diff --git a/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go b/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
index 6a4fd546e..2e5d0a66a 100644
--- a/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ func init() {
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&srcContext, "context", "c", "/workspace/", "Path to the dockerfile build context.")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&bucket, "bucket", "b", "", "Name of the GCS bucket from which to access build context as tarball.")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&destination, "destination", "d", "", "Registry the final image should be pushed to (ex: gcr.io/test/example:latest)")
+	RootCmd.MarkPersistentFlagRequired("destination")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&snapshotMode, "snapshotMode", "", "full", "Set this flag to change the file attributes inspected during snapshotting")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&dockerInsecureSkipTLSVerify, "insecure-skip-tls-verify", "", false, "Push to insecure registry ignoring TLS verify")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&logLevel, "verbosity", "v", constants.DefaultLogLevel, "Log level (debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic")