diff --git a/tools/kolla-ansible b/tools/kolla-ansible
index 941c49a465..884be19e5c 100755
--- a/tools/kolla-ansible
+++ b/tools/kolla-ansible
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Commands:
     mariadb_recovery    Recover a completely stopped mariadb cluster
     bootstrap-servers   bootstrap servers with kolla deploy dependencies
     destroy             Destroy Kolla containers, volumes and host configuration
-                        ('-e destroy_include_images=yes' to also destroy Kolla images)
+                        (--include-images to also destroy Kolla images)
     deploy              Deploy and start all kolla containers
     deploy-bifrost      Deploy and start bifrost container
     deploy-servers      Enroll and deploy servers with bifrost
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ EOF
 
 
 SHORT_OPTS="hi:p:t:k:e:v"
-LONG_OPTS="help,inventory:,playbook:,tags:,key:,extra:,verbose,configdir:,passwords:,yes-i-really-really-mean-it"
+LONG_OPTS="help,inventory:,playbook:,tags:,key:,extra:,verbose,configdir:,passwords:,yes-i-really-really-mean-it,include-images"
 ARGS=$(getopt -o "${SHORT_OPTS}" -l "${LONG_OPTS}" --name "$0" -- "$@") || { usage >&2; exit 2; }
 
 eval set -- "$ARGS"
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ EXTRA_OPTS=
 CONFIG_DIR="/etc/kolla"
 PASSWORDS_FILE="${CONFIG_DIR}/passwords.yml"
 DANGER_CONFIRM=
+INCLUDE_IMAGES=
 
 while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
     case "$1" in
@@ -106,6 +107,11 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
             shift 1
             ;;
 
+    (--include-images)
+            INCLUDE_IMAGES="$1"
+            shift 1
+            ;;
+
     (--key|-k)
             VAULT_PASS_FILE="$2"
             EXTRA_OPTS="$EXTRA_OPTS --vault-password-file=$VAULT_PASS_FILE"
@@ -152,6 +158,9 @@ case "$1" in
 (destroy)
         ACTION="Destroy Kolla containers, volumes and host configuration"
         PLAYBOOK="${BASEDIR}/ansible/destroy.yml"
+        if [[ "${INCLUDE_IMAGES}" == "--include-images" ]]; then
+            EXTRA_OPTS="$EXTRA_OPTS -e destroy_include_images=yes"
+        fi
         if [[ "${DANGER_CONFIRM}" != "--yes-i-really-really-mean-it" ]]; then
             cat << EOF
 WARNING: