diff --git a/cmd/image-builder/main.go b/cmd/image-builder/main.go
index 83b1249..745bd33 100644
--- a/cmd/image-builder/main.go
+++ b/cmd/image-builder/main.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func cmdManifest(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 }
 
 func cmdBuild(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	storeDir, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("store")
+	cacheDir, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("cache")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func cmdBuild(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	buildOpts := &buildOptions{
 		OutputDir:     outputDir,
-		StoreDir:      storeDir,
+		StoreDir:      cacheDir,
 		WriteManifest: slices.Contains(extraArtifacts, "manifest"),
 	}
 	return buildImage(res, mf.Bytes(), buildOpts)
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ operating sytsems like centos and RHEL with easy customizations support.`,
 	}
 	buildCmd.Flags().AddFlagSet(manifestCmd.Flags())
 	// XXX: add --rpmmd cache too and put under /var/cache/image-builder/dnf
-	buildCmd.Flags().String("store", "/var/cache/image-builder/store", `osbuild store directory to cache intermediata build artifacts"`)
+	buildCmd.Flags().String("cache", "/var/cache/image-builder/store", `osbuild directory to cache intermediate build artifacts"`)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(buildCmd)
 
 	return rootCmd.Execute()
diff --git a/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go b/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go
index 497abce..2b684ad 100644
--- a/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func TestBuildIntegrationHappy(t *testing.T) {
 		"qcow2",
 		fmt.Sprintf("--blueprint=%s", makeTestBlueprint(t, testBlueprint)),
 		"--distro", "centos-9",
-		"--store", tmpdir,
+		"--cache", tmpdir,
 	})
 	defer restore()
 
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func TestBuildIntegrationHappy(t *testing.T) {
 	// ensure osbuild was run exactly one
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(fakeOsbuildCmd.Calls()))
 	osbuildCall := fakeOsbuildCmd.Calls()[0]
-	// --store is passed correctly to osbuild
+	// --cache is passed correctly to osbuild
 	storePos := slices.Index(osbuildCall, "--store")
 	assert.True(t, storePos > -1)
 	assert.Equal(t, tmpdir, osbuildCall[storePos+1])
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func TestBuildIntegrationSwitchOutputDir(t *testing.T) {
 		"build",
 		"qcow2",
 		"--distro", "centos-9",
-		"--store", tmpdir,
+		"--cache", tmpdir,
 		"--output-dir", "some-output-dir",
 	})
 	defer restore()
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ func TestBuildIntegrationExtraArtifactsManifest(t *testing.T) {
 		"build",
 		"qcow2",
 		"--distro", "centos-9",
-		"--store", outputDir,
+		"--cache", outputDir,
 		"--extra-artifacts", "manifest",
 		"--output-dir", outputDir,
 	})