diff --git a/cmd/convert.go b/cmd/convert.go
index c2972f55..74a3b8aa 100644
--- a/cmd/convert.go
+++ b/cmd/convert.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ var (
 	ConvertDeploymentConfig      bool
 	ConvertReplicas              int
 	ConvertController            string
+	ConvertProfiles              []string
 	ConvertPushImage             bool
 	ConvertNamespace             string
 	ConvertPushImageRegistry     string
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ var convertCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			IsReplicaSetFlag:            cmd.Flags().Lookup("replicas").Changed,
 			IsDeploymentConfigFlag:      cmd.Flags().Lookup("deployment-config").Changed,
 			YAMLIndent:                  ConvertYAMLIndent,
+			Profiles:                    ConvertProfiles,
 			WithKomposeAnnotation:       WithKomposeAnnotation,
 			MultipleContainerMode:       MultipleContainerMode,
 			ServiceGroupMode:            ServiceGroupMode,
@@ -199,6 +201,8 @@ func init() {
 
 	convertCmd.Flags().IntVar(&ConvertYAMLIndent, "indent", 2, "Spaces length to indent generated yaml files")
 
+	convertCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&ConvertProfiles, "profile", []string{}, `Specify the profile to use, can use multiple.`)
+
 	// In order to 'separate' both OpenShift and Kubernetes only flags. A custom help page is created
 	customHelp := `Usage:{{if .Runnable}}
   {{if .HasAvailableFlags}}{{appendIfNotPresent .UseLine "[flags]"}}{{else}}{{.UseLine}}{{end}}{{end}}{{if .HasAvailableSubCommands}}
diff --git a/output.yaml b/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index 25a930a1..918f66f9 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func Convert(opt kobject.ConvertOptions) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 	komposeObject := kobject.KomposeObject{
 		ServiceConfigs: make(map[string]kobject.ServiceConfig),
 	}
-	komposeObject, err = l.LoadFile(opt.InputFiles)
+	komposeObject, err = l.LoadFile(opt.InputFiles, opt.Profiles)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf(err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kobject/kobject.go b/pkg/kobject/kobject.go
index 525008c5..37446e7d 100644
--- a/pkg/kobject/kobject.go
+++ b/pkg/kobject/kobject.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ type ConvertOptions struct {
 	BuildRepo                   string
 	BuildBranch                 string
 	Build                       string
+	Profiles                    []string
 	PushImage                   bool
 	PushImageRegistry           string
 	CreateChart                 bool
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ type ServiceConfig struct {
 	Args                          []string           `compose:"args"`
 	VolList                       []string           `compose:"volumes"`
 	Network                       []string           `compose:"network"`
+	Profiles                      []string           `compose:"profiles"`
 	Labels                        map[string]string  `compose:"labels"`
 	Annotations                   map[string]string  `compose:""`
 	CPUSet                        string             `compose:"cpuset"`
diff --git a/pkg/loader/compose/compose.go b/pkg/loader/compose/compose.go
index 97396243..6998e3ae 100644
--- a/pkg/loader/compose/compose.go
+++ b/pkg/loader/compose/compose.go
@@ -149,14 +149,19 @@ func checkUnsupportedKey(composeProject *types.Project) []string {
 }
 
 // LoadFile loads a compose file into KomposeObject
-func (c *Compose) LoadFile(files []string) (kobject.KomposeObject, error) {
+func (c *Compose) LoadFile(files []string, profiles []string) (kobject.KomposeObject, error) {
 	// Gather the working directory
 	workingDir, err := getComposeFileDir(files)
 	if err != nil {
 		return kobject.KomposeObject{}, err
 	}
 
-	projectOptions, err := cli.NewProjectOptions(files, cli.WithOsEnv, cli.WithWorkingDirectory(workingDir), cli.WithInterpolation(true))
+	projectOptions, err := cli.NewProjectOptions(
+		files, cli.WithOsEnv,
+		cli.WithWorkingDirectory(workingDir),
+		cli.WithInterpolation(true),
+		cli.WithProfiles(profiles),
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return kobject.KomposeObject{}, errors.Wrap(err, "Unable to create compose options")
 	}
@@ -462,6 +467,7 @@ func dockerComposeToKomposeMapping(composeObject *types.Project) (kobject.Kompos
 		serviceConfig.Privileged = composeServiceConfig.Privileged
 		serviceConfig.User = composeServiceConfig.User
 		serviceConfig.ReadOnly = composeServiceConfig.ReadOnly
+		serviceConfig.Profiles = []string{"frontend-dev"}
 		serviceConfig.Stdin = composeServiceConfig.StdinOpen
 		serviceConfig.Tty = composeServiceConfig.Tty
 		serviceConfig.TmpFs = composeServiceConfig.Tmpfs
diff --git a/pkg/loader/loader.go b/pkg/loader/loader.go
index bbea343c..def6f378 100644
--- a/pkg/loader/loader.go
+++ b/pkg/loader/loader.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 // Loader interface defines loader that loads files and converts it to kobject representation
 type Loader interface {
-	LoadFile(files []string) (kobject.KomposeObject, error)
+	LoadFile(files []string, profiles []string) (kobject.KomposeObject, error)
 	///Name() string
 }