diff --git a/pkg/build/gobuild.go b/pkg/build/gobuild.go
index 124638bc0..7fd75f63e 100644
--- a/pkg/build/gobuild.go
+++ b/pkg/build/gobuild.go
@@ -1117,6 +1117,7 @@ func (g *gobuild) buildOne(ctx context.Context, refStr string, base v1.Image, pl
 		"--log",
 		"--accept-multiclient",
 		"--api-version=2",
+		"--",
 	}
 
 	// Augment the base image with our application layer.
diff --git a/pkg/build/gobuild_test.go b/pkg/build/gobuild_test.go
index 2a0b89423..1211e928d 100644
--- a/pkg/build/gobuild_test.go
+++ b/pkg/build/gobuild_test.go
@@ -1496,6 +1496,7 @@ func TestDebugger(t *testing.T) {
 		"--log",
 		"--accept-multiclient",
 		"--api-version=2",
+		"--",
 		"/ko-app/ko",
 	}