1 foo=foo:bar --another-extra-arg foobar=bazbar
+
+    assert_output --regexp "^build.*--some-extra-arg1 foo=foo:bar --another-extra-arg foobar=bazbar"
+}