diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/shim-v2/build.sh b/tools/packaging/static-build/shim-v2/build.sh
index 8cc34dba04..905006db21 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/shim-v2/build.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/shim-v2/build.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ DESTDIR=${DESTDIR:-${PWD}}
 PREFIX=${PREFIX:-/opt/kata}
 container_image="shim-v2-builder"
 
+EXTRA_OPTS="${EXTRA_OPTS:-""}"
+
 sudo docker build  --build-arg GO_VERSION="${GO_VERSION}" -t "${container_image}" "${script_dir}"
 
 arch=$(uname -m)
@@ -29,12 +31,12 @@ fi
 sudo docker run --rm -i -v "${repo_root_dir}:${repo_root_dir}" \
 	-w "${repo_root_dir}/src/runtime" \
 	"${container_image}" \
-	bash -c "make PREFIX=${PREFIX} QEMUCMD=qemu-system-${arch}"
+	bash -c "make PREFIX=${PREFIX} QEMUCMD=qemu-system-${arch} ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
 
 sudo docker run --rm -i -v "${repo_root_dir}:${repo_root_dir}" \
 	-w "${repo_root_dir}/src/runtime" \
 	"${container_image}" \
-	bash -c "make PREFIX="${PREFIX}" DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}" install"
+	bash -c "make PREFIX="${PREFIX}" DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}" ${EXTRA_OPTS} install"
 
 sudo sed -i -e '/^initrd =/d' "${DESTDIR}/${PREFIX}/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-qemu.toml"
 sudo sed -i -e '/^initrd =/d' "${DESTDIR}/${PREFIX}/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-fc.toml"