diff --git a/hack/images b/hack/images
index ce35ee226113..68341e050b09 100755
--- a/hack/images
+++ b/hack/images
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ set -eu -o pipefail
 : "${RELEASE=false}"
 : "${PLATFORMS=}"
 : "${TARGET=}"
-: "${BUILDKIT_DEBUG=}"
 
 versionTag=$(git describe --always --tags --match "v[0-9]*")
 
@@ -112,5 +111,5 @@ if [[ "$RELEASE" = "true" ]] && [[ "$GITHUB_ACTIONS" = "true" ]]; then
   nocacheFilterFlag="--no-cache-filter=buildkit-export,gobuild-base,rootless"
 fi
 
-buildxCmd build --build-arg "BUILDKIT_CONTEXT_KEEP_GIT_DIR=1" --build-arg BUILDKIT_DEBUG $platformFlag $targetFlag $importCacheFlags $exportCacheFlags $tagFlags $outputFlag $nocacheFilterFlag $attestFlags \
+buildxCmd build --build-arg "BUILDKIT_CONTEXT_KEEP_GIT_DIR=1" --build-arg BUILDKITD_TAGS --build-arg BUILDKIT_DEBUG --build-arg EXPORT_BASE $platformFlag $targetFlag $importCacheFlags $exportCacheFlags $tagFlags $outputFlag $nocacheFilterFlag $attestFlags \
   $currentcontext