diff --git a/internal/pkg/cli/flag.go b/internal/pkg/cli/flag.go
index c7b82161cfa..7e65fbc93de 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/cli/flag.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/cli/flag.go
@@ -39,15 +39,16 @@ const (
 	yesInitWorkloadFlag = "init-wkld"
 
 	// Build flags.
-	dockerFileFlag        = "dockerfile"
-	dockerFileContextFlag = "build-context"
-	imageTagFlag          = "tag"
-	stackOutputDirFlag    = "output-dir"
-	uploadAssetsFlag      = "upload-assets"
-	deployFlag            = "deploy"
-	diffFlag              = "diff"
-	diffAutoApproveFlag   = "diff-yes"
-	sourcesFlag           = "sources"
+	dockerFileFlag          = "dockerfile"
+	dockerFileContextFlag   = "build-context"
+	dockerFileBuildArgsFlag = "build-args"
+	imageTagFlag            = "tag"
+	stackOutputDirFlag      = "output-dir"
+	uploadAssetsFlag        = "upload-assets"
+	deployFlag              = "deploy"
+	diffFlag                = "diff"
+	diffAutoApproveFlag     = "diff-yes"
+	sourcesFlag             = "sources"
 
 	// Flags for operational commands.
 	limitFlag                   = "limit"
@@ -192,6 +193,8 @@ var (
 	imageFlagDescription = fmt.Sprintf(`The location of an existing Docker image.
 Cannot be specified with --%s or --%s.`, dockerFileFlag, dockerFileContextFlag)
 	dockerFileFlagDescription = fmt.Sprintf(`Path to the Dockerfile.
+Cannot be specified with --%s.`, imageFlag)
+	dockerFileBuildArgsFlagDescription = fmt.Sprintf(`Key-value pairs converted to --build-args.
 Cannot be specified with --%s.`, imageFlag)
 	dockerFileContextFlagDescription = fmt.Sprintf(`Path to the Docker build context.
 Cannot be specified with --%s.`, imageFlag)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/cli/task_run.go b/internal/pkg/cli/task_run.go
index 8b77bbd27bf..ce4f42d0bb1 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/cli/task_run.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/cli/task_run.go
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ type runTaskVars struct {
 	image                 string
 	dockerfilePath        string
 	dockerfileContextPath string
+	dockerfileBuildArgs   map[string]string
 	imageTag              string
 
 	taskRole      string
@@ -372,6 +373,10 @@ func (o *runTaskOpts) Validate() error {
 		return errors.New("cannot specify both `--image` and `--build-context`")
 	}
 
+	if o.image != "" && o.dockerfileBuildArgs != nil {
+		return errors.New("cannot specify both `--image` and `--build-args`")
+	}
+
 	if o.isDockerfileSet {
 		if _, err := o.fs.Stat(o.dockerfilePath); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("invalid `--dockerfile` path: %w", err)
@@ -963,6 +968,7 @@ func (o *runTaskOpts) buildAndPushImage(uri string) error {
 		Dockerfile: o.dockerfilePath,
 		Context:    ctx,
 		Tags:       append([]string{imageTagLatest}, additionalTags...),
+		Args:       o.dockerfileBuildArgs,
 	}
 	buildArgsList, err := buildArgs.GenerateDockerBuildArgs(dockerengine.New(exec.NewCmd()))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1175,7 +1181,9 @@ func BuildTaskRunCmd() *cobra.Command {
   Run a task using the current workspace with specific subnets and security groups.
   /code $ copilot task run --subnets subnet-123,subnet-456 --security-groups sg-123,sg-456
   Run a task with a command.
-  /code $ copilot task run --command "python migrate-script.py"`,
+  /code $ copilot task run --command "python migrate-script.py"
+  Run a task with Docker build args.
+  /code $ copilot task run --build-args GO_VERSION=1.19"`,
 		RunE: runCmdE(func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			opts, err := newTaskRunOpts(vars)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -1193,6 +1201,7 @@ func BuildTaskRunCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&vars.groupName, taskGroupNameFlag, nameFlagShort, "", taskGroupFlagDescription)
 
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&vars.dockerfilePath, dockerFileFlag, defaultDockerfilePath, dockerFileFlagDescription)
+	cmd.Flags().StringToStringVar(&vars.dockerfileBuildArgs, dockerFileBuildArgsFlag, nil, dockerFileBuildArgsFlagDescription)
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&vars.dockerfileContextPath, dockerFileContextFlag, "", dockerFileContextFlagDescription)
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&vars.image, imageFlag, imageFlagShort, "", imageFlagDescription)
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&vars.imageTag, imageTagFlag, "", taskImageTagFlagDescription)
@@ -1228,6 +1237,7 @@ func BuildTaskRunCmd() *cobra.Command {
 
 	buildFlags := pflag.NewFlagSet("Build", pflag.ContinueOnError)
 	buildFlags.AddFlag(cmd.Flags().Lookup(dockerFileFlag))
+	buildFlags.AddFlag(cmd.Flags().Lookup(dockerFileBuildArgsFlag))
 	buildFlags.AddFlag(cmd.Flags().Lookup(dockerFileContextFlag))
 	buildFlags.AddFlag(cmd.Flags().Lookup(imageFlag))
 	buildFlags.AddFlag(cmd.Flags().Lookup(imageTagFlag))
diff --git a/internal/pkg/cli/task_run_test.go b/internal/pkg/cli/task_run_test.go
index f85e62aed69..589ae10003b 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/cli/task_run_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/cli/task_run_test.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func TestTaskRunOpts_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 
 		inImage                 string
 		inDockerfilePath        string
+		inDockerfileBuildArgs   map[string]string
 		inDockerfileContextPath string
 
 		inTaskRole string
@@ -235,6 +236,16 @@ func TestTaskRunOpts_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 
 			wantedError: errors.New("cannot specify both `--image` and `--build-context`"),
 		},
+		"both build args and image name specified": {
+			basicOpts: defaultOpts,
+
+			inImage: "113459295.dkr.ecr.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/my-app",
+			inDockerfileBuildArgs: map[string]string{
+				"KEY": "VALUE",
+			},
+
+			wantedError: errors.New("cannot specify both `--image` and `--build-args`"),
+		},
 		"both dockerfile and image name specified": {
 			basicOpts: defaultOpts,
 
@@ -417,6 +428,7 @@ func TestTaskRunOpts_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 					subnets:                     tc.inSubnets,
 					securityGroups:              tc.inSecurityGroups,
 					dockerfilePath:              tc.inDockerfilePath,
+					dockerfileBuildArgs:         tc.inDockerfileBuildArgs,
 					dockerfileContextPath:       tc.inDockerfileContextPath,
 					envVars:                     tc.inEnvVars,
 					envFile:                     tc.inEnvFile,