diff --git a/scripts/build_docker.py b/scripts/build_docker.py
index 00023afc0a544..13453b61f96a7 100755
--- a/scripts/build_docker.py
+++ b/scripts/build_docker.py
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ def get_docker_command(
         {cache_to_arg} \\
         {build_arg} \\
         {platform_arg} \\
+        {target_argument} \\
         --label sha={sha} \\
         --label target={build_target} \\
         --label build_trigger={build_context} \\
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/scripts/docker_build.py b/tests/unit_tests/scripts/docker_build.py
index 1f3fd708f3bb1..293f9447cb642 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/scripts/docker_build.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/scripts/docker_build.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def test_get_docker_tags(
             SHA,
             "push",
             "master",
-            ["--load", f"-t {REPO}:master-dev "],
+            ["--load", f"-t {REPO}:master-dev ", "--target dev"],
         ),
         # multi-platform
         (