diff --git a/cmd/buildah/commit.go b/cmd/buildah/commit.go
index c0b1bb16b8..2c4e10fbc2 100644
--- a/cmd/buildah/commit.go
+++ b/cmd/buildah/commit.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ type commitInputOptions struct {
 	signBy             string
 	squash             bool
 	tlsVerify          bool
+	identityLabel      bool
 	encryptionKeys     []string
 	encryptLayers      []int
 	unsetenvs          []string
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ func commitListFlagSet(cmd *cobra.Command, opts *commitInputOptions) {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("error marking reference-time as hidden: %v", err))
 	}
 
+	flags.BoolVar(&opts.identityLabel, "identity-label", true, "add default builder label (default true)")
 	flags.BoolVar(&opts.rm, "rm", false, "remove the container and its content after committing it to an image. Default leaves the container and its content in place.")
 	flags.StringVar(&opts.signaturePolicy, "signature-policy", "", "`pathname` of signature policy file (not usually used)")
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("signature-policy", completion.AutocompleteDefault)
@@ -189,7 +191,9 @@ func commitCmd(c *cobra.Command, args []string, iopts commitInputOptions) error
 	}
 
 	// Add builder identity information.
-	builder.SetLabel(buildah.BuilderIdentityAnnotation, define.Version)
+	if iopts.identityLabel {
+		builder.SetLabel(buildah.BuilderIdentityAnnotation, define.Version)
+	}
 
 	encConfig, encLayers, err := getEncryptConfig(iopts.encryptionKeys, iopts.encryptLayers)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/define/build.go b/define/build.go
index 6484915317..1d452d66d2 100644
--- a/define/build.go
+++ b/define/build.go
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ type CommonBuildOptions struct {
 	CPUSetMems string
 	// HTTPProxy determines whether *_proxy env vars from the build host are passed into the container.
 	HTTPProxy bool
+	// IdentityLabel if set ensures that default `io.buildah.version` label is not applied to build image.
+	IdentityLabel types.OptionalBool
 	// Memory is the upper limit (in bytes) on how much memory running containers can use.
 	Memory int64
 	// DNSSearch is the list of DNS search domains to add to the build container's /etc/resolv.conf
diff --git a/docs/buildah-build.1.md b/docs/buildah-build.1.md
index afbca59e11..1b0b512a40 100644
--- a/docs/buildah-build.1.md
+++ b/docs/buildah-build.1.md
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ option to `false`.  The environment variables passed in include `http_proxy`,
 `https_proxy`, `ftp_proxy`, `no_proxy`, and also the upper case versions of
 those.
 
+**--identity-label** *bool-value*
+
+Adds default identity label `io.buildah.version` if set. (default true).
+
 **--ignorefile** *file*
 
 Path to an alternative .containerignore (.dockerignore) file.
diff --git a/docs/buildah-commit.1.md b/docs/buildah-commit.1.md
index fa185dff28..c0ff426b87 100644
--- a/docs/buildah-commit.1.md
+++ b/docs/buildah-commit.1.md
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ formats include *oci* (OCI image-spec v1.0, the default) and *docker* (version
 Note: You can also override the default format by setting the BUILDAH\_FORMAT
 environment variable.  `export BUILDAH\_FORMAT=docker`
 
+**--identity-label** *bool-value*
+
+Adds default identity label `io.buildah.version` if set. (default true).
+
 **--iidfile** *ImageIDfile*
 
 Write the image ID to the file.
diff --git a/imagebuildah/stage_executor.go b/imagebuildah/stage_executor.go
index 06fed6a3b5..4112a8187d 100644
--- a/imagebuildah/stage_executor.go
+++ b/imagebuildah/stage_executor.go
@@ -1519,7 +1519,9 @@ func (s *StageExecutor) commit(ctx context.Context, createdBy string, emptyLayer
 			s.builder.SetLabel(label[0], "")
 		}
 	}
-	s.builder.SetLabel(buildah.BuilderIdentityAnnotation, define.Version)
+	if s.executor.commonBuildOptions.IdentityLabel == types.OptionalBoolUndefined || s.executor.commonBuildOptions.IdentityLabel == types.OptionalBoolTrue {
+		s.builder.SetLabel(buildah.BuilderIdentityAnnotation, define.Version)
+	}
 	for _, annotationSpec := range s.executor.annotations {
 		annotation := strings.SplitN(annotationSpec, "=", 2)
 		if len(annotation) > 1 {
diff --git a/pkg/cli/common.go b/pkg/cli/common.go
index bce497f290..ba0d7a13e7 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/common.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/common.go
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ type BudResults struct {
 	PullAlways          bool
 	PullNever           bool
 	Quiet               bool
+	IdentityLabel       bool
 	Rm                  bool
 	Runtime             string
 	RuntimeFlags        []string
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ func GetBudFlags(flags *BudResults) pflag.FlagSet {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("error marking the pull-never flag as hidden: %v", err))
 	}
 	fs.BoolVarP(&flags.Quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "refrain from announcing build instructions and image read/write progress")
+	fs.BoolVar(&flags.IdentityLabel, "identity-label", true, "add default identity label (default true)")
 	fs.BoolVar(&flags.Rm, "rm", true, "Remove intermediate containers after a successful build")
 	// "runtime" definition moved to avoid name collision in podman build.  Defined in cmd/buildah/build.go.
 	fs.StringSliceVar(&flags.RuntimeFlags, "runtime-flag", []string{}, "add global flags for the container runtime")
diff --git a/pkg/parse/parse.go b/pkg/parse/parse.go
index a3851622b1..e322805858 100644
--- a/pkg/parse/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/parse/parse.go
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ func CommonBuildOptionsFromFlagSet(flags *pflag.FlagSet, findFlagFunc func(name
 	cpuQuota, _ := flags.GetInt64("cpu-quota")
 	cpuShares, _ := flags.GetUint64("cpu-shares")
 	httpProxy, _ := flags.GetBool("http-proxy")
+	identityLabel, _ := flags.GetBool("identity-label")
 
