diff --git a/docs/content/en/schemas/v2alpha3.json b/docs/content/en/schemas/v2alpha3.json
index e138f3fce3e..a419437c069 100755
--- a/docs/content/en/schemas/v2alpha3.json
+++ b/docs/content/en/schemas/v2alpha3.json
@@ -609,6 +609,13 @@
           "type": "string",
           "description": "amount of time (in seconds) that this build is allowed to run. Defaults to 20 minutes (`20m`).",
           "x-intellij-html-description": "amount of time (in seconds) that this build is allowed to run. Defaults to 20 minutes (<code>20m</code>)."
+        },
+        "volumes": {
+          "items": {},
+          "type": "array",
+          "description": "defines container mounts for ConfigMap and Secret resources.",
+          "x-intellij-html-description": "defines container mounts for ConfigMap and Secret resources.",
+          "default": "[]"
         }
       },
       "preferredOrder": [
@@ -621,7 +628,8 @@
         "timeout",
         "dockerConfig",
         "resources",
-        "concurrency"
+        "concurrency",
+        "volumes"
       ],
       "additionalProperties": false,
       "description": "*beta* describes how to do an on-cluster build.",
@@ -1423,6 +1431,13 @@
           "type": "string",
           "description": "Dockerfile target name to build.",
           "x-intellij-html-description": "Dockerfile target name to build."
+        },
+        "volumeMounts": {
+          "items": {},
+          "type": "array",
+          "description": "volume mounts passed to kaniko pod.",
+          "x-intellij-html-description": "volume mounts passed to kaniko pod.",
+          "default": "[]"
         }
       },
       "preferredOrder": [
@@ -1435,7 +1450,8 @@
         "image",
         "cache",
         "reproducible",
-        "skipTLS"
+        "skipTLS",
+        "volumeMounts"
       ],
       "additionalProperties": false,
       "description": "describes an artifact built from a Dockerfile, with kaniko.",
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/build/cluster/pod.go b/pkg/skaffold/build/cluster/pod.go
index 90b93007436..ce90b1c7163 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/build/cluster/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/build/cluster/pod.go
@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ func (b *Builder) podSpec(artifact *latest.KanikoArtifact, tag string) (*v1.Pod,
 		addSecretVolume(pod, constants.DefaultKanikoDockerConfigSecretName, constants.DefaultKanikoDockerConfigPath, b.ClusterDetails.DockerConfig.SecretName)
 	}
 
+	// Add used-defines Volumes
+	pod.Spec.Volumes = append(pod.Spec.Volumes, b.Volumes...)
+
+	// Add user-defined VolumeMounts
+	for _, vm := range artifact.VolumeMounts {
+		pod.Spec.InitContainers[0].VolumeMounts = append(pod.Spec.InitContainers[0].VolumeMounts, vm)
+		pod.Spec.Containers[0].VolumeMounts = append(pod.Spec.Containers[0].VolumeMounts, vm)
+	}
+
 	return pod, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/build/cluster/pod_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/build/cluster/pod_test.go
index 63239808f9f..c5eabf7fe9e 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/build/cluster/pod_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/build/cluster/pod_test.go
@@ -164,6 +164,20 @@ func TestPodSpec(t *testing.T) {
 			Name:  "KEY",
 			Value: "VALUE",
 		}},
+		VolumeMounts: []v1.VolumeMount{
+			{
+				Name:      "cm-volume-1",
+				ReadOnly:  true,
+				MountPath: "/cm-test-mount-path",
+				SubPath:   "/subpath",
+			},
+			{
+				Name:      "secret-volume-1",
+				ReadOnly:  true,
+				MountPath: "/secret-test-mount-path",
+				SubPath:   "/subpath",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	builder := &Builder{
@@ -181,6 +195,26 @@ func TestPodSpec(t *testing.T) {
 					CPU: "0.5",
 				},
 			},
+			Volumes: []v1.Volume{
+				{
+					Name: "cm-volume-1",
+					VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
+						ConfigMap: &v1.ConfigMapVolumeSource{
+							LocalObjectReference: v1.LocalObjectReference{
+								Name: "cm-1",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Name: "secret-volume-1",
+					VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
+						Secret: &v1.SecretVolumeSource{
+							SecretName: "secret-1",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
 		},
 	}
 	pod, _ := builder.podSpec(artifact, "tag")
@@ -199,6 +233,16 @@ func TestPodSpec(t *testing.T) {
 				VolumeMounts: []v1.VolumeMount{{
 					Name:      constants.DefaultKanikoEmptyDirName,
 					MountPath: constants.DefaultKanikoEmptyDirMountPath,
+				}, {
+					Name:      "cm-volume-1",
+					ReadOnly:  true,
+					MountPath: "/cm-secret-mount-path",
+					SubPath:   "/subpath",
+				}, {
+					Name:      "secret-volume-1",
+					ReadOnly:  true,
+					MountPath: "/secret-secret-mount-path",
+					SubPath:   "/subpath",
 				}},
 				Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
 					Requests: map[v1.ResourceName]resource.Quantity{
@@ -239,6 +283,18 @@ func TestPodSpec(t *testing.T) {
 						Name:      constants.DefaultKanikoSecretName,
 						MountPath: "/secret",
 					},
+					{
+						Name:      "cm-volume-1",
+						ReadOnly:  true,
+						MountPath: "/cm-secret-mount-path",
+						SubPath:   "/subpath",
+					},
+					{
+						Name:      "secret-volume-1",
+						ReadOnly:  true,
+						MountPath: "/secret-secret-mount-path",
+						SubPath:   "/subpath",
+					},
 				},
 				Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
 					Requests: map[v1.ResourceName]resource.Quantity{
@@ -265,6 +321,24 @@ func TestPodSpec(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 				},
+				{
+					Name: "cm-volume-1",
+					VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
+						ConfigMap: &v1.ConfigMapVolumeSource{
+							LocalObjectReference: v1.LocalObjectReference{
+								Name: "cm-1",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Name: "secret-volume-1",
+					VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
+						Secret: &v1.SecretVolumeSource{
+							SecretName: "secret-1",
+						},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/config.go b/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/config.go
index 6c95c107203..62152f9255d 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/config.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/config.go
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ type ClusterDetails struct {
 	// Concurrency is how many artifacts can be built concurrently. 0 means "no-limit".
 	// Defaults to `0`.
 	Concurrency int `yaml:"concurrency,omitempty"`
+
+	// Volumes defines container mounts for ConfigMap and Secret resources.
+	Volumes []v1.Volume `yaml:"volumes,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // DockerConfig contains information about the docker `config.json` to mount.
@@ -779,6 +782,9 @@ type KanikoArtifact struct {
 
 	// SkipTLS skips TLS verification when pulling and pushing the image.
 	SkipTLS bool `yaml:"skipTLS,omitempty"`
+
+	// VolumeMounts are volume mounts passed to kaniko pod.
+	VolumeMounts []v1.VolumeMount `yaml:"volumeMounts,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // DockerArtifact describes an artifact built from a Dockerfile,