diff --git a/pkg/cmd/build.go b/pkg/cmd/build.go
index b11d6700..32239fb7 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/build.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/build.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package commands
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -234,7 +235,25 @@ func buildTargets(ctx context.Context, kubeClientConfig clientcmd.ClientConfig,
 	if driverName == "" {
 		driverName = "buildkit"
 	}
-	d, err := driver.GetDriver(ctx, driverName, nil, kubeClientConfig, []string{} /* TODO what BuildkitFlags are these? */, "" /* unused config file */, map[string]string{} /* DriverOpts unused */, contextPathHash)
+
+	// Check if need to set proxy on builder
+	listEnvToCheck := []string{
+		"http_proxy",
+		"https_proxy",
+		"no_proxy",
+		"HTTP_PROXY",
+		"HTTPS_PROXY",
+		"NO_PROXY",
+	}
+	envs := make([]string, 0, 0)
+	for _, env := range listEnvToCheck {
+		val, isSet := os.LookupEnv(env)
+		if isSet {
+			envs = append(envs, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", env, val))
+		}
+	}
+
+	d, err := driver.GetDriver(ctx, driverName, nil, kubeClientConfig, []string{} /* TODO what BuildkitFlags are these? */, "" /* unused config file */, map[string]string{"env": strings.Join(envs, ";")}, contextPathHash)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/create.go b/pkg/cmd/create.go
index 873cef58..3ef2ada7 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/create.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/create.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type createOptions struct {
 	configFile          string
 	progress            string
 	customConfig        string
+	envs                []string
 }
 
 func runCreate(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams, in createOptions, rootOpts *rootOptions) error {
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ func runCreate(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams, in createOptions, rootOpts *
 		"docker-sock":          in.dockerSock,
 		"runtime":              in.runtime,
 		"custom-config":        in.customConfig,
+		"env":                  strings.Join(in.envs, ";"),
 	}
 
 	d, err := driver.GetDriver(ctx, in.name, driverFactory, rootOpts.KubeClientConfig, flags, in.configFile, driverOpts, "" /*contextPathHash*/)
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ Driver Specific Usage:
 	flags.StringVar(&options.loadbalance, "loadbalance", "random", "Load balancing strategy [random, sticky]")
 	flags.StringVar(&options.worker, "worker", "auto", "Worker backend [auto, runc, containerd]")
 	flags.StringVar(&options.customConfig, "custom-config", "", "Name of a ConfigMap containing custom files (e.g., certs), mounted in /etc/config/ - use 'kubectl create configmap ... --from-file=...'")
+	flags.StringArrayVar(&options.envs, "env", []string{}, "Environment variable to add when create builder, like http_proxy=http://my-proxy.com:8080")
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/pkg/driver/kubernetes/factory.go b/pkg/driver/kubernetes/factory.go
index 6cad888c..7f5bb7d3 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/kubernetes/factory.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/kubernetes/factory.go
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/buildkit-cli-for-kubectl/pkg/driver"
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ func (d *Driver) initDriverFromConfig() error {
 		ContainerdSockHostPath: DefaultContainerdSockPath,
 		ContainerdNamespace:    DefaultContainerdNamespace,
 		DockerSockHostPath:     DefaultDockerSockPath,
+		Environments:           make(map[string]string),
 	}
 
 	imageOverride := ""
@@ -178,6 +181,15 @@ func (d *Driver) initDriverFromConfig() error {
 			deploymentOpt.ContainerRuntime = v
 		case "custom-config":
 			deploymentOpt.CustomConfig = v
+		case "env":
+			// Split over comma for multiple key/value
+			re := regexp.MustCompile(`([^=]+)=([^=]+)`)
+			for _, item := range strings.Split(v, ";") {
+				m := re.FindStringSubmatch(strings.TrimSpace(item))
+				if len(m) == 3 {
+					deploymentOpt.Environments[m[1]] = m[2]
+				}
+			}
 		default:
 			return errors.Errorf("invalid driver option %s for driver %s", k, DriverName)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/driver/kubernetes/manifest/manifest.go b/pkg/driver/kubernetes/manifest/manifest.go
index e6897b78..0cc757a8 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/kubernetes/manifest/manifest.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/kubernetes/manifest/manifest.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type DeploymentOpt struct {
 	DockerSockHostPath     string
 	ContainerRuntime       string
 	CustomConfig           string
+	Environments		   map[string]string
 }
 
 const (
@@ -46,9 +47,19 @@ func annotations(opt *DeploymentOpt) map[string]string {
 	}
 }
 
+func environments(opt *DeploymentOpt) []corev1.EnvVar {
+	envs := make([]corev1.EnvVar, 0, len(opt.Environments))
+	for name, value := range opt.Environments {
+		envs = append(envs, corev1.EnvVar{Name: name, Value: value})
+	}	
+
+	return envs
+}
+
 func NewDeployment(opt *DeploymentOpt) (*appsv1.Deployment, error) {
 	labels := labels(opt)
 	annotations := annotations(opt)
+	environments := environments(opt)
 	replicas := int32(opt.Replicas)
 	privileged := true
 	args := opt.BuildkitFlags
@@ -94,6 +105,7 @@ func NewDeployment(opt *DeploymentOpt) (*appsv1.Deployment, error) {
 									MountPath: "/etc/buildkit/",
 								},
 							},
+							Env: environments,
 						},
 					},
 					Volumes: []corev1.Volume{