diff --git a/cmd/buildah/bud.go b/cmd/buildah/bud.go
index 3a257cc4cfa..ec740d3de57 100644
--- a/cmd/buildah/bud.go
+++ b/cmd/buildah/bud.go
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ func budCmd(c *cobra.Command, inputArgs []string, iopts budResults) error {
 		RemoveIntermediateCtrs:  iopts.Rm,
 		ForceRmIntermediateCtrs: iopts.ForceRm,
 		BlobDirectory:           iopts.BlobCache,
+		Target:                  iopts.Target,
 	}
 
 	if iopts.Quiet {
diff --git a/contrib/completions/bash/buildah b/contrib/completions/bash/buildah
index 49faccb9272..dc1d44d90d3 100644
--- a/contrib/completions/bash/buildah
+++ b/contrib/completions/bash/buildah
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ return 1
      --signature-policy
      -t
      --tag
+     --target
      --ulimit
      --userns
      --userns-uid-map
diff --git a/docs/buildah-bud.md b/docs/buildah-bud.md
index 4979036b344..43045c5875b 100644
--- a/docs/buildah-bud.md
+++ b/docs/buildah-bud.md
@@ -385,6 +385,12 @@ Specifies the name which will be assigned to the resulting image if the build
 process completes successfully.
 If _imageName_ does not include a registry name, the registry name *localhost* will be prepended to the image name.
 
+**--target** *stageName*
+
+Set the target build stage to build.  When building a Dockerfile with multiple build stages, --target
+can be used to specify an intermediate build stage by name as a final stage for the resulting image.
+Commands after the target stage will be skipped.
+
 **--tls-verify** *bool-value*
 
 Require HTTPS and verify certificates when talking to container registries (defaults to true).
diff --git a/imagebuildah/build.go b/imagebuildah/build.go
index 56ab7aa5788..da85063a653 100644
--- a/imagebuildah/build.go
+++ b/imagebuildah/build.go
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ type BuildOptions struct {
 	ForceRmIntermediateCtrs bool
 	// BlobDirectory is a directory which we'll use for caching layer blobs.
 	BlobDirectory string
+	// Target the targeted FROM in the Dockerfile to build 
+	Target string
 }
 
 // Executor is a buildah-based implementation of the imagebuilder.Executor
@@ -1441,6 +1443,13 @@ func BuildDockerfiles(ctx context.Context, store storage.Store, options BuildOpt
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error reading multiple stages")
 	}
+	if (options.Target != "") {
+		stagesTargeted, ok := stages.ByTarget(options.Target)
+		if !ok {
+			return "", nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "The target %q was not found in the provided Dockerfile", options.Target)
+		} 
+		stages = stagesTargeted
+	} 
 	return exec.Build(ctx, stages)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/cli/common.go b/pkg/cli/common.go
index bbbbf347644..4f01f7b9904 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/common.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/common.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ type BudResults struct {
 	SignaturePolicy     string
 	Squash              bool
 	Tag                 []string
+	Target              string
 	TlsVerify           bool
 }
 
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ func GetBudFlags(flags *BudResults) pflag.FlagSet {
 	fs.StringVar(&flags.SignaturePolicy, "signature-policy", "", "`pathname` of signature policy file (not usually used)")
 	fs.BoolVar(&flags.Squash, "squash", false, "Squash newly built layers into a single new layer. The build process does not currently support caching so this is a NOOP.")
 	fs.StringSliceVarP(&flags.Tag, "tag", "t", []string{}, "tagged `name` to apply to the built image")
+	fs.StringVar(&flags.Target, "target", "", "set the target build stage to build")
 	fs.BoolVar(&flags.TlsVerify, "tls-verify", true, "require HTTPS and verify certificates when accessing the registry")
 	return fs
 }
diff --git a/tests/bud.bats b/tests/bud.bats
index 9d22242f9f8..024b51ce213 100644
--- a/tests/bud.bats
+++ b/tests/bud.bats
@@ -1172,3 +1172,16 @@ load helpers
   run test -e $mnt/usr/local/bin/composer
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }
+
+@test "bud-target" {
+  target=target
+  run buildah bud --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json -t ${target} --target mytarget ${TESTSDIR}/bud/target
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  cid=$(buildah from ${target})
+  root=$(buildah mount ${cid})
+  run ls ${root}/1 
+  echo "$output"
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  buildah umount ${cid}
+  buildah rm ${cid}
+}
diff --git a/tests/bud/target/Dockerfile b/tests/bud/target/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e204590b0f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bud/target/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM fedora:latest
+RUN touch /foo
+
+FROM alpine:latest AS mytarget 
+RUN touch /1