diff --git a/keel-api/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/spinnaker/keel/api/artifacts/VirtualMachineOptions.kt b/keel-api/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/spinnaker/keel/api/artifacts/VirtualMachineOptions.kt
index 75e48ffbe0..733c0c7c3b 100644
--- a/keel-api/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/spinnaker/keel/api/artifacts/VirtualMachineOptions.kt
+++ b/keel-api/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/spinnaker/keel/api/artifacts/VirtualMachineOptions.kt
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ data class VirtualMachineOptions(
   val baseLabel: BaseLabel = RELEASE,
   val baseOs: String,
   val regions: Set<String>,
-  val storeType: StoreType = EBS
+  val storeType: StoreType = EBS,
+  val ignoreBaseUpdates: Boolean = false
 )
diff --git a/keel-bakery-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/spinnaker/keel/bakery/artifact/ImageHandler.kt b/keel-bakery-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/spinnaker/keel/bakery/artifact/ImageHandler.kt
index 80509ebe1d..13320f1367 100644
--- a/keel-bakery-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/spinnaker/keel/bakery/artifact/ImageHandler.kt
+++ b/keel-bakery-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/spinnaker/keel/bakery/artifact/ImageHandler.kt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class ImageHandler(
             log.info("No AMI found for {}", desiredAppVersion)
             launchBake(artifact, desiredAppVersion)
           }
-          imagesWithOlderBaseImages.isNotEmpty() -> {
+          imagesWithOlderBaseImages.isNotEmpty() && !artifact.vmOptions.ignoreBaseUpdates -> {
             log.info("AMIs for {} are outdated, rebaking…", desiredAppVersion)
             launchBake(
               artifact,
diff --git a/keel-bakery-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/netflix/spinnaker/keel/bakery/artifact/ImageHandlerTests.kt b/keel-bakery-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/netflix/spinnaker/keel/bakery/artifact/ImageHandlerTests.kt
index a4d6bef0e2..3b5f9cd019 100644
--- a/keel-bakery-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/netflix/spinnaker/keel/bakery/artifact/ImageHandlerTests.kt
+++ b/keel-bakery-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/netflix/spinnaker/keel/bakery/artifact/ImageHandlerTests.kt
@@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ internal class ImageHandlerTests : JUnit5Minutests {
         storeType = EBS
       )
     )
+    val artifactIgnoreBaseUpdates = DebianArtifact(
+      name = "keel",
+      deliveryConfigName = "delivery-config",
+      vmOptions = VirtualMachineOptions(
+        baseLabel = RELEASE,
+        baseOs = "xenial",
+        regions = setOf("us-west-2", "us-east-1"),
+        storeType = EBS,
+        ignoreBaseUpdates = true,
+      )
+    )
     val deliveryConfig = deliveryConfig(
       configName = artifact.deliveryConfigName!!,
       artifact = artifact
@@ -518,6 +529,40 @@ internal class ImageHandlerTests : JUnit5Minutests {
                     }
                 }
               }
+
+              context("newer base exists, but artifact ignores new bases") {
+                before {
+                  val newerBaseAmiVersion = "nflx-base-5.380.0-h1234.8808866"
+                  every {
+                    baseImageCache.getBaseAmiName(
+                      artifactIgnoreBaseUpdates.vmOptions.baseOs,
+                      artifactIgnoreBaseUpdates.vmOptions.baseLabel,
+                    )
+                  } returns newerBaseAmiVersion
+
+                  every { repository.artifactVersions(artifactIgnoreBaseUpdates, any()) } returns listOf(
+                    artifactVersion
+                  )
+
+                  every {
+                    imageService.getLatestNamedImage(any(), any(), any(), any())
+                  } returns image
+
+                  every { repository.getArtifactVersion(artifactIgnoreBaseUpdates, appVersion, null) } returns PublishedArtifact(
+                    name = artifact.name,
+                    reference = artifact.reference,
+                    version = appVersion,
+                    type = DEBIAN,
+                    metadata = emptyMap()
+                  )
+
+                  runHandler(artifactIgnoreBaseUpdates)
+                }
+
+                test("a bake is not launched") {
+                  expectThat(bakeTask).isNotCaptured()
+                }
+              }
             }
           }
         }