diff --git a/osc/build.py b/osc/build.py
index 9c622db4..77839f7e 100644
--- a/osc/build.py
+++ b/osc/build.py
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ def main(opts, argv):
     arch = argv[1]
     build_descr = argv[2]
     crossbuild = False
+    xp = []
 
     build_type = os.path.splitext(build_descr)[1][1:]
     if build_type not in ['spec', 'dsc', 'kiwi']:
@@ -260,10 +261,23 @@ def main(opts, argv):
         buildargs.append('--changelog')
     if opts.jobs:
         buildargs.append('--jobs %s' % opts.jobs)
+    if opts.icecream:
+        buildargs.append('--icecream %s' % opts.icecream)
+        xp.append('icecream')
+    if opts.ccache:
+        buildargs.append('--ccache')
+        xp.append('ccache')
     if opts.baselibs:
         buildargs.append('--baselibs')
     if opts.debuginfo:
         buildargs.append('--debug')
+    if opts._with:
+        buildargs.append('--with %s' % opts._with)
+    if opts.without:
+        buildargs.append('--without %s' % opts.without)
+# FIXME: quoting
+#    if opts.define:
+#        buildargs.append('--define "%s"' % opts.define)
 
     if opts.local_package:
         pac = '_repository'
@@ -299,6 +313,10 @@ def main(opts, argv):
     else:
         extra_pkgs = opts.extra_pkgs
 
+    if xp:
+        extra_pkgs += xp
+
+
     print 'Getting buildinfo from server'
     bi_file = NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.xml', prefix='buildinfo.', dir = '/tmp')
     try:
diff --git a/osc/commandline.py b/osc/commandline.py
index 308f9d23..ad69a7da 100755
--- a/osc/commandline.py
+++ b/osc/commandline.py
@@ -1832,6 +1832,17 @@ Please submit there instead, or use --nodevelproject to force direct submission.
                   help='Add this package when installing the build-root')
     @cmdln.option('-j', '--jobs', metavar='N',
                   help='Compile with N jobs')
+    @cmdln.option('--icecream', metavar='N',
+                  help='use N parallel build jobs with icecream')
+    @cmdln.option('--ccache', action='store_true',
+                  help='use ccache to speed up rebuilds')
+    @cmdln.option('--with', metavar='X', dest='_with',
+                  help='enable feature X for build')
+    @cmdln.option('--without', metavar='X',
+                  help='disable feature X for build')
+# will not work as build.py does not support proper quoting
+#    @cmdln.option('--define', metavar='\'X Y\'',
+#                  help='define macro X with value Y')
     @cmdln.option('--userootforbuild', action='store_true',
                   help='Run build as root. The default is to build as '
                   'unprivileged user. Note that a line "# norootforbuild" '