diff --git a/cmd/kaniko-acr/main.go b/cmd/kaniko-acr/main.go
index a4a9802..5eb3a09 100644
--- a/cmd/kaniko-acr/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kaniko-acr/main.go
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			CacheCopyLayers:             c.Bool("cache-copy-layers"),
 			CacheRunLayers:              c.Bool("cache-run-layers"),
 			Cleanup:                     c.Bool("cleanup"),
-			CompressedCaching:           c.Bool("compressed-caching"),
 			ContextSubPath:              c.String("context-sub-path"),
 			CustomPlatform:              c.String("custom-platform"),
 			Force:                       c.Bool("force"),
@@ -434,7 +433,6 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			SkipTLSVerifyPull:           c.Bool("skip-tls-verify-pull"),
 			SkipTLSVerifyRegistry:       c.Bool("skip-tls-verify-registry"),
 			UseNewRun:                   c.Bool("use-new-run"),
-			IgnoreVarRun:                c.Bool("ignore-var-run"),
 			IgnorePath:                  c.String("ignore-path"),
 			ImageFSExtractRetry:         c.Int("image-fs-extract-retry"),
 			ImageDownloadRetry:          c.Int("image-download-retry"),
@@ -447,6 +445,14 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			RegistryType: artifact.Docker,
 		},
 	}
+	if c.IsSet("compressed-caching") {
+		flag := c.Bool("compressed-caching")
+		plugin.Build.CompressedCaching = &flag
+	}
+	if c.IsSet("ignore-var-run") {
+		flag := c.Bool("ignore-var-run")
+		plugin.Build.IgnoreVarRun = &flag
+	}
 	return plugin.Exec()
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/kaniko-docker/main.go b/cmd/kaniko-docker/main.go
index 16e62e2..d1b5de2 100644
--- a/cmd/kaniko-docker/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kaniko-docker/main.go
@@ -406,7 +406,6 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			CacheCopyLayers:             c.Bool("cache-copy-layers"),
 			CacheRunLayers:              c.Bool("cache-run-layers"),
 			Cleanup:                     c.Bool("cleanup"),
-			CompressedCaching:           c.Bool("compressed-caching"),
 			ContextSubPath:              c.String("context-sub-path"),
 			CustomPlatform:              c.String("custom-platform"),
 			Force:                       c.Bool("force"),
@@ -430,7 +429,6 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			SkipTLSVerifyPull:           c.Bool("skip-tls-verify-pull"),
 			SkipTLSVerifyRegistry:       c.Bool("skip-tls-verify-registry"),
 			UseNewRun:                   c.Bool("use-new-run"),
-			IgnoreVarRun:                c.Bool("ignore-var-run"),
 			IgnorePath:                  c.String("ignore-path"),
 			ImageFSExtractRetry:         c.Int("image-fs-extract-retry"),
 			ImageDownloadRetry:          c.Int("image-download-retry"),
@@ -446,6 +444,14 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			OutputFile: c.String("output-file"),
 		},
 	}
+	if c.IsSet("compressed-caching") {
+		flag := c.Bool("compressed-caching")
+		plugin.Build.CompressedCaching = &flag
+	}
+	if c.IsSet("ignore-var-run") {
+		flag := c.Bool("ignore-var-run")
+		plugin.Build.IgnoreVarRun = &flag
+	}
 	return plugin.Exec()
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/kaniko-ecr/main.go b/cmd/kaniko-ecr/main.go
index 1015dfb..050c0bc 100644
--- a/cmd/kaniko-ecr/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kaniko-ecr/main.go
@@ -480,7 +480,6 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			CacheCopyLayers:             c.Bool("cache-copy-layers"),
 			CacheRunLayers:              c.Bool("cache-run-layers"),
 			Cleanup:                     c.Bool("cleanup"),
-			CompressedCaching:           c.Bool("compressed-caching"),
 			ContextSubPath:              c.String("context-sub-path"),
 			CustomPlatform:              c.String("custom-platform"),
 			Force:                       c.Bool("force"),
@@ -504,7 +503,6 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			SkipTLSVerifyPull:           c.Bool("skip-tls-verify-pull"),
 			SkipTLSVerifyRegistry:       c.Bool("skip-tls-verify-registry"),
 			UseNewRun:                   c.Bool("use-new-run"),
-			IgnoreVarRun:                c.Bool("ignore-var-run"),
 			IgnorePath:                  c.String("ignore-path"),
 			ImageFSExtractRetry:         c.Int("image-fs-extract-retry"),
 			ImageDownloadRetry:          c.Int("image-download-retry"),
@@ -517,6 +515,14 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			RegistryType: artifact.ECR,
