diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 163998d1..794eb210 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The following pipeline will run `test.sh` inside a `app` service container using
 steps:
   - command: test.sh
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           run: app
 ```
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ through if you need:
 steps:
   - command: test.sh
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           run: app
           config: docker-compose.tests.yml
           env:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ or multiple config files:
 steps:
   - command: test.sh
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           run: app
           config:
             - docker-compose.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ env:
 steps:
   - command: test.sh
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           run: app
 ```
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ If you want to control how your command is passed to docker-compose, you can use
 ```yml
 steps:
   - plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           run: app
           command: ["custom", "command", "values"]
 ```
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ steps:
   - plugins:
       - docker-login#v2.0.1:
           username: xyz
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           build: app
           image-repository: index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo
   - wait
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ steps:
     plugins:
       - docker-login#v2.0.1:
           username: xyz
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           run: app
 ```
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ steps:
   - command: generate-dist.sh
     artifact_paths: "dist/*"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           run: app
 ```
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ steps:
   - command: generate-dist.sh
     artifact_paths: "dist/*"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           run: app
           volumes:
             - "./dist:/app/dist"
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ this plugin offers a `environment` block of its own:
 steps:
   - command: generate-dist.sh
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           run: app
           env:
             - BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Alternatively, you can have the plugin add all environment variables defined for
 steps:
   - command: use-vars.sh
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           run: app
           propagate-environment: true
 ```
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Alternatively, if you want to set build arguments when pre-building an image, th
 steps:
   - command: generate-dist.sh
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           build: app
           image-repository: index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo
           args:
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ If you have multiple steps that use the same service/image (such as steps that r
 steps:
   - label: ":docker: Build"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           build: app
           image-repository: index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ steps:
     command: test.sh
     parallelism: 25
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           run: app
 ```
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ steps:
     agents:
       queue: docker-builder
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           build:
             - app
             - tests
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ steps:
     command: test.sh
     parallelism: 25
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           run: tests
 ```
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ If you want to push your Docker images ready for deployment, you can use the `pu
 steps:
   - label: ":docker: Push"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           push: app
 ```
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ To push multiple images, you can use a list:
 steps:
   - label: ":docker: Push"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           push:
             - first-service
             - second-service
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ If you want to push to a specific location (that's not defined as the `image` in
 steps:
   - label: ":docker: Push"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           push:
             - app:index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo/myapp
             - app:index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo/myapp:latest
@@ -282,14 +282,14 @@ A newly spawned agent won't contain any of the docker caches for the first run w
 steps:
   - label: ":docker: Build an image"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           build: app
           image-repository: index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo
           cache-from: app:index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo/myapp:latest
   - wait
   - label: ":docker: Push to final repository"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           push:
             - app:index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo/myapp
             - app:index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo/myapp:latest
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ This plugin allows for the value of `cache-from` to be a string or a list. If it
 steps:
   - label: ":docker Build an image"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           build: app
           image-repository: index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo
           cache-from:
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ steps:
   - wait
   - label: ":docker: Push to final repository"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           push:
             - app:index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo/myapp
             - app:index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo/myapp:my-branch
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ Adding a grouping tag to the end of a cache-from list item allows this plugin to
 steps:
   - label: ":docker: Build Intermediate Image"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           build: myservice_intermediate  # docker-compose.yml is the same as myservice but has `target: intermediate`
           image-name: buildkite-build-${BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER}
           image-repository: index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo/myservice_intermediate
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ steps:
   - wait
   - label: ":docker: Build Final Image"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           build: myservice
           image-name: buildkite-build-${BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER}
           image-repository: index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ A basic pipeline similar to the following:
 steps:
   - label: ":docker: Run & Push"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           run: myservice
           push: myservice
 ```
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ A basic pipeline similar to the following:
 steps:
   - label: ":docker: Build & Push"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v4.5.0:
+      - docker-compose#v4.6.0:
           build: myservice
           push: myservice
 ```
@@ -620,14 +620,6 @@ The default is `on-error`.
 
 If set to `2`, plugin will use `docker compose` to execute commands; otherwise it will default to version `1` using `docker-compose` instead.
 
-## Developing
-
-To run the tests:
-
-```bash
-docker-compose run --rm tests bats tests tests/v2
-```
-
 ### `buildkit` (optional, build only, boolean)
 
 Assuming you have a compatible docker installation and configuration in the agent, activating this option would setup the environment for the `docker-compose build` call to use BuildKit. Note that if you are using `cli-version` 2, you are already using buildkit by default.
@@ -638,6 +630,18 @@ You may want to also add `BUILDKIT_INLINE_CACHE=1` to your build arguments (`arg
 
 When enabled, it will add the `--ssh` option to the build command. Note that it assumes you have a compatible docker installation and configuration in the agent (meaning you are using BuildKit and it is correctly setup).
 
+### `secrets` (optional, build only, array of strings)
+
+All elements in this array will be passed literally to the `build` command as parameters of the [`--secrets` option](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/buildx_build/#secret). Note that you must have BuildKit enabled for this option to have any effect and special `RUN` stanzas in your Dockerfile to actually make use of them.
+
+## Developing
+
+To run the tests:
+
+```bash
+docker-compose run --rm tests bats tests tests/v2
+```
+
 ## License
 
 MIT (see [LICENSE](LICENSE))
diff --git a/commands/build.sh b/commands/build.sh
index 640d39e4..ddd6b04d 100755
--- a/commands/build.sh
+++ b/commands/build.sh
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ if [[ "$(plugin_read_config BUILD_PARALLEL "false")" == "true" ]] ; then
   build_params+=(--parallel)
 fi
 
+# Parse the list of secrets to pass on to build command
+while read -r line ; do
+  [[ -n "$line" ]] && build_params+=("--secret" "$line")
+done <<< "$(plugin_read_list SECRETS)"
+
 if [[ "$(plugin_read_config SSH "false")" == "true" ]] ; then
   if [[ "${DOCKER_BUILDKIT:-}" != "1" && "${BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_DOCKER_COMPOSE_CLI_VERSION:-}" != "2" ]]; then
     echo "🚨 You can not use the ssh option if you are not using buildkit"
diff --git a/plugin.yml b/plugin.yml
index edb40f51..9c4ddcbc 100644
--- a/plugin.yml
+++ b/plugin.yml
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ configuration:
       type: boolean
     ssh:
       type: boolean
+    secrets:
+      type: array
+      items:
+        type: string
     target:
       type: string
     tty:
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ configuration:
     pull: [ run ]
     push-retries: [ push ]
     skip-pull: [ run ]
+    secrets: [ buildkit, build ]
     ssh: [ buildkit ]
     target: [ build ]
     tty: [ run ]
diff --git a/tests/build.bats b/tests/build.bats
index 5edd4f5d..0cb6a2cb 100644
--- a/tests/build.bats
+++ b/tests/build.bats
@@ -793,5 +793,26 @@ load '../lib/shared'
   assert_output --partial "built myservice"
   assert_output --partial "with ssh"
 
+  unstub docker-compose
+}
+
+@test "Build with secrets" {
+  export BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER=1
+  export BUILDKITE_JOB_ID=1111
+  export BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_SLUG=test
+
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_DOCKER_COMPOSE_BUILD=myservice
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_DOCKER_COMPOSE_SECRETS_0='id=test,file=~/.test'
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_DOCKER_COMPOSE_SECRETS_1='id=SECRET_VAR'
+
+  stub docker-compose \
+    "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 -f docker-compose.buildkite-1-override.yml build --pull --secret \* --secret \* \* : echo built \${13} with secrets \${10} and \${12}"
+
+  run "$PWD"/hooks/command
+
+  assert_success
+  assert_output --partial "built myservice"
+  assert_output --partial "with secrets id=test,file=~/.test and id=SECRET_VAR"
+
   unstub docker-compose
 }
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diff --git a/tests/v2/build.bats b/tests/v2/build.bats
index e45de20a..2a1d2255 100644
--- a/tests/v2/build.bats
+++ b/tests/v2/build.bats
@@ -627,5 +627,27 @@ setup_file() {
   assert_output --partial "built myservice"
   assert_output --partial "with ssh"
 
+  unstub docker
+}
+
+
+@test "Build with secrets" {
+  export BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER=1
+  export BUILDKITE_JOB_ID=1111
+  export BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_SLUG=test
+
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_DOCKER_COMPOSE_BUILD=myservice
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_DOCKER_COMPOSE_SECRETS_0='id=test,file=~/.test'
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_DOCKER_COMPOSE_SECRETS_1='id=SECRET_VAR'
+
+  stub docker \
+    "compose -f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 -f docker-compose.buildkite-1-override.yml build --pull --secret \* --secret \* \* : echo built \${14} with secrets \${11} and \${13}"
+
+  run "$PWD"/hooks/command
+
+  assert_success
+  assert_output --partial "built myservice"
+  assert_output --partial "with secrets id=test,file=~/.test and id=SECRET_VAR"
+
   unstub docker
 }
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