diff --git a/kolla/common/config.py b/kolla/common/config.py
index 2eb8960eb4..4c227913ba 100755
--- a/kolla/common/config.py
+++ b/kolla/common/config.py
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ _CLI_OPTS = [
                 help='Turn on debugging log level'),
     cfg.BoolOpt('skip-parents', default=False,
                 help='Do not rebuild parents of matched images'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('skip-existing', default=False,
+                help='Do not rebuild images present in the docker cache'),
     cfg.DictOpt('build-args',
                 help='Set docker build time variables'),
     cfg.BoolOpt('keep', default=False,
diff --git a/kolla/image/build.py b/kolla/image/build.py
index bbcb538295..1c0c32f340 100755
--- a/kolla/image/build.py
+++ b/kolla/image/build.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class DockerTask(task.Task):
 class Image(object):
     def __init__(self, name, canonical_name, path, parent_name='',
                  status=STATUS_UNPROCESSED, parent=None,
-                 source=None, logger=None):
+                 source=None, logger=None, docker_client=None):
         self.name = name
         self.canonical_name = canonical_name
         self.path = path
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ class Image(object):
         self.children = []
         self.plugins = []
         self.additions = []
+        self.dc = docker_client
 
     def copy(self):
         c = Image(self.name, self.canonical_name, self.path,
@@ -168,6 +169,9 @@ class Image(object):
             c.additions = list(self.additions)
         return c
 
+    def in_docker_cache(self):
+        return len(self.dc.images(name=self.canonical_name, quiet=True)) == 1
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return ("Image(%s, %s, %s, parent_name=%s,"
                 " status=%s, parent=%s, source=%s)") % (
@@ -397,7 +401,7 @@ class BuildTask(DockerTask):
         self.logger.debug('Processing')
 
         if image.status == STATUS_SKIPPED:
-            self.logger.info('Skipping %s (--skip-parents)' % image.name)
+            self.logger.info('Skipping %s' % image.name)
             return
 
         if image.status == STATUS_UNMATCHED:
@@ -573,6 +577,9 @@ class KollaWorker(object):
         self.image_statuses_skipped = dict()
         self.maintainer = conf.maintainer
 
+        docker_kwargs = docker.utils.kwargs_from_env()
+        self.dc = docker.APIClient(version='auto', **docker_kwargs)
+
     def _get_images_dir(self):
         possible_paths = (
             PROJECT_ROOT,
@@ -809,6 +816,9 @@ class KollaWorker(object):
                         image = image.parent
                         if self.conf.skip_parents:
                             image.status = STATUS_SKIPPED
+                        elif (self.conf.skip_existing and
+                              image.in_docker_cache()):
+                            image.status = STATUS_SKIPPED
                         else:
                             image.status = STATUS_MATCHED
                         LOG.debug('Image %s matched regex', image.name)
@@ -866,9 +876,9 @@ class KollaWorker(object):
                 })
 
         if self.image_statuses_skipped:
-            LOG.debug("=====================================")
-            LOG.debug("Images skipped due to --skip-parents")
-            LOG.debug("=====================================")
+            LOG.debug("================================")
+            LOG.debug("Images skipped due build options")
+            LOG.debug("================================")
             for name in self.image_statuses_skipped.keys():
                 LOG.debug(name)
                 results['skipped'].append({
@@ -936,7 +946,8 @@ class KollaWorker(object):
             del match
             image = Image(image_name, canonical_name, path,
                           parent_name=parent_name,
-                          logger=make_a_logger(self.conf, image_name))
+                          logger=make_a_logger(self.conf, image_name),
+                          docker_client=self.dc)
 
             if self.install_type == 'source':
                 # NOTE(jeffrey4l): register the opts if the section didn't
diff --git a/kolla/tests/test_build.py b/kolla/tests/test_build.py
index c1d17cfdb6..8ace0622c7 100644
--- a/kolla/tests/test_build.py
+++ b/kolla/tests/test_build.py
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ class KollaWorkerTest(base.TestCase):
 
         self.images = [image, image_child, image_unmatched,
                        image_error, image_built]
+        patcher = mock.patch('docker.APIClient')
+        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
+        self.mock_client = patcher.start()
 
     def test_supported_base_type(self):
         rh_base = ['centos', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel']
@@ -409,7 +412,8 @@ class MainTest(base.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(1, result)
 
     @mock.patch('sys.argv')
-    def test_run_build(self, mock_sys):
+    @mock.patch('docker.APIClient')
+    def test_run_build(self, mock_client, mock_sys):
         result = build.run_build()
         self.assertTrue(result)
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/kolla_build_skip_existing-92aebdd858a0bfa5.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/kolla_build_skip_existing-92aebdd858a0bfa5.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a1e562fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/kolla_build_skip_existing-92aebdd858a0bfa5.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Add new `--skip-existing` kolla-build option that skips images present in
+    the docker cache.