diff --git a/recipes/common/Makefile.common b/recipes/common/Makefile.common
index 48a6f591..26ea7948 100644
--- a/recipes/common/Makefile.common
+++ b/recipes/common/Makefile.common
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ DISK_UID ?= $(shell id -u)
 DISK_GID ?= $(shell id -g)
 FROM ?=
 ARCH ?=
+BUILD_ARG_FILE ?=
 CONTAINERFILE ?= Containerfile
 GRAPH_ROOT=$(shell podman info --format '{{ .Store.GraphRoot }}')
 UMASK=$(shell umask)
@@ -76,12 +77,16 @@ install::
 
 .PHONY: build
 build:
-	podman build --squash-all $(ARCH:%=--platform linux/%) $(FROM:%=--from %) -t ${APP_IMAGE} app/
+	podman build --squash-all \
+	       $(ARCH:%=--platform linux/%) \
+	       $(BUILD_ARG_FILE:%=--build-arg-file=%) \
+	       $(FROM:%=--from %) -t ${APP_IMAGE} app/
 
 .PHONY: bootc
 bootc: quadlet growfs
 	podman build \
 	  $(ARCH:%=--arch %) \
+	  $(BUILD_ARG_FILE:%=--build-arg-file=%) \
 	  $(FROM:%=--from %) \
 	  $(AUTH_JSON:%=-v %:/run/containers/0/auth.json) \
 	  --security-opt label=disable \
diff --git a/recipes/natural_language_processing/rag/Makefile b/recipes/natural_language_processing/rag/Makefile
index 3ac26f88..4564e247 100644
--- a/recipes/natural_language_processing/rag/Makefile
+++ b/recipes/natural_language_processing/rag/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ run:
 bootc: quadlet
 	"${CONTAINER_TOOL}"  build \
 	  $(ARCH:%=--arch %) \
+	  $(BUILD_ARG_FILE:%=--build-arg-file=%) \
 	  $(FROM:%=--from %) \
 	  $(AUTH_JSON:%=-v %:/run/containers/0/auth.json) \
 	  --security-opt label=disable \
diff --git a/training/amd-bootc/Makefile b/training/amd-bootc/Makefile
index ec442599..9956e04a 100644
--- a/training/amd-bootc/Makefile
+++ b/training/amd-bootc/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ default: bootc
 bootc: prepare-files growfs
 	"${CONTAINER_TOOL}" build \
 		$(ARCH:%=--platform linux/%) \
+		$(BUILD_ARG_FILE:%=--build-arg-file=%) \
 		$(EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES:%=--build-arg EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES=%) \
 		$(FROM:%=--from=%) \
 		$(INSTRUCTLAB_IMAGE:%=--build-arg INSTRUCTLAB_IMAGE=%) \
diff --git a/training/common/Makefile.common b/training/common/Makefile.common
index 1fb38209..03d3e61b 100644
--- a/training/common/Makefile.common
+++ b/training/common/Makefile.common
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ AUTH_JSON ?=
 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH ?= $(shell git log -1 --pretty=%ct)
 
 BOOTC_IMAGE_BUILDER ?= quay.io/centos-bootc/bootc-image-builder
+BUILD_ARG_FILE ?=
 IMAGE_BUILDER_CONFIG ?=
 IMAGE_BUILDER_EXTRA_ARGS ?=
 DISK_TYPE ?= qcow2
diff --git a/training/deepspeed/Makefile b/training/deepspeed/Makefile
index 65d8c6ea..c6989a73 100644
--- a/training/deepspeed/Makefile
+++ b/training/deepspeed/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 IMAGE_NAME ?= deepspeed-trainer
 CONTAINER_TOOL ?= podman
 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH ?= $(shell git log -1 --pretty=%ct)
+BUILD_ARG_FILE ?=
 
 default: image
 
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ image:
 	rm -rf ../build/deepspeed-trainer
 	"${CONTAINER_TOOL}" build \
 		$(ARCH:%=--platform linux/%) \
+		$(BUILD_ARG_FILE:%=--build-arg-file=%) \
 		$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:%=--timestamp=%) \
 		--file Containerfile \
 		--squash-all \
diff --git a/training/intel-bootc/Makefile b/training/intel-bootc/Makefile
index c3c60463..aa39273d 100644
--- a/training/intel-bootc/Makefile
+++ b/training/intel-bootc/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ default: bootc
 bootc: growfs prepare-files
 	${CONTAINER_TOOL} build \
 		$(ARCH:%=--platform linux/%) \
+		$(BUILD_ARG_FILE:%=--build-arg-file=%) \
 		$(DRIVER_VERSION:%=--build-arg DRIVER_VERSION=%) \
 		$(EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES:%=--build-arg EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES=%) \
 		$(FROM:%=--build-arg BASEIMAGE=%) \
diff --git a/training/nvidia-bootc/Makefile b/training/nvidia-bootc/Makefile
index 8a0d6f53..b807b656 100644
--- a/training/nvidia-bootc/Makefile
+++ b/training/nvidia-bootc/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ default: bootc
 dtk:
 	"${CONTAINER_TOOL}" build \
 		$(ARCH:%=--platform linux/%) \
+		$(BUILD_ARG_FILE:%=--build-arg-file=%) \
 		$(ENABLE_RT:%=--build-arg ENABLE_RC=%) \
 		$(FROM:%=--from=%) \
 		$(KERNEL_VERSION:%=--build-arg KERNEL_VERSION=%) \
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ dtk:
 bootc: dtk check-sshkey prepare-files growfs
 	"${CONTAINER_TOOL}" build \
 		$(ARCH:%=--platform linux/%) \
+		$(BUILD_ARG_FILE:%=--build-arg-file=%) \
 		$(CUDA_VERSION:%=--build-arg CUDA_VERSION=%) \
 		$(DRIVER_TOOLKIT_IMAGE:%=--build-arg DRIVER_TOOLKIT_IMAGE=%) \
 		$(DRIVER_VERSION:%=--build-arg DRIVER_VERSION=%) \
diff --git a/training/vllm/Makefile b/training/vllm/Makefile
index fc65cf50..cf071a58 100644
--- a/training/vllm/Makefile
+++ b/training/vllm/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 CONTAINER_TOOL ?= podman
 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH ?= $(shell git log -1 --pretty=%ct)
+BUILD_ARG_FILE ?=
 
 default: image
 
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ image:
 	rm -rf ../build/vllm
 	"${CONTAINER_TOOL}" build \
 		$(ARCH:%=--platform linux/%) \
+		$(BUILD_ARG_FILE:%=--build-arg-file=%) \
 		$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:%=--timestamp=%) \
 		--file Containerfile \
 		--squash-all \