diff --git a/pkg/koyeb/services.go b/pkg/koyeb/services.go
index 03578e0..f40f845 100644
--- a/pkg/koyeb/services.go
+++ b/pkg/koyeb/services.go
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ func (h *ServiceHandler) addServiceDefinitionFlagsForGitSource(flags *pflag.Flag
 func (h *ServiceHandler) addServiceDefinitionFlagsForDockerSource(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.String("docker", "", "Docker image")
 	flags.String("docker-private-registry-secret", "", "Docker private registry secret")
+	flags.Bool("skip-docker-verify", false, "Skip docker image verification")
 	flags.StringSlice("docker-entrypoint", []string{}, "Docker entrypoint. To provide multiple arguments, use the --docker-entrypoint flag multiple times.")
 	flags.String("docker-command", "", "Set the docker CMD explicitly. To provide arguments to the command, use the --docker-args flag.")
 	flags.StringSlice("docker-args", []string{}, "Set arguments to the docker command. To provide multiple arguments, use the --docker-args flag multiple times.")
@@ -1604,8 +1605,11 @@ func (h *ServiceHandler) parseDockerSource(ctx *CLIContext, flags *pflag.FlagSet
 	if flags.Lookup("docker").Changed {
 		image, _ := flags.GetString("docker")
 		source.SetImage(image)
-		if err := h.checkDockerImage(ctx, source); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+		skipVerify, _ := flags.GetBool("skip-docker-verify")
+		if !skipVerify {
+			if err := h.checkDockerImage(ctx, source); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	if flags.Lookup("docker-args").Changed {