diff --git a/binderhub/build.py b/binderhub/build.py
index 0cbf82762..5e46f7b58 100644
--- a/binderhub/build.py
+++ b/binderhub/build.py
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ def _default_namespace(self):
     def _default_builder_info(self):
         return {"build_image": self.build_image}
 
+    image_pull_secrets = List(
+        [], help="Pull secrets for the builder image", config=True
+    )
+
     docker_host = Unicode(
         "/var/run/docker.sock",
         allow_none=True,
@@ -455,6 +459,18 @@ def get_builder_volumes(self):
 
         return volumes, volume_mounts
 
+    def get_image_pull_secrets(self):
+        """
+        Get the list of image pull secrets to be used for the builder image
+        """
+
+        image_pull_secrets = []
+
+        for secret in self.image_pull_secrets:
+            image_pull_secrets.append(client.V1LocalObjectReference(name=secret))
+
+        return image_pull_secrets
+
     def submit(self):
         """
         Submit a build pod to create the image for the repository.
@@ -526,6 +542,7 @@ def submit(self):
                 volumes=volumes,
                 restart_policy="Never",
                 affinity=self.get_affinity(),
+                image_pull_secrets=self.get_image_pull_secrets(),
             ),
         )
 
diff --git a/binderhub/tests/test_build.py b/binderhub/tests/test_build.py
index 8dfdd3721..3f9fca503 100644
--- a/binderhub/tests/test_build.py
+++ b/binderhub/tests/test_build.py
@@ -417,6 +417,44 @@ class EnvBuild(KubernetesBuildExecutor):
     assert env == extra_environments
 
 
+def test_build_image_pull_secrets():
+    build_pull_secrets = ["build-image-secret", "build-image-secret-2"]
+
+    mock_k8s_api = _list_image_builder_pods_mock()
+
+    class PullBuild(KubernetesBuildExecutor):
+        q = mock.MagicMock()
+        api = mock_k8s_api
+        name = "test_build"
+        repo_url = "repo"
+        ref = "ref"
+        image_name = "name"
+        namespace = "build_namespace"
+        push_secret = ""
+        build_image = "image"
+        image_pull_secrets = build_pull_secrets
+        memory_limit = 0
+        docker_host = "http://mydockerregistry.local"
+        node_selector = {}
+
+    build = PullBuild()
+
+    with mock.patch.object(build.stop_event, "is_set", return_value=True):
+        build.submit()
+
+    call_args_list = mock_k8s_api.create_namespaced_pod.call_args_list
+    assert len(call_args_list) == 1
+
+    args = call_args_list[0][0]
+    pod = args[1]
+
+    assert len(pod.spec.containers) == 1
+
+    pull_secrets = [secret.name for secret in pod.spec.image_pull_secrets]
+
+    assert pull_secrets == build_pull_secrets
+
+
 async def test_local_repo2docker_build():
     q = Queue()
     repo_url = "https://github.com/binderhub-ci-repos/cached-minimal-dockerfile"