diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 623df688..f99781aa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ Following inputs can be used as `step.with` keys
 | `tag-schedule`      | String   | [Template](#schedule-tag) to apply to schedule tag (default `nightly`) |
 | `sep-tags`          | String   | Separator to use for tags output (default `\n`) |
 | `sep-labels`        | String   | Separator to use for labels output (default `\n`) |
+| `flavor`            | String   | Tag suffix to be appended, specifying the image flavor (default ``) |
+| `main-flavor`       | String   | Enable tags without flavor suffix (default `true`) |
 
 > List/CSV type can be a newline or comma delimited string
 
@@ -306,6 +308,18 @@ If Git tag is a valid [semver](https://semver.org/) you can handle it to output
 | `release1`              | `\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}`                  | `0`               | :x:                  | `release1`                | `release1`                   |
 | `20200110-RC2`          | `\d+`                              | `0`               | :white_check_mark:   | `20200110`, `latest`      | `20200110`                   |
 
+### `flavor` examples
+
+| Git tag                 | `flavor` | `main-flavor` | `tag-latest` | Output tags                                 |
+|-------------------------|----------|---------------|--------------|---------------------------------------------|
+| `v1.2.3`                | `debian` | `true`        | `true`       | `1.2.3-debian`, `1.2.3`, `debian`, `latest` |
+| `v1.2.3`                | `debian` | `true`        | `false`      | `1.2.3-debian`, `1.2.3`                     |
+| `v1.2.3`                | `alpine` | `false`       | `true`       | `1.2.3-alpine`, `alpine`                    |
+| `v1.2.3`                | `alpine` | `false`       | `false`      | `1.2.3-alpine`                              |
+| `v1.2.3`                | ``       | ``            | `true`       | `1.2.3`, `latest`                           |
+| `v1.2.3`                | ``       | ``            | `false`      | `1.2.3`                                     |
+
+
 ### Schedule tag
 
