diff --git a/pkg/cli/build-minirootfs.go b/pkg/cli/build-minirootfs.go
index c7877bc84..179667297 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/build-minirootfs.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/build-minirootfs.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 func BuildMinirootFS() *cobra.Command {
 	var useProot bool
 	var buildDate string
+	var sbomPath string
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "build-minirootfs",
@@ -40,12 +41,14 @@ func BuildMinirootFS() *cobra.Command {
 				build.WithTarball(args[1]),
 				build.WithProot(useProot),
 				build.WithBuildDate(buildDate),
+				build.WithSBOM(sbomPath),
 			)
 		},
 	}
 
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&useProot, "use-proot", false, "use proot to simulate privileged operations")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&buildDate, "build-date", "", "date used for the timestamps of the files inside the image")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&sbomPath, "sbom-path", "", "generate an SBOM")
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cli/build.go b/pkg/cli/build.go
index 652b7791d..083fc8fc6 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/build.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/build.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 func Build() *cobra.Command {
 	var useProot bool
 	var buildDate string
+	var sbomPath string
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "build",
@@ -45,12 +46,14 @@ command, e.g.
 				build.WithConfig(args[0]),
 				build.WithProot(useProot),
 				build.WithBuildDate(buildDate),
+				build.WithSBOM(sbomPath),
 			)
 		},
 	}
 
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&useProot, "use-proot", false, "use proot to simulate privileged operations")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&buildDate, "build-date", "", "date used for the timestamps of the files inside the image")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&sbomPath, "sbom-path", "", "generate an SBOM")
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cli/publish.go b/pkg/cli/publish.go
index 9095e83c2..0dfcbd673 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/publish.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/publish.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ func Publish() *cobra.Command {
 	var imageRefs string
 	var useProot bool
 	var buildDate string
+	var sbomPath string
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "publish",
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ in a keychain.`,
 				build.WithProot(useProot),
 				build.WithTags(args[1:]...),
 				build.WithBuildDate(buildDate),
+				build.WithSBOM(sbomPath),
 			)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ in a keychain.`,
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&imageRefs, "image-refs", "", "path to file where a list of the published image references will be written")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&useProot, "use-proot", false, "use proot to simulate privileged operations")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&buildDate, "build-date", "", "date used for the timestamps of the files inside the image")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&sbomPath, "sbom-path", "", "generate an SBOM")
 
 	return cmd
 }