diff --git a/Docker/lofar-subbandtbbwriter/Dockerfile.tmpl b/Docker/lofar-subbandtbbwriter/Dockerfile.tmpl
index 7afe21913bad55e3215eb0c0a27bb033d98dd6c4..dfc14f75ba631fe352fdf3eef8c863ec1de71143 100644
--- a/Docker/lofar-subbandtbbwriter/Dockerfile.tmpl
+++ b/Docker/lofar-subbandtbbwriter/Dockerfile.tmpl
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# Workaround for docker "One or more build-args [DOCKER_IMAGE_BUILD_DATE J LOFAR_BUILDVARIANT LOFAR_VERSION] were not consumed, failing build"
+# Redefine these ARGS here, and they are reused from lofar-base
+ARG DOCKER_IMAGE_BUILD_DATE
+ARG J
+ARG LOFAR_BUILDVARIANT
+ARG LOFAR_VERSION
+
 #
 # base
 #