diff --git a/cmd/identify_imagebuild_test.go b/cmd/identify_imagebuild_test.go
index 39990adb..9878a805 100644
--- a/cmd/identify_imagebuild_test.go
+++ b/cmd/identify_imagebuild_test.go
@@ -563,6 +563,45 @@ func TestImageBuildConfigurationIdentification(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "test9 basic deployment with cache args",
+			args: testdata.GetSeedData(
+				testdata.TestData{
+					Namespace:               "example-project-main",
+					ProjectName:             "example-project",
+					EnvironmentName:         "main",
+					Branch:                  "main",
+					LagoonYAML:              "internal/testdata/basic/lagoon.yml",
+					ImageCacheBuildArgsJSON: `[{"image":"harbor.example/example-project/main/node@sha256:e90daba405cbf33bab23fe8a021146811b2c258df5f2afe7dadc92c0778eef45","name":"node"}]`,
+				}, true),
+			want: imageBuild{
+				BuildKit: false,
+				BuildArguments: map[string]string{
+					"LAGOON_BUILD_NAME":            "lagoon-build-abcdefg",
+					"LAGOON_PROJECT":               "example-project",
+					"LAGOON_ENVIRONMENT":           "main",
+					"LAGOON_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE":      "production",
+					"LAGOON_BUILD_TYPE":            "branch",
+					"LAGOON_GIT_SOURCE_REPOSITORY": "ssh://git@example.com/lagoon-demo.git",
+					"LAGOON_KUBERNETES":            "remote-cluster1",
+					"LAGOON_GIT_SHA":               "abcdefg123456",
+					"LAGOON_GIT_BRANCH":            "main",
+					"NODE_IMAGE":                   "example-project-main-node",
+					"LAGOON_CACHE_node":            "harbor.example/example-project/main/node@sha256:e90daba405cbf33bab23fe8a021146811b2c258df5f2afe7dadc92c0778eef45",
+				},
+				Images: []imageBuilds{
+					{
+						Name: "node",
+						ImageBuild: generator.ImageBuild{
+							BuildImage:     "harbor.example/example-project/main/node:latest",
+							Context:        "internal/testdata/basic/docker",
+							DockerFile:     "basic.dockerfile",
+							TemporaryImage: "example-project-main-node",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/generator/build_data.go b/internal/generator/build_data.go
index 15012b4a..433939ff 100644
--- a/internal/generator/build_data.go
+++ b/internal/generator/build_data.go
@@ -81,5 +81,9 @@ func collectImageBuildArguments(buildValues BuildValues) map[string]string {
 			buildArgs[fmt.Sprintf("%s_IMAGE", strings.ToUpper(service.Name))] = service.ImageBuild.TemporaryImage
 		}
 	}
+	// add lagoon image cache build arguments
+	for _, icba := range buildValues.ImageCacheBuildArguments {
+		buildArgs[fmt.Sprintf("LAGOON_CACHE_%s", icba.Name)] = icba.Image
+	}
 	return buildArgs
 }
diff --git a/internal/generator/buildvalues.go b/internal/generator/buildvalues.go
index af79ebae..9063ffd3 100644
--- a/internal/generator/buildvalues.go
+++ b/internal/generator/buildvalues.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ type BuildValues struct {
 	RoutesAutogeneratePrefixes    []string                     `json:"routesAutogeneratePrefixes"`
 	BackupsEnabled                bool                         `json:"backupsEnabled"`
 	RouteQuota                    *int                         `json:"routeQuota"`
+	ImageCacheBuildArguments      []ImageCacheBuildArguments   `json:"imageCacheBuildArgs"`
 }
 
 type Resources struct {
@@ -138,6 +139,11 @@ type DynamicSecret struct {
 	Optional   bool   `json:"optional"`
 }
 
+type ImageCacheBuildArguments struct {
+	Image string `json:"image"`
+	Name  string `json:"name"`
+}
+
 // ServiceValues is the values for a specific service used by a lagoon build
 type ServiceValues struct {
 	Name                                   string                  `json:"name"`         // the actual compose service name
diff --git a/internal/generator/generator.go b/internal/generator/generator.go
index e6437580..5dabae92 100644
--- a/internal/generator/generator.go
+++ b/internal/generator/generator.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ type GeneratorInput struct {
 	CI                         bool
 	DynamicSecrets             []string
 	DynamicDBaaSSecrets        []string
+	ImageCacheBuildArgsJSON    string
 }
 
