diff --git a/docs/features/images.md b/docs/features/images.md
index f5cd6d434..38a2f9c79 100644
--- a/docs/features/images.md
+++ b/docs/features/images.md
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ const container = await GenericContainer
   .build();
 ```
 
+### Using BuildKit
+
+```javascript
+const container = await GenericContainer
+  .fromDockerfile("/path/to/build-context")
+  .withBuildKit()
+  .build();
+```
+
 ## Image name substitution
 
 Testcontainers supports automatic substitution of Docker image names.
diff --git a/packages/testcontainers/fixtures/docker/docker-with-buildkit-features/Dockerfile b/packages/testcontainers/fixtures/docker/docker-with-buildkit-features/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e6177e7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/testcontainers/fixtures/docker/docker-with-buildkit-features/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+FROM node:10-alpine
+
+MAINTAINER Cristian Greco
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apk apk add --no-cache curl dumb-init libcap openssl
+
+RUN openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 36500 \
+    -subj  "/C=CA/ST=QC/O=Company Inc/CN=localhost" \
+    -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/ssl/private/cert.key \
+    -out /etc/ssl/certs/cert.crt \
+    && chmod 666 /etc/ssl/private/cert.key
+
+RUN npm init -y \
+    && npm install express@4.16.4
+
+COPY index.js .
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/dumb-init", "--"]
+CMD ["node", "index.js"]
diff --git a/packages/testcontainers/fixtures/docker/docker-with-buildkit-features/index.js b/packages/testcontainers/fixtures/docker/docker-with-buildkit-features/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8dbbebd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/testcontainers/fixtures/docker/docker-with-buildkit-features/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+const fs = require("fs");
+const http = require("http");
+const https = require("https");
+const express = require("express");
+
+const app = express();
+
+app.get("/hello-world", (req, res) => {
+  res.status(200).send("hello-world");
+});
+
+app.get("/hello-world-delay", (req, res) => {
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    res.status(200).send("hello-world");
+  }, 3000);
+});
+
+app.post("/hello-world-post", (req, res) => {
+  res.status(200).send("hello-world");
+});
+
+app.get("/env", (req, res) => {
+  res.status(200).json(process.env);
+});
+
+app.get("/cmd", (req, res) => {
+  res.status(200).json(process.argv);
+});
+
+app.get("/auth", (req, res) => {
+  const auth = req.headers.authorization;
+  const [, base64Encoded] = auth.split(" ");
+  const credentials = Buffer.from(base64Encoded, "base64").toString("ascii");
+  const [username, password] = credentials.split(":");
+  if (username === "user" && password === "pass") {
+    res.status(200).end();
+  } else {
+    res.status(401).end();
+  }
+});
+
+app.get("/header-or-400/:headerName", (req, res) => {
+  if (req.headers[req.params["headerName"]] !== undefined) {
+    res.status(200).end();
+  } else {
+    res.status(400).end();
+  }
+});
+
+const PORT = 8080;
+const TLS_PORT = 8443;
+
+http.createServer(app).listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Listening on port ${PORT}`));
+https
+  .createServer(
+    {
+      key: fs.readFileSync("/etc/ssl/private/cert.key", "utf8"),
+      cert: fs.readFileSync("/etc/ssl/certs/cert.crt", "utf8"),
+    },
+    app
+  )
+  .listen(TLS_PORT, () => console.log(`Listening on secure port ${TLS_PORT}`));
diff --git a/packages/testcontainers/fixtures/docker/docker-with-buildkit-features/test.txt b/packages/testcontainers/fixtures/docker/docker-with-buildkit-features/test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95d09f2b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/testcontainers/fixtures/docker/docker-with-buildkit-features/test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello world
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/generic-container-builder.ts b/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/generic-container-builder.ts
index 06a23d56b..8ddbb6c26 100644
--- a/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/generic-container-builder.ts
+++ b/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/generic-container-builder.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { getAuthConfig, getContainerRuntimeClient, ImageName } from "../containe
 import { getReaper } from "../reaper/reaper";
 import { getDockerfileImages } from "../utils/dockerfile-parser";
 import { createLabels, LABEL_TESTCONTAINERS_SESSION_ID } from "../utils/labels";
+import type { ImageBuildOptions } from "dockerode";
 
 export type BuildOptions = {
   deleteOnExit: boolean;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ export class GenericContainerBuilder {
   private pullPolicy: ImagePullPolicy = PullPolicy.defaultPolicy();
   private cache = true;
   private target?: string;
+  private useBuildKit = false;
 
   constructor(
     private readonly context: string,
@@ -44,6 +46,11 @@ export class GenericContainerBuilder {
     return this;
   }
 
+  public withBuildKit(useBuildKit = true): this {
+    this.useBuildKit = useBuildKit;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   public async build(
     image = `localhost/${this.uuid.nextUuid()}:${this.uuid.nextUuid()}`,
     options: BuildOptions = { deleteOnExit: true }
@@ -66,12 +73,13 @@ export class GenericContainerBuilder {
       t: imageName.string,
       dockerfile: this.dockerfileName,
       buildargs: this.buildArgs,
-      pull: this.pullPolicy ? "true" : undefined,
+      pull: this.pullPolicy.shouldPull() ? "true" : undefined,
       nocache: !this.cache,
       registryconfig: registryConfig,
       labels,
       target: this.target,
-    });
+      version: this.useBuildKit ? "2" : undefined,
+    } as ImageBuildOptions);
 
     const container = new GenericContainer(imageName.string);
     if (!(await client.image.exists(imageName))) {
diff --git a/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/generic-container-dockerfile.test.ts b/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/generic-container-dockerfile.test.ts
index 7f24163ea..a68421701 100644
--- a/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/generic-container-dockerfile.test.ts
+++ b/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/generic-container-dockerfile.test.ts
@@ -102,4 +102,14 @@ describe("GenericContainer Dockerfile", () => {
 
     await startedContainer.stop();
   });
+
+  it("should work with buildKit", async () => {
+    const context = path.resolve(fixtures, "docker-with-buildkit-features");
+    const container = await GenericContainer.fromDockerfile(context).withBuildKit().build();
+    const startedContainer = await container.withExposedPorts(8080).start();
+
+    await checkContainerIsHealthy(startedContainer);
+
+    await startedContainer.stop();
+  });
 });