 `tag-schedule` is specially crafted input to support [Handlebars template](https://handlebarsjs.com/guide/) with
diff --git a/__tests__/meta.test.ts b/__tests__/meta.test.ts
index ad63e7fd..a3c88bd6 100644
--- a/__tests__/meta.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/meta.test.ts
@@ -1229,3 +1229,206 @@ describe('release', () => {
     ],
   ])('given %p event ', tagsLabelsTest);
 });
+
+describe('flavor', () => {
+  // prettier-ignore
+  test.each([
+    [
+      'event_release.env',
+      {
+        images: ['user/app'],
+        flavor: 'debian',
+        mainFlavor: true,
+      } as Inputs,
+      {
+        main: 'v1.1.1',
+        partial: [],
+        latest: true
+      } as Version,
+      [
+        'user/app:v1.1.1',
+        'user/app:v1.1.1-debian',
+        'user/app:latest',
+        'user/app:debian',
+      ],
+      [
+        "org.opencontainers.image.title=Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.description=This your first repo!",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.url=https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.version=v1.1.1",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.created=2020-01-10T00:30:00.000Z",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.revision=90dd6032fac8bda1b6c4436a2e65de27961ed071",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.licenses=MIT"
+      ]
+    ],
+    [
+      'event_release.env',
+      {
+        images: ['user/app'],
+        flavor: 'debian',
+        mainFlavor: true,
+        tagLatest: false,
+      } as Inputs,
+      {
+        main: 'v1.1.1',
+        partial: [],
+        latest: false,
+      } as Version,
+      [
+        'user/app:v1.1.1',
+        'user/app:v1.1.1-debian',
+      ],
+      [
+        "org.opencontainers.image.title=Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.description=This your first repo!",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.url=https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.version=v1.1.1",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.created=2020-01-10T00:30:00.000Z",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.revision=90dd6032fac8bda1b6c4436a2e65de27961ed071",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.licenses=MIT"
+      ]
+    ],
+    [
+      'event_release.env',
+      {
+        images: ['user/app'],
+        flavor: 'alpine',
+        mainFlavor: false,
+      } as Inputs,
+      {
+        main: 'v1.1.1',
+        partial: [],
+        latest: true
+      } as Version,
+      [
+        'user/app:v1.1.1-alpine',
+        'user/app:alpine',
+      ],
+      [
+        "org.opencontainers.image.title=Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.description=This your first repo!",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.url=https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.version=v1.1.1",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.created=2020-01-10T00:30:00.000Z",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.revision=90dd6032fac8bda1b6c4436a2e65de27961ed071",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.licenses=MIT"
+      ]
+    ],
+    [
+      'event_release.env',
+      {
+        images: ['user/app'],
+        flavor: 'alpine',
+        mainFlavor: false,
+        tagLatest: false,
+      } as Inputs,
+      {
+        main: 'v1.1.1',
+        partial: [],
+        latest: false
+      } as Version,
+      [
+        'user/app:v1.1.1-alpine',
+      ],
+      [
+        "org.opencontainers.image.title=Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.description=This your first repo!",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.url=https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.version=v1.1.1",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.created=2020-01-10T00:30:00.000Z",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.revision=90dd6032fac8bda1b6c4436a2e65de27961ed071",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.licenses=MIT"
+      ]
+    ],
+    [
+      'event_release.env',
+      {
+        images: ['user/app'],
+        flavor: '',
+        mainFlavor: true,
+        tagLatest: false,
+      } as Inputs,
+      {
+        main: 'v1.1.1',
+        partial: [],
+        latest: false
+      } as Version,
+      [
+        'user/app:v1.1.1',
+      ],
+      [
+        "org.opencontainers.image.title=Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.description=This your first repo!",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.url=https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.version=v1.1.1",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.created=2020-01-10T00:30:00.000Z",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.revision=90dd6032fac8bda1b6c4436a2e65de27961ed071",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.licenses=MIT"
+      ]
+    ],
+    [
+      'event_release.env',
+      {
+        images: ['user/app'],
+        flavor: '',
+        mainFlavor: false,
+        tagLatest: false,
+      } as Inputs,
+      {
+        main: 'v1.1.1',
+        partial: [],
+        latest: false
+      } as Version,
+      [
+        'user/app:v1.1.1',
+      ],
+      [
+        "org.opencontainers.image.title=Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.description=This your first repo!",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.url=https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.version=v1.1.1",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.created=2020-01-10T00:30:00.000Z",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.revision=90dd6032fac8bda1b6c4436a2e65de27961ed071",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.licenses=MIT"
+      ]
+    ],
+    [
+      'event_release.env',
+      {
+        images: ['user/app'],
+        tagSemver: ['{{version}}', '{{major}}.{{minor}}', '{{major}}'],
+        tagSha: true,
+        flavor: 'alpine',
+        mainFlavor: false,
+      } as Inputs,
+      {
+        main: '1.1.1',
+        partial: ['1.1', '1'],
+        latest: true
+      } as Version,
+      [
+        'user/app:1.1.1-alpine',
+        'user/app:1.1-alpine',
+        'user/app:1-alpine',
+        'user/app:alpine',
+        'user/app:sha-90dd603-alpine',
+      ],
+      [
+        "org.opencontainers.image.title=Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.description=This your first repo!",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.url=https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.version=1.1.1",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.created=2020-01-10T00:30:00.000Z",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.revision=90dd6032fac8bda1b6c4436a2e65de27961ed071",
+        "org.opencontainers.image.licenses=MIT"
+      ]
+    ],
+  ])('given %p event ', tagsLabelsTest);
+});
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 8eadd195..f2e7060f 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ inputs:
     description: 'GitHub Token as provided by secrets'
     default: ${{ github.token }}
     required: true
+  flavor:
+    description: 'Container flavor, with no leading dash, like "alpine" or "debian"'
+    required: false
+  main-flavor:
+    description: 'Create tags without flavor as well'
+    default: 'true'
+    required: false
 
