diff --git a/kolla/common/config.py b/kolla/common/config.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 7eb66075d9..b08de9eed0
--- a/kolla/common/config.py
+++ b/kolla/common/config.py
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ _CLI_OPTS = [
     cfg.StrOpt('template-override',
                help='Path to template override file'),
     cfg.StrOpt('logs-dir', help='Path to logs directory'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('pull', default=True,
+                help='Attempt to pull a newer version of the base image.'),
 ]
 
 _BASE_OPTS = [
diff --git a/kolla/image/build.py b/kolla/image/build.py
index fde63e6a01..35029f198b 100755
--- a/kolla/image/build.py
+++ b/kolla/image/build.py
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ class BuildTask(DockerTask):
             tar.add(plugins_path, arcname='plugins')
 
         # Pull the latest image for the base distro only
-        pull = True if image.parent is None else False
+        pull = self.conf.pull if image.parent is None else False
 
         buildargs = self.update_buildargs()
         try:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/docker-build-nopull-base-a860d046b9059cfc.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/docker-build-nopull-base-a860d046b9059cfc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..957165af1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/docker-build-nopull-base-a860d046b9059cfc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Add --pull/--nopull parameter for kolla-build, when --nopull is given and
+    the base image is already loaded, The docker-engine will not attempt to
+    pull a newer version of the image. This makes sense when the registry
+    server of base images is unreachable.