diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index d14919f91..fac0c4c19 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ RUN if [ "$GSSAPI" = "true" ]; then \
 
 FROM --platform=linux/$ARCH alpine AS entrypoint
 ARG GIT_SHA
+ARG GSSAPI=false
 LABEL GIT_SHA=$GIT_SHA
+LABEL GSSAPI=$GSSAPI
 
 RUN if [ "$GSSAPI" = "true" ]; then \
       apk add --no-cache ca-certificates librdkafka-dev cyrus-sasl cyrus-sasl-gssapiv2 krb5; \
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ RUN adduser -u 1001 openreplay -D
 ARG SERVICE_NAME
 ENV TZ=UTC \
     GIT_SHA=$GIT_SHA \
+    GSSAPI=$GSSAPI \
     FS_ULIMIT=10000 \
     FS_DIR=/mnt/efs \
     MAXMINDDB_FILE=/home/openreplay/geoip.mmdb \
diff --git a/backend/build.sh b/backend/build.sh
index 61f8a1e8f..2e5f1d2e8 100755
--- a/backend/build.sh
+++ b/backend/build.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ update_helm_release() {
 function build_service() {
 	image="$1"
 	echo "BUILDING $image"
-	docker build -t ${DOCKER_REPO:-'local'}/$image:${image_tag} --platform linux/$arch --build-arg ARCH=$arch --build-arg SERVICE_NAME=$image --build-arg GIT_SHA=$git_sha .
+	docker build -t ${DOCKER_REPO:-'local'}/$image:${image_tag} --platform linux/$arch --build-arg ARCH=$arch --build-arg SERVICE_NAME=$image --build-arg GIT_SHA=$git_sha --build-arg GSSAPI=${GSSAPI:-'false'} .
 	[[ $PUSH_IMAGE -eq 1 ]] && {
 		docker push ${DOCKER_REPO:-'local'}/$image:${image_tag}
 	}