diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/bundling.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/bundling.ts
index b472515026eaf..27045fd77c1e7 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/bundling.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/bundling.ts
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ export class DockerImage extends BundlingDockerImage {
       'build', '-t', tag,
       ...(options.file ? ['-f', join(path, options.file)] : []),
       ...(options.platform ? ['--platform', options.platform] : []),
+      ...(options.targetStage ? ['--target', options.targetStage] : []),
       ...flatten(Object.entries(buildArgs).map(([k, v]) => ['--build-arg', `${k}=${v}`])),
       path,
     ];
@@ -487,6 +488,15 @@ export interface DockerBuildOptions {
    * @default - no platform specified
    */
   readonly platform?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Set build target for multi-stage container builds. Any stage defined afterwards will be ignored.
+   *
+   * Example value: `build-env`
+   *
+   * @default - Build all stages defined in the Dockerfile
+   */
+  readonly targetStage?: string;
 }
 
 function flatten(x: string[][]) {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/bundling.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/bundling.test.ts
index 5030603bb7c41..65b4f6247ba81 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/bundling.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/bundling.test.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('bundling', () => {
     fingerprintStub.callsFake(() => imageHash);
     const platform = 'linux/someArch99';
 
-    const image = DockerImage.fromBuild('docker-path', { platform });
+    const image = DockerImage.fromBuild('docker-path', { platform: platform });
     image.run();
 
     const tagHash = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(JSON.stringify({
@@ -125,6 +125,44 @@ describe('bundling', () => {
 
   });
 
+  test('bundling with image from asset with target stage', () => {
+    const spawnSyncStub = sinon.stub(child_process, 'spawnSync').returns({
+      status: 0,
+      stderr: Buffer.from('stderr'),
+      stdout: Buffer.from('stdout'),
+      pid: 123,
+      output: ['stdout', 'stderr'],
+      signal: null,
+    });
+
+    const imageHash = '123456abcdef';
+    const fingerprintStub = sinon.stub(FileSystem, 'fingerprint');
+    fingerprintStub.callsFake(() => imageHash);
+    const targetStage = 'i-love-testing';
+
+    const image = DockerImage.fromBuild('docker-path', { targetStage: targetStage });
+    image.run();
+
+    const tagHash = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(JSON.stringify({
+      path: 'docker-path',
+      targetStage,
+    })).digest('hex');
+    const tag = `cdk-${tagHash}`;
+
+    expect(spawnSyncStub.firstCall.calledWith('docker', [
+      'build', '-t', tag,
+      '--target', targetStage,
+      'docker-path',
+    ])).toEqual(true);
+
+    expect(spawnSyncStub.secondCall.calledWith('docker', [
+      'run', '--rm',
+      tag,
+    ])).toEqual(true);
+
+  });
+
+
   test('throws in case of spawnSync error', () => {
     sinon.stub(child_process, 'spawnSync').returns({
       status: 0,