diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-playground/playground.go b/cmd/osbuild-playground/playground.go
index 54faffcc0..c280a437a 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-playground/playground.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-playground/playground.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func RunPlayground(img image.ImageKind, d distro.Distro, arch distro.Arch, repos
 
 	store := path.Join(state_dir, "osbuild-store")
 
-	_, err = osbuild.RunOSBuild(bytes, store, "./", manifest.GetExports(), manifest.GetCheckpoints(), false, os.Stdout)
+	_, err = osbuild.RunOSBuild(bytes, store, "./", manifest.GetExports(), manifest.GetCheckpoints(), nil, false, os.Stdout)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "could not run osbuild: %s", err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-osbuild.go b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-osbuild.go
index 2733291a0..17a698a28 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-osbuild.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-osbuild.go
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ func (impl *OSBuildJobImpl) Run(job worker.Job) error {
 	}
 
 	// Run osbuild and handle two kinds of errors
-	osbuildJobResult.OSBuildOutput, err = osbuild.RunOSBuild(jobArgs.Manifest, impl.Store, outputDirectory, exports, nil, true, os.Stderr)
+	osbuildJobResult.OSBuildOutput, err = osbuild.RunOSBuild(jobArgs.Manifest, impl.Store, outputDirectory, exports, nil, nil, true, os.Stderr)
 	// First handle the case when "running" osbuild failed
 	if err != nil {
 		osbuildJobResult.JobError = clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorBuildJob, "osbuild build failed")
diff --git a/internal/osbuild/osbuild-exec.go b/internal/osbuild/osbuild-exec.go
index 6c3715a3c..a842f54a4 100644
--- a/internal/osbuild/osbuild-exec.go
+++ b/internal/osbuild/osbuild-exec.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 // Note that osbuild returns non-zero when the pipeline fails. This function
 // does not return an error in this case. Instead, the failure is communicated
 // with its corresponding logs through osbuild.Result.
-func RunOSBuild(manifest []byte, store, outputDirectory string, exports, checkpoints []string, result bool, errorWriter io.Writer) (*Result, error) {
+func RunOSBuild(manifest []byte, store, outputDirectory string, exports, checkpoints, extraEnv []string, result bool, errorWriter io.Writer) (*Result, error) {
 	var stdoutBuffer bytes.Buffer
 	var res Result
 
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ func RunOSBuild(manifest []byte, store, outputDirectory string, exports, checkpo
 	} else {
 		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	}
+
+	if len(extraEnv) > 0 {
+		cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), extraEnv...)
+	}
+
 	cmd.Stderr = errorWriter
 	stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
 	if err != nil {