diff --git a/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go b/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
index eef088ade6..b43a85b682 100644
--- a/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
@@ -91,8 +91,10 @@ func addKanikoOptionsFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().VarP(&opts.Destinations, "destination", "d", "Registry the final image should be pushed to. Set it repeatedly for multiple destinations.")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&opts.SnapshotMode, "snapshotMode", "", "full", "Change the file attributes inspected during snapshotting")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().VarP(&opts.BuildArgs, "build-arg", "", "This flag allows you to pass in ARG values at build time. Set it repeatedly for multiple values.")
-	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.Insecure, "insecure", "", false, "Pull and push to insecure registry using plain HTTP")
+	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.Insecure, "insecure", "", false, "Push to insecure registry using plain HTTP")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.SkipTLSVerify, "skip-tls-verify", "", false, "Push to insecure registry ignoring TLS verify")
+	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.InsecurePull, "insecure-pull", "", false, "Pull from insecure registry using plain HTTP")
+	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.SkipTLSVerifyPull, "skip-tls-verify-pull", "", false, "Pull from insecure registry ignoring TLS verify")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&opts.TarPath, "tarPath", "", "", "Path to save the image in as a tarball instead of pushing")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.SingleSnapshot, "single-snapshot", "", false, "Take a single snapshot at the end of the build.")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.Reproducible, "reproducible", "", false, "Strip timestamps out of the image to make it reproducible")
diff --git a/pkg/config/options.go b/pkg/config/options.go
index 7cf6c07d24..f6c16a40b9 100644
--- a/pkg/config/options.go
+++ b/pkg/config/options.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ type KanikoOptions struct {
 	BuildArgs      multiArg
 	Insecure       bool
 	SkipTLSVerify  bool
+	InsecurePull   bool
+	SkipTLSVerifyPull bool
 	SingleSnapshot bool
 	Reproducible   bool
 	NoPush         bool
diff --git a/pkg/util/image_util.go b/pkg/util/image_util.go
index 8c2c301415..d0db223210 100644
--- a/pkg/util/image_util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/image_util.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func remoteImage(image string, opts *config.KanikoOptions) (v1.Image, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if opts.Insecure {
+	if opts.InsecurePull {
 		newReg, err := name.NewInsecureRegistry(ref.Context().RegistryStr(), name.WeakValidation)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func remoteImage(image string, opts *config.KanikoOptions) (v1.Image, error) {
 	}
 
 	tr := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport)
-	if opts.SkipTLSVerify {
+	if opts.SkipTLSVerifyPull {
 		tr.TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{
 			InsecureSkipVerify: true,
 		}