diff --git a/tripleo_common/image/kolla_builder.py b/tripleo_common/image/kolla_builder.py
index 59825f722..8d7cd3d6b 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/image/kolla_builder.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/image/kolla_builder.py
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ class KollaImageBuilder(base.BaseImageManager):
                 result.append(entry)
         return result
 
-    def build_images(self, kolla_config_files=None):
+    def build_images(self, kolla_config_files=None, excludes=[]):
 
         cmd = ['kolla-build']
         if kolla_config_files:
@@ -442,11 +442,13 @@ class KollaImageBuilder(base.BaseImageManager):
         container_images = self.load_config_files(self.CONTAINER_IMAGES) or []
         container_images.sort(key=lambda i: i.get('imagename'))
         for i in container_images:
-            # Do not attempt to build containers that are not from kolla
+            # Do not attempt to build containers that are not from kolla or
+            # are in our exclude list
             if not i.get('image_source', '') == 'kolla':
                 continue
             image = self.imagename_to_regex(i.get('imagename'))
-            if image:
+            # Make sure the image was properly parsed and not purposely skipped
+            if image and image not in excludes:
                 cmd.append(image)
 
         self.logger.info('Running %s' % ' '.join(cmd))
diff --git a/tripleo_common/tests/image/test_kolla_builder.py b/tripleo_common/tests/image/test_kolla_builder.py
index cd160b287..95aad669f 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/tests/image/test_kolla_builder.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/tests/image/test_kolla_builder.py
@@ -138,6 +138,29 @@ class TestKollaImageBuilder(base.TestCase):
             'kolla-build',
         ], env=env, stdout=-1)
 
+    @mock.patch('tripleo_common.image.base.open',
+                mock.mock_open(read_data=filedata), create=True)
+    @mock.patch('os.path.isfile', return_value=True)
+    @mock.patch('subprocess.Popen')
+    def test_build_images_exclude(self, mock_popen, mock_path):
+        process = mock.Mock()
+        process.returncode = 0
+        process.communicate.return_value = 'done', ''
+        mock_popen.return_value = process
+
+        builder = kb.KollaImageBuilder(self.filelist)
+        self.assertEqual('done', builder.build_images(['kolla-config.conf'],
+                                                      ['nova-compute']))
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        mock_popen.assert_called_once_with([
+            'kolla-build',
+            '--config-file',
+            'kolla-config.conf',
+            'nova-libvirt',
+            'heat-docker-agents-centos',
+            'image-with-missing-tag',
+        ], env=env, stdout=-1)
+
     @mock.patch('subprocess.Popen')
     def test_build_images_fail(self, mock_popen):
         process = mock.Mock()