diff --git a/builder/builder-manifest.c b/builder/builder-manifest.c
index 3d9a3211..f2521db1 100644
--- a/builder/builder-manifest.c
+++ b/builder/builder-manifest.c
@@ -1815,6 +1815,30 @@ appstream_compose (GFile   *app_dir,
   return TRUE;
 }
 
+static char **
+strcatv (char **strv1,
+         char **strv2)
+{
+    if (strv1 == NULL && strv2 == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    if (strv1 == NULL)
+        return g_strdupv (strv2);
+    if (strv2 == NULL)
+        return g_strdupv (strv1);
+
+    unsigned len1 = g_strv_length (strv1);
+    unsigned len2 = g_strv_length (strv2);
+    char **retval = g_new (char *, len1 + len2 + 1);
+    unsigned ix;
+
+    for (ix = 0; ix < len1; ix++)
+        retval[ix] = g_strdup (strv1[ix]);
+    for (ix = 0; ix < len2; ix++)
+        retval[len1 + ix] = g_strdup (strv2[ix]);
+    retval[len1 + len2] = NULL;
+
+    return retval;
+}
 
 gboolean
 builder_manifest_cleanup (BuilderManifest *self,
@@ -1849,10 +1873,13 @@ builder_manifest_cleanup (BuilderManifest *self,
 
       if (self->cleanup_commands)
         {
+          g_auto(GStrv) build_args = builder_options_get_build_args (self->build_options, context, error);
+          if (!build_args)
+            return FALSE;
           env = builder_options_get_env (self->build_options, context);
           for (i = 0; self->cleanup_commands[i] != NULL; i++)
             {
-              if (!command (app_dir, env, NULL, self->cleanup_commands[i], error))
+              if (!command (app_dir, env, build_args, self->cleanup_commands[i], error))
                 return FALSE;
             }
         }
@@ -2662,7 +2689,11 @@ builder_manifest_create_platform (BuilderManifest *self,
       if (self->cleanup_platform_commands)
         {
           g_auto(GStrv) env = builder_options_get_env (self->build_options, context);
-          char *extra_args[] = { "--sdk-dir=platform", "--metadata=metadata.platform", NULL};
+          g_auto(GStrv) build_args = builder_options_get_build_args (self->build_options, context, error);
+          if (!build_args)
+            return FALSE;
+          char *platform_args[] = { "--sdk-dir=platform", "--metadata=metadata.platform", NULL };
+          g_auto(GStrv) extra_args = strcatv (build_args, platform_args);
 
           for (i = 0; self->cleanup_platform_commands[i] != NULL; i++)
             {
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am.inc b/tests/Makefile.am.inc
index d0ea77f8..284eb07f 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am.inc
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am.inc
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ dist_installed_test_data = \
 	tests/org.test.Hello.png \
 	tests/package_version.txt \
 	tests/test.json \
+	tests/test-runtime.json \
 	tests/module1.json \
 	tests/data1 \
 	tests/data1.patch \
diff --git a/tests/test-builder.sh b/tests/test-builder.sh
index f7cd9116..61f22e75 100755
--- a/tests/test-builder.sh
+++ b/tests/test-builder.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 skip_without_bwrap
 skip_without_user_xattrs
 
-echo "1..3"
+echo "1..4"
 
 setup_repo
 install_repo
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ cd $TEST_DATA_DIR/
 cp -a $(dirname $0)/test-configure .
 echo "version1" > app-data
 cp $(dirname $0)/test.json .
+cp $(dirname $0)/test-runtime.json .
 cp $(dirname $0)/0001-Add-test-logo.patch .
 mkdir include1
 cp $(dirname $0)/module1.json include1/
@@ -88,3 +89,10 @@ run --command=cat org.test.Hello2 /app/share/app-data > app_data_2
 assert_file_has_content app_data_2 version2
 
 echo "ok update"
+
+# The build-args of --help should prevent the faulty cleanup and
+# platform-cleanup commands from executing
+${FLATPAK_BUILDER} $FL_GPGARGS --repo=$REPO --force-clean runtimedir \
+    test-runtime.json
+
+echo "ok runtime build cleanup with build-args"
diff --git a/tests/test-runtime.json b/tests/test-runtime.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31f4a98a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-runtime.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+    "build-runtime": true,
+    "id": "org.test.Hello.Sdk",
+    "id-platform": "org.test.Hello.Platform",
+    "runtime": "org.test.Platform",
+    "sdk": "org.test.Sdk",
+    "tags": ["test"],
+    "cleanup-commands": [ "fdghksdfjhsdfkg" ],
+    "cleanup-platform-commands": [ "sdjfgkafyewgdbvhsail" ],
+    "build-options": {
+        "build-args": ["--help"]
+    },
+
+    "modules": [
+        {
+            "name": "empty"
+        }
+    ]
+}