diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index cc19399a9e..f17ec683e9 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -65,24 +65,25 @@ type FromDockerfile struct {
 // ContainerRequest represents the parameters used to get a running container
 type ContainerRequest struct {
 	FromDockerfile
-	Image          string
-	Env            map[string]string
-	ExposedPorts   []string // allow specifying protocol info
-	Cmd            []string
-	Labels         map[string]string
-	BindMounts     map[string]string
-	VolumeMounts   map[string]string
-	Tmpfs          map[string]string
-	RegistryCred   string
-	WaitingFor     wait.Strategy
-	Name           string              // for specifying container name
-	Privileged     bool                // for starting privileged container
-	Networks       []string            // for specifying network names
-	NetworkAliases map[string][]string // for specifying network aliases
-	SkipReaper     bool                // indicates whether we skip setting up a reaper for this
-	ReaperImage    string              // alternative reaper image
-	AutoRemove     bool                // if set to true, the container will be removed from the host when stopped
-	NetworkMode    container.NetworkMode
+	Image           string
+	Env             map[string]string
+	ExposedPorts    []string // allow specifying protocol info
+	Cmd             []string
+	Labels          map[string]string
+	BindMounts      map[string]string
+	VolumeMounts    map[string]string
+	Tmpfs           map[string]string
+	RegistryCred    string
+	WaitingFor      wait.Strategy
+	Name            string              // for specifying container name
+	Privileged      bool                // for starting privileged container
+	Networks        []string            // for specifying network names
+	NetworkAliases  map[string][]string // for specifying network aliases
+	SkipReaper      bool                // indicates whether we skip setting up a reaper for this
+	ReaperImage     string              // alternative reaper image
+	AutoRemove      bool                // if set to true, the container will be removed from the host when stopped
+	NetworkMode     container.NetworkMode
+	AlwaysPullImage bool // Always pull image
 }
 
 // ProviderType is an enum for the possible providers
diff --git a/docker.go b/docker.go
index 38256366d0..a383731c21 100644
--- a/docker.go
+++ b/docker.go
@@ -494,19 +494,28 @@ func (p *DockerProvider) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, req ContainerReque
 		}
 	} else {
 		tag = req.Image
-		_, _, err = p.client.ImageInspectWithRaw(ctx, tag)
-		if err != nil {
-			if client.IsErrNotFound(err) {
-				pullOpt := types.ImagePullOptions{}
-				if req.RegistryCred != "" {
-					pullOpt.RegistryAuth = req.RegistryCred
-				}
+		var shouldPullImage bool
 
-				if err := p.attemptToPullImage(ctx, tag, pullOpt); err != nil {
+		if req.AlwaysPullImage {
+			shouldPullImage = true // If requested always attempt to pull image
+		} else {
+			_, _, err = p.client.ImageInspectWithRaw(ctx, tag)
+			if err != nil {
+				if client.IsErrNotFound(err) {
+					shouldPullImage = true
+				} else {
 					return nil, err
 				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if shouldPullImage {
+			pullOpt := types.ImagePullOptions{}
+			if req.RegistryCred != "" {
+				pullOpt.RegistryAuth = req.RegistryCred
+			}
 
-			} else {
+			if err := p.attemptToPullImage(ctx, tag, pullOpt); err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 		}