diff --git a/internal/commands/rebase.go b/internal/commands/rebase.go
index 0eed5f728..d0622f9db 100644
--- a/internal/commands/rebase.go
+++ b/internal/commands/rebase.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func Rebase(logger logging.Logger, cfg config.Config, pack PackClient) *cobra.Co
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Publish, "publish", false, "Publish the rebased application image directly to the container registry specified in <image-name>, instead of the daemon. The previous application image must also reside in the registry.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.RunImage, "run-image", "", "Run image to use for rebasing")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&policy, "pull-policy", "", "Pull policy to use. Accepted values are always, never, and if-not-present. The default is always")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.PreviousImage, "previous-image", "", "Image to rebase. Set to a particular tag reference, digest reference, or (when performing a daemon build) image ID. Use this flag in combination with <image-name> to avoid replacing the original image.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.ReportDestinationDir, "report-output-dir", "", "Path to export build report.toml.\nOmitting the flag yield no report file.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Force, "force", false, "Perform rebase operation without target validation (only available for API >= 0.12)")
 
diff --git a/internal/commands/rebase_test.go b/internal/commands/rebase_test.go
index 8f235c409..a3bdf05f5 100644
--- a/internal/commands/rebase_test.go
+++ b/internal/commands/rebase_test.go
@@ -158,6 +158,44 @@ func testRebaseCommand(t *testing.T, when spec.G, it spec.S) {
 					})
 				})
 			})
+			when("image name and previous image are provided", func() {
+				var expectedOpts client.RebaseOptions
+
+				it.Before(func() {
+					runImage := "test/image"
+					testMirror1 := "example.com/some/run1"
+					testMirror2 := "example.com/some/run2"
+
+					cfg.RunImages = []config.RunImage{{
+						Image:   runImage,
+						Mirrors: []string{testMirror1, testMirror2},
+					}}
+					command = commands.Rebase(logger, cfg, mockClient)
+
+					repoName = "test/repo-image"
+					previousImage := "example.com/previous-image:tag" // Example of previous image with tag
+					opts := client.RebaseOptions{
+						RepoName:   repoName,
+						Publish:    false,
+						PullPolicy: image.PullAlways,
+						RunImage:   "",
+						AdditionalMirrors: map[string][]string{
+							runImage: {testMirror1, testMirror2},
+						},
+						PreviousImage: previousImage,
+					}
+					expectedOpts = opts
+				})
+
+				it("works", func() {
+					mockClient.EXPECT().
+						Rebase(gomock.Any(), gomock.Eq(expectedOpts)).
+						Return(nil)
+
+					command.SetArgs([]string{repoName, "--previous-image", "example.com/previous-image:tag"})
+					h.AssertNil(t, command.Execute())
+				})
+			})
 		})
 	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/client/rebase.go b/pkg/client/rebase.go
index 8f3f8cf5b..f493f6184 100644
--- a/pkg/client/rebase.go
+++ b/pkg/client/rebase.go
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ type RebaseOptions struct {
 	// Pass-through force flag to lifecycle rebase command to skip target data
 	// validated (will not have any effect if API < 0.12).
 	Force bool
+
+	// Image reference to use as the previous image for rebase.
+	PreviousImage string
 }
 
 // Rebase updates the run image layers in an app image.
@@ -56,7 +59,13 @@ func (c *Client) Rebase(ctx context.Context, opts RebaseOptions) error {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid image name '%s'", opts.RepoName)
 	}
 
-	appImage, err := c.imageFetcher.Fetch(ctx, opts.RepoName, image.FetchOptions{Daemon: !opts.Publish, PullPolicy: opts.PullPolicy})
+	repoName := opts.RepoName
+
+	if opts.PreviousImage != "" {
+		repoName = opts.PreviousImage
+	}
+
+	appImage, err := c.imageFetcher.Fetch(ctx, repoName, image.FetchOptions{Daemon: !opts.Publish, PullPolicy: opts.PullPolicy})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -114,7 +123,7 @@ func (c *Client) Rebase(ctx context.Context, opts RebaseOptions) error {
 
 	c.logger.Infof("Rebasing %s on run image %s", style.Symbol(appImage.Name()), style.Symbol(baseImage.Name()))
 	rebaser := &phase.Rebaser{Logger: c.logger, PlatformAPI: build.SupportedPlatformAPIVersions.Latest(), Force: opts.Force}
-	report, err := rebaser.Rebase(appImage, baseImage, appImage.Name(), nil)
+	report, err := rebaser.Rebase(appImage, baseImage, opts.RepoName, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/client/rebase_test.go b/pkg/client/rebase_test.go
index 8068f231d..ba6a9df86 100644
--- a/pkg/client/rebase_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/rebase_test.go
@@ -267,6 +267,38 @@ func testRebase(t *testing.T, when spec.G, it spec.S) {
 					})
 				})
 			})
+			when("previous image is provided", func() {
+				it("fetches the image using the previous image name", func() {
+					h.AssertNil(t, subject.Rebase(context.TODO(), RebaseOptions{
+						RepoName:      "new/app",
+						PreviousImage: "some/app",
+					}))
+					args := fakeImageFetcher.FetchCalls["some/app"]
+					h.AssertNotNil(t, args)
+					h.AssertEq(t, args.Daemon, true)
+				})
+			})
+
+			when("previous image is set to new image name", func() {
+				it("returns error if Fetch function fails", func() {
+					err := subject.Rebase(context.TODO(), RebaseOptions{
+						RepoName:      "some/app",
+						PreviousImage: "new/app",
+					})
+					h.AssertError(t, err, "image 'new/app' does not exist on the daemon: not found")
+				})
+			})
+
+			when("previous image is not provided", func() {
+				it("fetches the image using the repo name", func() {
+					h.AssertNil(t, subject.Rebase(context.TODO(), RebaseOptions{
+						RepoName: "some/app",
+					}))
+					args := fakeImageFetcher.FetchCalls["some/app"]
+					h.AssertNotNil(t, args)
+					h.AssertEq(t, args.Daemon, true)
+				})
+			})
 		})
 	})
 }