 outputs:
   version:
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 72fb6437..edab5a1f 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ function getInputs() {
         tagSchedule: core.getInput('tag-schedule') || 'nightly',
         sepTags: core.getInput('sep-tags') || `\n`,
         sepLabels: core.getInput('sep-labels') || `\n`,
-        githubToken: core.getInput('github-token')
+        githubToken: core.getInput('github-token'),
+        flavor: core.getInput('flavor'),
+        mainFlavor: /true/i.test(core.getInput('main-flavor') || 'true')
     };
 }
 exports.getInputs = getInputs;
@@ -255,18 +257,40 @@ class Meta {
         if (!this.version.main) {
             return [];
         }
+        let flavor = this.inputs.flavor;
+        let main = !flavor || this.inputs.mainFlavor;
         let tags = [];
         for (const image of this.inputs.images) {
             const imageLc = image.toLowerCase();
-            tags.push(`${imageLc}:${this.version.main}`);
+            if (main) {
+                tags.push(`${imageLc}:${this.version.main}`);
+            }
+            if (flavor) {
+                tags.push(`${imageLc}:${this.version.main}-${flavor}`);
+            }
             for (const partial of this.version.partial) {
-                tags.push(`${imageLc}:${partial}`);
+                if (main) {
+                    tags.push(`${imageLc}:${partial}`);
+                }
+                if (flavor) {
+                    tags.push(`${imageLc}:${partial}-${flavor}`);
+                }
             }
             if (this.version.latest) {
-                tags.push(`${imageLc}:latest`);
+                if (main) {
+                    tags.push(`${imageLc}:latest`);
+                }
+                if (flavor) {
+                    tags.push(`${imageLc}:${flavor}`);
+                }
             }
             if (this.context.sha && this.inputs.tagSha) {
-                tags.push(`${imageLc}:sha-${this.context.sha.substr(0, 7)}`);
+                if (main) {
+                    tags.push(`${imageLc}:sha-${this.context.sha.substr(0, 7)}`);
+                }
+                if (flavor) {
+                    tags.push(`${imageLc}:sha-${this.context.sha.substr(0, 7)}-${flavor}`);
+                }
             }
         }
         return tags;
diff --git a/src/context.ts b/src/context.ts
index e50221da..69517db5 100644
--- a/src/context.ts
+++ b/src/context.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ export interface Inputs {
   sepTags: string;
   sepLabels: string;
   githubToken: string;
+  flavor: string;
+  mainFlavor: boolean;
 }
 
 export function getInputs(): Inputs {
@@ -28,7 +30,9 @@ export function getInputs(): Inputs {
     tagSchedule: core.getInput('tag-schedule') || 'nightly',
     sepTags: core.getInput('sep-tags') || `\n`,
     sepLabels: core.getInput('sep-labels') || `\n`,
-    githubToken: core.getInput('github-token')
+    githubToken: core.getInput('github-token'),
+    flavor: core.getInput('flavor'),
+    mainFlavor: /true/i.test(core.getInput('main-flavor') || 'true')
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/meta.ts b/src/meta.ts
index 8fae9b94..aff74fb8 100644
--- a/src/meta.ts
+++ b/src/meta.ts
@@ -100,18 +100,41 @@ export class Meta {
       return [];
     }
 
+    let flavor = this.inputs.flavor;
+    let main = !flavor || this.inputs.mainFlavor;
+
     let tags: Array<string> = [];
     for (const image of this.inputs.images) {
       const imageLc = image.toLowerCase();
-      tags.push(`${imageLc}:${this.version.main}`);
+      if (main) {
+        tags.push(`${imageLc}:${this.version.main}`);
+      }
+      if (flavor) {
+        tags.push(`${imageLc}:${this.version.main}-${flavor}`);
+      }
       for (const partial of this.version.partial) {
-        tags.push(`${imageLc}:${partial}`);
+        if (main) {
+          tags.push(`${imageLc}:${partial}`);
+        }
+        if (flavor) {
+          tags.push(`${imageLc}:${partial}-${flavor}`);
+        }
       }
       if (this.version.latest) {
-        tags.push(`${imageLc}:latest`);
+        if (main) {
+          tags.push(`${imageLc}:latest`);
+        }
+        if (flavor) {
+          tags.push(`${imageLc}:${flavor}`);
+        }
       }
       if (this.context.sha && this.inputs.tagSha) {
-        tags.push(`${imageLc}:sha-${this.context.sha.substr(0, 7)}`);
+        if (main) {
+          tags.push(`${imageLc}:sha-${this.context.sha.substr(0, 7)}`);
+        }
+        if (flavor) {
+          tags.push(`${imageLc}:sha-${this.context.sha.substr(0, 7)}-${flavor}`);
+        }
       }
     }
     return tags;