diff --git a/buildah.go b/buildah.go
index 558cd9f41c1..0cd8718040c 100644
--- a/buildah.go
+++ b/buildah.go
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ type BuilderOptions struct {
 	// or "scratch" to indicate that the container should not be based on
 	// an image.
 	FromImage string
+	// ContainerSuffix is the suffix to add for generated container names
+	ContainerSuffix string
 	// Container is a desired name for the build container.
 	Container string
 	// PullPolicy decides whether or not we should pull the image that
diff --git a/cmd/buildah/from.go b/cmd/buildah/from.go
index 92da8cc56fc..101f92dbea0 100644
--- a/cmd/buildah/from.go
+++ b/cmd/buildah/from.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ type fromReply struct {
 	*buildahcli.NameSpaceResults
 }
 
+var suffix string
+
 func init() {
 	var (
 		fromDescription = "\n  Creates a new working container, either from scratch or using a specified\n  image as a starting point."
@@ -74,6 +76,11 @@ func init() {
 	flags.BoolVar(&opts.pullNever, "pull-never", false, "do not pull the image, use the image present in store if available")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "don't output progress information when pulling images")
 	flags.StringVar(&opts.signaturePolicy, "signature-policy", "", "`pathname` of signature policy file (not usually used)")
+	flags.StringVar(&suffix, "suffix", "", "suffix to add to intermediate containers")
+	if err := flags.MarkHidden("suffix"); err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("error marking the suffix flag as hidden: %v", err))
+	}
+
 	if err := flags.MarkHidden("signature-policy"); err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("error marking signature-policy as hidden: %v", err))
 	}
@@ -284,6 +291,7 @@ func fromCmd(c *cobra.Command, args []string, iopts fromReply) error {
 	options := buildah.BuilderOptions{
 		FromImage:             args[0],
 		Container:             iopts.name,
+		ContainerSuffix:       suffix,
 		PullPolicy:            pullPolicy,
 		SignaturePolicyPath:   signaturePolicy,
 		SystemContext:         systemContext,
diff --git a/define/build.go b/define/build.go
index 41f92ad34d8..c30eb7afa1e 100644
--- a/define/build.go
+++ b/define/build.go
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ type CommonBuildOptions struct {
 
 // BuildOptions can be used to alter how an image is built.
 type BuildOptions struct {
+	// ContainerSuffix it the name to suffix containers with
+	ContainerSuffix string
 	// ContextDirectory is the default source location for COPY and ADD
 	// commands.
 	ContextDirectory string
diff --git a/imagebuildah/executor.go b/imagebuildah/executor.go
index 229e4a4b7f9..7f3d878bcf7 100644
--- a/imagebuildah/executor.go
+++ b/imagebuildah/executor.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ var builtinAllowedBuildArgs = map[string]bool{
 // interface.  It coordinates the entire build by using one or more
 // StageExecutors to handle each stage of the build.
 type Executor struct {
+	containerSuffix                string
 	logger                         *logrus.Logger
 	stages                         map[string]*StageExecutor
 	store                          storage.Store
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ func newExecutor(logger *logrus.Logger, logPrefix string, store storage.Store, o
 	}
 
 	exec := Executor{
+		containerSuffix:                options.ContainerSuffix,
 		logger:                         logger,
 		stages:                         make(map[string]*StageExecutor),
 		store:                          store,
diff --git a/imagebuildah/stage_executor.go b/imagebuildah/stage_executor.go
index 5be5085192c..493a17e26a0 100644
--- a/imagebuildah/stage_executor.go
+++ b/imagebuildah/stage_executor.go
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ func (s *StageExecutor) prepare(ctx context.Context, from string, initializeIBCo
 		Args:                  ib.Args,
 		FromImage:             from,
 		PullPolicy:            pullPolicy,
+		ContainerSuffix:       s.executor.containerSuffix,
 		Registry:              s.executor.registry,
 		BlobDirectory:         s.executor.blobDirectory,
 		SignaturePolicyPath:   s.executor.signaturePolicyPath,
diff --git a/new.go b/new.go
index d25eb4959e0..edcbb7bdca0 100644
--- a/new.go
+++ b/new.go
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ func newBuilder(ctx context.Context, store storage.Store, options BuilderOptions
 	}
 
 	name := "working-container"
+	if options.ContainerSuffix != "" {
+		name = options.ContainerSuffix
+	}
 	if options.Container != "" {
 		name = options.Container
 	} else {
diff --git a/tests/from.bats b/tests/from.bats
index d6b2fd8ff07..e00e875ddde 100644
--- a/tests/from.bats
+++ b/tests/from.bats
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ load helpers
   run_buildah from --quiet --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json localhost/alpine2
   expect_output "alpine2-working-container"
   run_buildah rm $output
+  tmp=$RANDOM
+  run_buildah from --suffix $tmp --quiet --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json localhost/alpine2
+  expect_output "alpine2-$tmp"
+  run_buildah rm $output
   run_buildah rmi alpine alpine2
 
   run_buildah from --quiet --pull=true --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json docker.io/alpine