diff --git a/pkg/transformer/utils.go b/pkg/transformer/utils.go
index c3898c0e..fb7a41f1 100644
--- a/pkg/transformer/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/transformer/utils.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 
+	dockerlib "github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
 	"github.com/kubernetes/kompose/pkg/kobject"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
@@ -268,6 +269,17 @@ func BuildDockerImage(service kobject.ServiceConfig, name string) error {
 		imageName = service.Image
 	}
 
+	buildargs := []dockerlib.BuildArg{}
+	for envName, envValue := range service.BuildArgs {
+		var value string
+		if envValue == nil {
+			value = os.Getenv(envName)
+		} else {
+			value = *envValue
+		}
+		buildargs = append(buildargs, dockerlib.BuildArg{Name: envName, Value: value})
+	}
+
 	// Connect to the Docker client
 	client, err := docker.Client()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -277,7 +289,7 @@ func BuildDockerImage(service kobject.ServiceConfig, name string) error {
 	// Use the build struct function to build the image
 	// Build the image!
 	build := docker.Build{Client: *client}
-	err = build.BuildImage(imagePath, imageName, service.Dockerfile)
+	err = build.BuildImage(imagePath, imageName, service.Dockerfile, buildargs)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/utils/docker/build.go b/pkg/utils/docker/build.go
index 8d059363..5fb38352 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/docker/build.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/docker/build.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ BuildImage builds a Docker image via the Docker API. Takes the source directory
 and image name and then builds the appropriate image. Tarball is utilized
 in order to make building easier.
 */
-func (c *Build) BuildImage(source string, image string, dockerfile string) error {
+func (c *Build) BuildImage(source string, image string, dockerfile string, buildargs []dockerlib.BuildArg) error {
 
 	log.Infof("Building image '%s' from directory '%s'", image, path.Base(source))
 
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func (c *Build) BuildImage(source string, image string, dockerfile string) error
 		InputStream:  tarballSource,
 		OutputStream: outputBuffer,
 		Dockerfile:   dockerfile,
+		BuildArgs:    buildargs,
 	}
 
 	// Build it!