 	ulimit := []string{}
 	if flags.Changed("ulimit") {
@@ -146,25 +147,26 @@ func CommonBuildOptionsFromFlagSet(flags *pflag.FlagSet, findFlagFunc func(name
 	sshsources, _ := flags.GetStringArray("ssh")
 
 	commonOpts := &define.CommonBuildOptions{
-		AddHost:      addHost,
-		CPUPeriod:    cpuPeriod,
-		CPUQuota:     cpuQuota,
-		CPUSetCPUs:   findFlagFunc("cpuset-cpus").Value.String(),
-		CPUSetMems:   findFlagFunc("cpuset-mems").Value.String(),
-		CPUShares:    cpuShares,
-		CgroupParent: findFlagFunc("cgroup-parent").Value.String(),
-		DNSOptions:   dnsOptions,
-		DNSSearch:    dnsSearch,
-		DNSServers:   dnsServers,
-		HTTPProxy:    httpProxy,
-		Memory:       memoryLimit,
-		MemorySwap:   memorySwap,
-		NoHosts:      noHosts,
-		ShmSize:      findFlagFunc("shm-size").Value.String(),
-		Ulimit:       ulimit,
-		Volumes:      volumes,
-		Secrets:      secrets,
-		SSHSources:   sshsources,
+		AddHost:       addHost,
+		CPUPeriod:     cpuPeriod,
+		CPUQuota:      cpuQuota,
+		CPUSetCPUs:    findFlagFunc("cpuset-cpus").Value.String(),
+		CPUSetMems:    findFlagFunc("cpuset-mems").Value.String(),
+		CPUShares:     cpuShares,
+		CgroupParent:  findFlagFunc("cgroup-parent").Value.String(),
+		DNSOptions:    dnsOptions,
+		DNSSearch:     dnsSearch,
+		DNSServers:    dnsServers,
+		HTTPProxy:     httpProxy,
+		IdentityLabel: types.NewOptionalBool(identityLabel),
+		Memory:        memoryLimit,
+		MemorySwap:    memorySwap,
+		NoHosts:       noHosts,
+		ShmSize:       findFlagFunc("shm-size").Value.String(),
+		Ulimit:        ulimit,
+		Volumes:       volumes,
+		Secrets:       secrets,
+		SSHSources:    sshsources,
 	}
 	securityOpts, _ := flags.GetStringArray("security-opt")
 	if err := parseSecurityOpts(securityOpts, commonOpts); err != nil {
diff --git a/tests/bud.bats b/tests/bud.bats
index f0e9278600..eb0d847985 100644
--- a/tests/bud.bats
+++ b/tests/bud.bats
@@ -633,6 +633,13 @@ _EOF
   expect_output "$want_output"
 }
 
+@test "bud-from-scratch-remove-identity-label" {
+  target=scratch-image
+  run_buildah build --identity-label=false --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json -t ${target} ${TESTSDIR}/bud/from-scratch
+  run_buildah inspect --format '{{printf "%q" .Docker.Config.Labels}}' ${target}
+  expect_output "map[]"
+}
+
 @test "bud-from-scratch-annotation" {
   target=scratch-image
   run_buildah build --annotation "test=annotation1,annotation2=z" --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json -t ${target} ${TESTSDIR}/bud/from-scratch
diff --git a/tests/commit.bats b/tests/commit.bats
index a2fa9b885a..180697a5fc 100644
--- a/tests/commit.bats
+++ b/tests/commit.bats
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ load helpers
   run_buildah images alpine-image
 }
 
+@test "commit-with-remove-identity-label" {
+  _prefetch alpine
+  run_buildah from --quiet --pull=false --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json alpine
+  cid=$output
+  run_buildah commit --identity-label=false --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json $cid alpine-image
+  run_buildah images alpine-image
+  run_buildah inspect --format '{{printf "%q" .Docker.Config.Labels}}' alpine-image
+  expect_output "map[]"
+}
+
 @test "commit format test" {
   _prefetch alpine
   run_buildah from --quiet --pull=false --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json alpine