diff --git a/integration/dockerfiles/Dockerfile_test_multistage_args_issue_1911 b/integration/dockerfiles/Dockerfile_test_multistage_args_issue_1911
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a6a634f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/dockerfiles/Dockerfile_test_multistage_args_issue_1911
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+ARG OTHER="fix"
+FROM alpine:latest as base
+ARG NAME="base"
+RUN echo "base:: $NAME" >> A.txt
+
+FROM base AS base-dev
+ARG NAME="$NAME-dev"
+RUN echo "dev:: $NAME" >> B.txt
+
+FROM base-dev as base-custom
+ARG NAME
+RUN echo "custom:: $NAME" >> C.txt
+RUN echo "custom:: $OTHER" >> C.txt
+
+FROM base-custom as base-custom2
+ARG OTHER
+RUN echo "custom:: $NAME" >> D.txt
+RUN echo "custom:: $OTHER" >> D.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/commands/arg.go b/pkg/commands/arg.go
index f55bcd29d..98bd907f8 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/arg.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/arg.go
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ func ParseArg(key string, val *string, env []string, ba *dockerfile.BuildArgs) (
 		}
 		resolvedValue = &value
 	} else {
-		meta := ba.GetAllMeta()
-		if value, ok := meta[resolvedKey]; ok {
+		if value, ok := ba.GetAllAllowed()[resolvedKey]; ok {
+			resolvedValue = &value
+		} else if value, ok := ba.GetAllMeta()[resolvedKey]; ok {
 			resolvedValue = &value
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/executor/build.go b/pkg/executor/build.go
index 828439386..3dc2ec9fa 100644
--- a/pkg/executor/build.go
+++ b/pkg/executor/build.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ type stageBuilder struct {
 }
 
 // newStageBuilder returns a new type stageBuilder which contains all the information required to build the stage
-func newStageBuilder(opts *config.KanikoOptions, stage config.KanikoStage, crossStageDeps map[int][]string, dcm map[string]string, sid map[string]string, stageNameToIdx map[string]string, fileContext util.FileContext) (*stageBuilder, error) {
+func newStageBuilder(args *dockerfile.BuildArgs, opts *config.KanikoOptions, stage config.KanikoStage, crossStageDeps map[int][]string, dcm map[string]string, sid map[string]string, stageNameToIdx map[string]string, fileContext util.FileContext) (*stageBuilder, error) {
 	sourceImage, err := image_util.RetrieveSourceImage(stage, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -143,7 +143,11 @@ func newStageBuilder(opts *config.KanikoOptions, stage config.KanikoStage, cross
 		s.cmds = append(s.cmds, command)
 	}
 
-	s.args = dockerfile.NewBuildArgs(s.opts.BuildArgs)
+	if args != nil {
+		s.args = args.Clone()
+	} else {
+		s.args = dockerfile.NewBuildArgs(s.opts.BuildArgs)
+	}
 	s.args.AddMetaArgs(s.stage.MetaArgs)
 	return s, nil
 }
@@ -615,8 +619,13 @@ func DoBuild(opts *config.KanikoOptions) (v1.Image, error) {
 	}
 	logrus.Infof("Built cross stage deps: %v", crossStageDependencies)
 
+	var args *dockerfile.BuildArgs
+
 	for index, stage := range kanikoStages {
-		sb, err := newStageBuilder(opts, stage, crossStageDependencies, digestToCacheKey, stageIdxToDigest, stageNameToIdx, fileContext)
+
+		sb, err := newStageBuilder(args, opts, stage, crossStageDependencies, digestToCacheKey, stageIdxToDigest, stageNameToIdx, fileContext)
+		args = sb.args
+
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}