diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index c4d30edf..21a819f0 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ func ValidateFlags(bundle string, args []string, cmd *cobra.Command, opt *kobjec
 	if opt.GenerateJSON && opt.GenerateYaml {
 		log.Fatalf("YAML and JSON format cannot be provided at the same time")
 	}
+
+	if opt.Volumes != "persistentVolumeClaim" && opt.Volumes != "emptyDir" {
+		log.Fatal("Unknown Volume type: ", opt.Volumes, ", possible values are: persistentVolumeClaim and emptyDir")
+	}
 }
 
 // ValidateComposeFile validated the compose file provided for conversion
diff --git a/script/test/cmd/tests.sh b/script/test/cmd/tests.sh
index 0b4e70c2..53178055 100755
--- a/script/test/cmd/tests.sh
+++ b/script/test/cmd/tests.sh
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@ cmd="kompose convert -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/change-in-volume/dock
 sed -e "s;%VERSION%;$version;g" -e "s;%CMD%;$cmd;g"  $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/change-in-volume/output-k8s-empty-vols-template.json > /tmp/output-k8s.json
 convert::expect_success_and_warning "kompose convert -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/change-in-volume/docker-compose.yml --stdout -j --volumes emptyDir" "/tmp/output-k8s.json" "Volume mount on the host "\"."\" isn't supported - ignoring path on the host"
 
+#Failing test for `--volumes` option
+convert::expect_failure "kompose convert --stdout -j -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/change-in-volume/docker-compose.yaml --volumes foobar"
+
 # Test related to support docker-compose.yaml beside docker-compose.yml
 # Store the original path
 CURRENT_DIR=$(pwd)