diff --git a/it/dockerfile-base-as-arg-buildconfig/pom.xml b/it/dockerfile-base-as-arg-buildconfig/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e0c22cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/it/dockerfile-base-as-arg-buildconfig/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>io.fabric8.dmp.itests</groupId>
+    <artifactId>dmp-it-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>0.45-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>dmp-it-dockerfile-base-as-arg-buildconfig</artifactId>
+  <version>0.45-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>dmp-it-dockerfile-base-as-arg-buildconfig</name>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+        <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <images>
+            <image>
+              <name>fabric8:dmp-it-dockerfile-base-as-arg-buildconfig</name>
+              <build>
+                <dockerFile>Dockerfile</dockerFile>
+                <args>
+                  <FROM_IMAGE>openjdk:21-slim</FROM_IMAGE>
+                </args>
+              </build>
+            </image>
+          </images>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>build</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>build</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>install</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/it/dockerfile-base-as-arg-buildconfig/src/main/docker/Dockerfile b/it/dockerfile-base-as-arg-buildconfig/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..047be8d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/it/dockerfile-base-as-arg-buildconfig/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ARG FROM_IMAGE
+FROM ${FROM_IMAGE} AS jlink
diff --git a/it/pom.xml b/it/pom.xml
index c2eba2b37..f2e186e97 100644
--- a/it/pom.xml
+++ b/it/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     <module>docker-compose-dependon</module>
     <module>dockerfile</module>
     <module>dockerfile-base-as-arg</module>
+    <module>dockerfile-base-as-arg-buildconfig</module>
     <module>dockerignore</module>
     <module>healthcheck</module>
     <module>helloworld</module>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildService.java b/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildService.java
index b694bdb8b..a099b69fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildService.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public void buildImage(ImageConfiguration imageConfig, ImagePullManager imagePul
 
         Map<String, String> buildArgs = addBuildArgs(buildContext);
         if (imagePullManager != null) {
-            autoPullBaseImage(imageConfig, imagePullManager, buildContext, buildArgs);
+            autoPullBaseImage(imageConfig, imagePullManager, buildContext, prepareBuildArgs(buildArgs, imageConfig.getBuildConfiguration()));
             autoPullCacheFromImage(imageConfig, imagePullManager, buildContext);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildServiceTest.java
index 2c454fb56..8e1a5cf66 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildServiceTest.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ class BuildServiceTest {
     @Mock
     MavenProject mavenProject;
 
+    @Mock
+    MavenSession mavenSession;
+
     @Mock
     private QueryService queryService;
 
@@ -191,6 +195,35 @@ void testBuildImageWithCacheFrom_ShouldPullImage() throws Exception {
         verifyImagePull(buildConfig, pullManager, buildContext, "fabric8/s1i-java");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testDockerfileWithBuildArgsInBuildConfig_ShouldPullImage() throws Exception {
+        BuildImageConfiguration buildConfig = new BuildImageConfiguration.Builder()
+            .dockerFile(getClass().getResource("/io/fabric8/maven/docker/util/Dockerfile_from_build_arg").getPath())
+            .args(Collections.singletonMap("FROM_IMAGE", "sample/base-image:latest"))
+            .build();
+
+        buildConfig.initAndValidate(logger);
+
+        imageConfig = new ImageConfiguration.Builder()
+            .name("build-image")
+            .buildConfig(buildConfig)
+            .build();
+
+        final ImagePullManager pullManager = new ImagePullManager(null, null, null);
+        final BuildService.BuildContext buildContext = new BuildService.BuildContext.Builder()
+            .mojoParameters(mojoParameters)
+            .build();
+
+        Mockito.when(mojoParameters.getSession()).thenReturn(mavenSession);
+        mockMavenProject();
+
+        File buildArchive = buildService.buildArchive(imageConfig, buildContext, "");
+        buildService.buildImage(imageConfig, pullManager, buildContext, buildArchive);
+
+        //verify that tries to pull both images
+        verifyImagePull(buildConfig, pullManager, buildContext, "sample/base-image:latest");
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testBuildImagePullsDefaultImageWhenNoFromImage() throws Exception {
         BuildImageConfiguration buildConfig = new BuildImageConfiguration.Builder()
diff --git a/src/test/resources/io/fabric8/maven/docker/util/Dockerfile_from_build_arg b/src/test/resources/io/fabric8/maven/docker/util/Dockerfile_from_build_arg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..047be8d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/io/fabric8/maven/docker/util/Dockerfile_from_build_arg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ARG FROM_IMAGE
+FROM ${FROM_IMAGE} AS jlink