 func NewGenerator(
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ func NewGenerator(
 	prBaseSHA := helpers.GetEnv("PR_BASE_SHA", generator.PRBaseSHA, generator.Debug)
 	dynamicSecrets := helpers.GetEnv("DYNAMIC_SECRETS", strings.Join(generator.DynamicSecrets, ","), generator.Debug)
 	dynamicDBaaSSecrets := helpers.GetEnv("DYNAMIC_DBAAS_SECRETS", strings.Join(generator.DynamicDBaaSSecrets, ","), generator.Debug)
+	imageCacheBuildArgsJSON := helpers.GetEnv("LAGOON_CACHE_BUILD_ARGS", generator.ImageCacheBuildArgsJSON, generator.Debug)
 	// this is used by CI systems to influence builds, it is rarely used and should probably be abandoned
 	buildValues.IsCI = helpers.GetEnvBool("CI", generator.CI, generator.Debug)
 
@@ -408,6 +410,13 @@ func NewGenerator(
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	if imageCacheBuildArgsJSON != "" {
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(imageCacheBuildArgsJSON), &buildValues.ImageCacheBuildArguments)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
 	buildValues.ImageBuildArguments = collectImageBuildArguments(buildValues)
 	/* end compose->service configuration */
 
diff --git a/internal/testdata/testdata.go b/internal/testdata/testdata.go
index 26051aa2..37ef18d4 100644
--- a/internal/testdata/testdata.go
+++ b/internal/testdata/testdata.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ type TestData struct {
 	PrivateRegistryURLS        []string
 	DynamicSecrets             []string
 	DynamicDBaaSSecrets        []string
+	ImageCacheBuildArgsJSON    string
 }
 
 // helper function to set up all the environment variables from provided testdata
@@ -187,6 +188,10 @@ func SetupEnvironment(rootCmd cobra.Command, templatePath string, t TestData) (g
 	if err != nil {
 		return generator.GeneratorInput{}, err
 	}
+	err = os.Setenv("LAGOON_CACHE_BUILD_ARGS", t.ImageCacheBuildArgsJSON)
+	if err != nil {
+		return generator.GeneratorInput{}, err
+	}
 
 	generator, err := generator.GenerateInput(rootCmd, false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -327,5 +332,8 @@ func GetSeedData(t TestData, defaultProjectVariables bool) TestData {
 	if t.DynamicDBaaSSecrets != nil {
 		rt.DynamicDBaaSSecrets = t.DynamicDBaaSSecrets
 	}
+	if t.ImageCacheBuildArgsJSON != "" {
+		rt.ImageCacheBuildArgsJSON = t.ImageCacheBuildArgsJSON
+	}
 	return rt
 }
diff --git a/legacy/build-deploy-docker-compose.sh b/legacy/build-deploy-docker-compose.sh
index 1cc01c4e..894b37d4 100755
--- a/legacy/build-deploy-docker-compose.sh
+++ b/legacy/build-deploy-docker-compose.sh
@@ -350,6 +350,14 @@ DEPLOY_TYPE=$(cat .lagoon.yml | shyaml get-value environments.${BRANCH//./\\.}.d
 # Load all Services that are defined
 COMPOSE_SERVICES=($(cat $DOCKER_COMPOSE_YAML | shyaml keys services))
 
+##############################################
+### CACHE IMAGE LIST GENERATION
+##############################################
+
+# get a list of the images in the deployments for seeing image cache if required
+export LAGOON_CACHE_BUILD_ARGS=$(kubectl -n ${NAMESPACE} get deployments -o yaml -l 'lagoon.sh/service' \
+  | yq -o json e '.items[].spec.template.spec.containers[].image | capture("^(?P<image>.+\/.+\/.+\/(?P<name>.+)\@.*)$")' \
+  | jq -sMrc)
 
 # Figure out which services should we handle
 SERVICE_TYPES=()
@@ -578,13 +586,6 @@ patchBuildStep "${buildStartTime}" "${buildStartTime}" "${currentStepEnd}" "${NA
 previousStepEnd=${currentStepEnd}
 beginBuildStep "Image Builds" "buildingImages"
 
-##############################################
-### CACHE IMAGE LIST GENERATION
-##############################################
-
-LAGOON_CACHE_BUILD_ARGS=()
-readarray LAGOON_CACHE_BUILD_ARGS < <(kubectl -n ${NAMESPACE} get deployments -o yaml -l 'lagoon.sh/service' | yq e '.items[].spec.template.spec.containers[].image | capture("^(?P<image>.+\/.+\/.+\/(?P<name>.+)\@.*)$") | "LAGOON_CACHE_" + .name + "=" + .image' -)
-
 
 ##############################################
 ### BUILD IMAGES