diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/build/docker/docker.go b/pkg/skaffold/build/docker/docker.go
index e0d46c27621..53166e303a3 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/build/docker/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/build/docker/docker.go
@@ -106,13 +106,7 @@ func (b *Builder) dockerCLIBuild(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, name string
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to evaluate build args: %w", err)
 	}
-	for i, cliFlag := range a.CliFlags {
-		a.CliFlags[i], err = util.ExpandEnvTemplate(cliFlag, imageInfoEnv)
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to evaluate cli flags: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-	cliArgs, err := docker.ToCLIBuildArgs(a, ba)
+	cliArgs, err := docker.ToCLIBuildArgs(a, ba, imageInfoEnv)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("getting docker build args: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/build/gcb/docker.go b/pkg/skaffold/build/gcb/docker.go
index 3f41563299e..b23431cac4b 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/build/gcb/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/build/gcb/docker.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (b *Builder) dockerBuildArgs(a *latest.Artifact, tag string, deps []*latest
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to evaluate build args: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	ba, err := docker.ToCLIBuildArgs(d, buildArgs)
+	ba, err := docker.ToCLIBuildArgs(d, buildArgs, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting docker build args: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/docker/image.go b/pkg/skaffold/docker/image.go
index 1d68f41996d..02455ea3495 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/docker/image.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/docker/image.go
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ func (l *localDaemon) DiskUsage(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	return uint64(usage.LayersSize), nil
 }
 
-func ToCLIBuildArgs(a *latest.DockerArtifact, evaluatedArgs map[string]*string) ([]string, error) {
+func ToCLIBuildArgs(a *latest.DockerArtifact, evaluatedArgs map[string]*string, env map[string]string) ([]string, error) {
 	var args []string
 	var keys []string
 	for k := range evaluatedArgs {
@@ -653,7 +653,13 @@ func ToCLIBuildArgs(a *latest.DockerArtifact, evaluatedArgs map[string]*string)
 		args = append(args, "--cache-from", from)
 	}
 
-	args = append(args, a.CliFlags...)
+	for _, cliFlag := range a.CliFlags {
+		cliFlag, err := util.ExpandEnvTemplate(cliFlag, env)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to evaluate cli flags: %w", err)
+		}
+		args = append(args, cliFlag)
+	}
 
 	if a.Target != "" {
 		args = append(args, "--target", a.Target)
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/docker/image_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/docker/image_test.go
index 5c84e9d1131..322e9fb419d 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/docker/image_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/docker/image_test.go
@@ -318,6 +318,14 @@ func TestGetBuildArgs(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			want: []string{"--foo", "--bar"},
 		},
+		{
+			description: "expand env for CLI flags",
+			artifact: &latest.DockerArtifact{
+				CliFlags: []string{"--cache-to=type=registry,ref={{ .IMAGE_REPO }}/cache-image:cache"},
+			},
+			env:  []string{"IMAGE_REPO=docker.io/library"},
+			want: []string{"--cache-to=type=registry,ref=docker.io/library/cache-image:cache"},
+		},
 		{
 			description: "target",
 			artifact: &latest.DockerArtifact{
@@ -430,7 +438,7 @@ func TestGetBuildArgs(t *testing.T) {
 				return
 			}
 
-			result, err := ToCLIBuildArgs(test.artifact, args)
+			result, err := ToCLIBuildArgs(test.artifact, args, nil)
 
 			t.CheckError(test.shouldErr, err)
 			if !test.shouldErr {