diff --git a/yesod-bin/Keter.hs b/yesod-bin/Keter.hs
index 69bfaeac..3cf021e1 100644
--- a/yesod-bin/Keter.hs
+++ b/yesod-bin/Keter.hs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import System.Process
 import Control.Monad
 import System.Directory hiding (findFiles)
 import Data.Maybe (mapMaybe)
+import Data.Monoid
 import System.FilePath ((</>))
 import qualified Codec.Archive.Tar as Tar
 import Control.Exception
@@ -27,8 +28,9 @@ run a b = do
 keter :: String -- ^ cabal command
       -> Bool -- ^ no build?
       -> Bool -- ^ no copy to?
+      -> [String] -- ^ build args
       -> IO ()
-keter cabal noBuild noCopyTo = do
+keter cabal noBuild noCopyTo buildArgs = do
     ketercfg <- keterConfig
     mvalue <- decodeFile ketercfg
     value <-
@@ -76,8 +78,11 @@ keter cabal noBuild noCopyTo = do
         then do run "stack" ["clean"]
                 createDirectoryIfMissing True "./dist/bin"
                 run "stack"
-                    (words "--local-bin-path ./dist/bin build --copy-bins")
-        else mapM_ (\x -> run cabal [x]) ["clean", "configure", "build"]
+                    ((words "--local-bin-path ./dist/bin build --copy-bins")
+                     <> buildArgs)
+        else do run cabal ["clean"]
+                run cabal ["configure"]
+                run cabal ("build" : buildArgs)
 
     _ <- try' $ removeDirectoryRecursive "static/tmp"
 
diff --git a/yesod-bin/main.hs b/yesod-bin/main.hs
index ae4bc012..c4292153 100755
--- a/yesod-bin/main.hs
+++ b/yesod-bin/main.hs
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ data Command = Init { _initBare :: Bool, _initName :: Maybe String, _initDatabas
              | Keter
                     { _keterNoRebuild :: Bool
                     , _keterNoCopyTo  :: Bool
+                    , _keterBuildArgs :: [String]
                     }
              | Version
   deriving (Show, Eq)
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ main = do
     Configure       -> cabal ["configure"]
     Build es        -> touch' >> cabal ("build":es)
     Touch           -> touch'
-    Keter{..}       -> keter (cabalCommand o) _keterNoRebuild _keterNoCopyTo
+    Keter{..}       -> keter (cabalCommand o) _keterNoRebuild _keterNoCopyTo _keterBuildArgs
     Version         -> putStrLn ("yesod-bin version: " ++ showVersion Paths_yesod_bin.version)
     AddHandler{..}  -> addHandler addHandlerRoute addHandlerPattern addHandlerMethods
     Test            -> cabalTest cabal
@@ -189,6 +190,9 @@ keterOptions :: Parser Command
 keterOptions = Keter
     <$> switch ( long "nobuild" <> short 'n' <> help "Skip rebuilding" )
     <*> switch ( long "nocopyto" <> help "Ignore copy-to directive in keter config file" )
+    <*> optStrToList ( long "build-args" <> help "Build arguments" )
+  where
+    optStrToList m = option (words <$> str) $ value [] <> m
 
 defaultRescan :: Int
 defaultRescan = 10