diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_containers.yml b/.github/workflows/test_containers.yml
index a4cdb07..c8d2514 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_containers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_containers.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           artifact_type: 'container'
           artifact_path: 'ubuntu:14.04'
+          platform: "linux/arm64"
           display_vulnerability_findings: "enabled"
           sbomgen_version: "latest"
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index e33c71c..d986748 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ inputs:
     required: False
     default: 600 # 10 minutes
 
+  platform:
+    description: "Specifies the OS and CPU arch of the container image you wish to scan. Valid inputs are of the form 'os/cpu/variant' for example, 'linux/amd64', 'linux/arm64/v8', etc. If no platform is specified, the system will use the same platform as the host that is performing the scan. This argument only affects container image scans. Requires inspector-sbomgen 1.5.1 or later."
+    required: False
+
 outputs:
   artifact_sbom:
     description: "The filepath to the artifact's software bill of materials."
diff --git a/entrypoint/entrypoint/cli.py b/entrypoint/entrypoint/cli.py
index 384a9dd..133d380 100644
--- a/entrypoint/entrypoint/cli.py
+++ b/entrypoint/entrypoint/cli.py
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ def init(sys_argv=None) -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser.add_argument("--timeout", type=str, default="600",
                         help="The amount of time in seconds that inspector-sbomgne will run. When this timeout is exceeded, sbomgen will gracefully conclude and present any findings discovered up to that point.")
 
+    parser.add_argument("--platform", type=str,
+                        help="Specifies the OS and CPU arch of the container image you wish to scan. Valid inputs are "
+                             "of the form 'os/cpu/variant' for example, 'linux/amd64', 'linux/arm64/v8', etc. If no platform is "
+                             "specified, the system will use the same platform as the host that is performing the "
+                             "scan. This argument only affects container image scans. Requires inspector-sbomgen "
+                             "1.5.1 or later.")
+
     args = ""
     if sys_argv:
         args = parser.parse_args(sys_argv)
diff --git a/entrypoint/entrypoint/orchestrator.py b/entrypoint/entrypoint/orchestrator.py
index 40d5d7f..57f2a4f 100644
--- a/entrypoint/entrypoint/orchestrator.py
+++ b/entrypoint/entrypoint/orchestrator.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import shutil
 import sys
 import tempfile
+import re
 
 from entrypoint import dockerfile, executor, exporter, installer, pkg_vuln
 
@@ -195,6 +196,15 @@ def invoke_sbomgen(args) -> int:
         sbomgen_args.append("--skip-files")
         sbomgen_args.append(args.skip_files)
 
+    if args.artifact_type == "container":
+
+        if args.platform:
+            platform_arg = args.platform.lower()
+            if not is_valid_container_platform(platform_arg):
+                logging.fatal(f"received invalid container image platform: '{args.platform}'. Platform should be of the form 'os/cpu/variant' such as 'linux/amd64' or 'linux/arm64/v8'")       
+            sbomgen_args.append("--platform")
+            sbomgen_args.append(platform_arg)
+
     ret = executor.invoke_command(sbomgen, sbomgen_args)
     if ret != 0:
         return ret
@@ -441,3 +451,9 @@ def require_true(expr: bool, msg: str):
     if not expr:
         logging.error(msg)
         exit(1)
+
+def is_valid_container_platform(img_platform):
+    # regex for detecting 'os/cpu/variant'
+    # os/cpu are required whereas variant is optional
+    pattern = r'^[^/]+/[^/]+(?:/[^/]+)?$'
+    return bool(re.match(pattern, img_platform))
diff --git a/entrypoint/tests/test_orchestrator.py b/entrypoint/tests/test_orchestrator.py
index d2a2ede..792abc0 100644
--- a/entrypoint/tests/test_orchestrator.py
+++ b/entrypoint/tests/test_orchestrator.py
@@ -185,6 +185,22 @@ def test_get_sbomgen_arch(self):
             result = orchestrator.get_sbomgen_arch(each_test["input"])
             self.assertEqual(result, each_test["expected"])
 
+    def test_is_valid_container_platform(self):
+
+        test_cases = [
+            # valid input
+            {"input": "linux/amd64", "expected": True},
+            {"input": "linux/arm64/v8", "expected": True},
+            # test malformed input
+            {"input": "linux", "expected": False},
+            {"input": "garbage garbage garbage", "expected": False},
+            {"input": "garbage / garbage / garbage /", "expected": False},
+            {"input": "linux/amd64/slim/garbage", "expected": False},
+        ]
+
+        for each_test in test_cases:
+            result = orchestrator.is_valid_container_platform(each_test["input"])
+            self.assertEqual(result, each_test["expected"])
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()