diff --git a/src/nixos-anywhere.sh b/src/nixos-anywhere.sh
index fed359fa..39126b08 100755
--- a/src/nixos-anywhere.sh
+++ b/src/nixos-anywhere.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ flakeAttr=""
 kexecUrl=""
 kexecExtraFlags=""
 enableDebug=""
+nixBuildFlags=""
 diskoScript=""
 diskoMode="disko"
 nixosSystem=""
@@ -106,6 +107,8 @@ Options:
   disable passing --substitute-on-destination to nix-copy
 * --debug
   enable debug output
+* --show-trace
+  show nix build traces
 * --option <key> <value>
   nix option to pass to every nix related command
 * --from <store-uri>
@@ -212,6 +215,9 @@ parseArgs() {
     --copy-host-keys)
       copyHostKeys=y
       ;;
+    --show-trace)
+      nixBuildFlags+=" --show-trace"
+      ;;
     --debug)
       enableDebug="-x"
       printBuildLogs=y
@@ -353,6 +359,7 @@ nixBuild() {
   NIX_SSHOPTS="-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i $sshKeyDir/nixos-anywhere ${sshArgs[*]}" nix build \
     --print-out-paths \
     --no-link \
+    "$nixBuildFlags" \
     "${nixOptions[@]}" \
     "$@"
 }
@@ -380,6 +387,7 @@ runVmTest() {
     --print-out-paths \
     --no-link \
     -L \
+    "$nixBuildFlags" \
     "${nixOptions[@]}" \
     "${flake}#${flakeAttr}.system.build.installTest"
 }