diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2177b5370f..a293bf4212 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1074,6 +1074,10 @@
                             "pull": {
                                 "type": "boolean",
                                 "description": "%vscode-docker.tasks.docker-build.dockerBuild.pull%"
+                            },
+                            "customOptions": {
+                                "type": "string",
+                                "description": "%vscode-docker.tasks.docker-build.dockerBuild.customOptions%"
                             }
                         }
                     },
@@ -1263,6 +1267,10 @@
                                 "type": "boolean",
                                 "description": "%vscode-docker.tasks.docker-run.dockerRun.remove%",
                                 "default": false
+                            },
+                            "customOptions": {
+                                "type": "string",
+                                "description": "%vscode-docker.tasks.docker-run.dockerRun.customOptions%"
                             }
                         }
                     },
diff --git a/package.nls.json b/package.nls.json
index d7ba299c04..a7df80fe68 100644
--- a/package.nls.json
+++ b/package.nls.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "vscode-docker.tasks.docker-build.dockerBuild.tag": "Tag applied to the Docker image used for debugging.",
     "vscode-docker.tasks.docker-build.dockerBuild.target": "Docker build target (stage) used for debugging.",
     "vscode-docker.tasks.docker-build.dockerBuild.pull": "Whether or not to pull new base images before building.",
+    "vscode-docker.tasks.docker-build.dockerBuild.customOptions": "Any other options to add to the `docker build` command.",
     "vscode-docker.tasks.docker-build.platform": "The target platform for the application.",
     "vscode-docker.tasks.docker-build.netCore.description": "Options for building .NET Core projects in Docker.",
     "vscode-docker.tasks.docker-build.netCore.appProject": "The .NET Core project (.csproj, .fsproj, etc.) to build.",
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@
     "vscode-docker.tasks.docker-run.dockerRun.volumes.localPath": "Path on local machine that will be mapped. The folder will be created if it does not exist.",
     "vscode-docker.tasks.docker-run.dockerRun.volumes.containerPath": "Path where the volume will be mapped within the container. The folder will be created if it does not exist.",
     "vscode-docker.tasks.docker-run.dockerRun.volumes.permissions": "Permissions for the container for the mapped volume, `rw` for read-write or `ro` for read-only.",
+    "vscode-docker.tasks.docker-run.dockerRun.customOptions": "Any other options to add to the `docker run` command.",
     "vscode-docker.tasks.docker-run.platform": "The target platform for the application.",
     "vscode-docker.tasks.docker-run.netCore.description": "Options for running .NET Core projects in Docker.",
     "vscode-docker.tasks.docker-run.netCore.appProject": "The .NET Core project (.csproj, .fsproj, etc.) to build.",
diff --git a/src/tasks/DockerBuildTaskDefinitionBase.ts b/src/tasks/DockerBuildTaskDefinitionBase.ts
index 41882af980..0318c289e5 100644
--- a/src/tasks/DockerBuildTaskDefinitionBase.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/DockerBuildTaskDefinitionBase.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export interface DockerBuildOptions {
     tag?: string;
     target?: string;
     pull?: boolean;
+    customOptions?: string;
 }
 
 export interface DockerBuildTaskDefinitionBase extends TaskDefinitionBase {
diff --git a/src/tasks/DockerBuildTaskProvider.ts b/src/tasks/DockerBuildTaskProvider.ts
index 833e6da3e5..3c5907de34 100644
--- a/src/tasks/DockerBuildTaskProvider.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/DockerBuildTaskProvider.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ export class DockerBuildTaskProvider extends DockerTaskProvider {
             .withKeyValueArgs('--label', getAggregateLabels(options.labels, defaultVsCodeLabels))
             .withNamedArg('-t', options.tag)
             .withNamedArg('--target', options.target)
+            .withArg(options.customOptions)
             .withQuotedArg(options.context);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tasks/DockerRunTaskDefinitionBase.ts b/src/tasks/DockerRunTaskDefinitionBase.ts
index 01284f88b4..29baccc3a8 100644
--- a/src/tasks/DockerRunTaskDefinitionBase.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/DockerRunTaskDefinitionBase.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export interface DockerRunOptions {
     portsPublishAll?: boolean;
     volumes?: DockerContainerVolume[];
     remove?: boolean;
+    customOptions?: string;
 }
 
 export interface DockerRunTaskDefinitionBase extends TaskDefinitionBase {
diff --git a/src/tasks/DockerRunTaskProvider.ts b/src/tasks/DockerRunTaskProvider.ts
index b32c4c374a..ba2ea9361f 100644
--- a/src/tasks/DockerRunTaskProvider.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/DockerRunTaskProvider.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ export class DockerRunTaskProvider extends DockerTaskProvider {
             .withArrayArgs('--add-host', runOptions.extraHosts, extraHost => `${extraHost.hostname}:${extraHost.ip}`)
             .withNamedArg('--entrypoint', runOptions.entrypoint)
             .withFlagArg('--rm', runOptions.remove)
+            .withArg(runOptions.customOptions)
             .withQuotedArg(runOptions.image)
             .withArgs(runOptions.command);
     }