 		},
 	}
+	if c.IsSet("compressed-caching") {
+		flag := c.Bool("compressed-caching")
+		plugin.Build.CompressedCaching = &flag
+	}
+	if c.IsSet("ignore-var-run") {
+		flag := c.Bool("ignore-var-run")
+		plugin.Build.IgnoreVarRun = &flag
+	}
 	return plugin.Exec()
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/kaniko-gar/main.go b/cmd/kaniko-gar/main.go
index cf38645..d065b23 100644
--- a/cmd/kaniko-gar/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kaniko-gar/main.go
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			CacheCopyLayers:             c.Bool("cache-copy-layers"),
 			CacheRunLayers:              c.Bool("cache-run-layers"),
 			Cleanup:                     c.Bool("cleanup"),
-			CompressedCaching:           c.Bool("compressed-caching"),
 			ContextSubPath:              c.String("context-sub-path"),
 			CustomPlatform:              c.String("custom-platform"),
 			Force:                       c.Bool("force"),
@@ -387,7 +386,6 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			SkipTLSVerifyPull:           c.Bool("skip-tls-verify-pull"),
 			SkipTLSVerifyRegistry:       c.Bool("skip-tls-verify-registry"),
 			UseNewRun:                   c.Bool("use-new-run"),
-			IgnoreVarRun:                c.Bool("ignore-var-run"),
 			IgnorePath:                  c.String("ignore-path"),
 			ImageFSExtractRetry:         c.Int("image-fs-extract-retry"),
 			ImageDownloadRetry:          c.Int("image-download-retry"),
@@ -400,6 +398,14 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			RegistryType: artifact.GAR,
 		},
 	}
+	if c.IsSet("compressed-caching") {
+		flag := c.Bool("compressed-caching")
+		plugin.Build.CompressedCaching = &flag
+	}
+	if c.IsSet("ignore-var-run") {
+		flag := c.Bool("ignore-var-run")
+		plugin.Build.IgnoreVarRun = &flag
+	}
 	return plugin.Exec()
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/kaniko-gcr/main.go b/cmd/kaniko-gcr/main.go
index add4eef..095b19c 100644
--- a/cmd/kaniko-gcr/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kaniko-gcr/main.go
@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			CacheCopyLayers:             c.Bool("cache-copy-layers"),
 			CacheRunLayers:              c.Bool("cache-run-layers"),
 			Cleanup:                     c.Bool("cleanup"),
-			CompressedCaching:           c.Bool("compressed-caching"),
 			ContextSubPath:              c.String("context-sub-path"),
 			CustomPlatform:              c.String("custom-platform"),
 			Force:                       c.Bool("force"),
@@ -388,7 +387,6 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			SkipTLSVerifyPull:           c.Bool("skip-tls-verify-pull"),
 			SkipTLSVerifyRegistry:       c.Bool("skip-tls-verify-registry"),
 			UseNewRun:                   c.Bool("use-new-run"),
-			IgnoreVarRun:                c.Bool("ignore-var-run"),
 			IgnorePath:                  c.String("ignore-path"),
 			ImageFSExtractRetry:         c.Int("image-fs-extract-retry"),
 			ImageDownloadRetry:          c.Int("image-download-retry"),
@@ -401,6 +399,14 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			RegistryType: artifact.GCR,
 		},
 	}
+	if c.IsSet("compressed-caching") {
+		flag := c.Bool("compressed-caching")
+		plugin.Build.CompressedCaching = &flag
+	}
+	if c.IsSet("ignore-var-run") {
+		flag := c.Bool("ignore-var-run")
+		plugin.Build.IgnoreVarRun = &flag
+	}
 	return plugin.Exec()
 }
 
diff --git a/kaniko.go b/kaniko.go
index 2a11a1b..0b65461 100644
--- a/kaniko.go
+++ b/kaniko.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type (
 		CacheCopyLayers             bool   // Enable or disable copying layers from the cache.
 		CacheRunLayers              bool   // Enable or disable running layers from the cache.
 		Cleanup                     bool   // Enable or disable cleanup of temporary files.
-		CompressedCaching           bool   // Enable or disable compressed caching.
+		CompressedCaching           *bool  // Enable or disable compressed caching.
 		ContextSubPath              string // Sub-path within the context to build.
 		CustomPlatform              string // Platform to use for building.
 		Force                       bool   // Force building the image even if it already exists.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ type (
 		SkipTLSVerifyPull           bool   // Skip TLS verification when pulling.
 		SkipTLSVerifyRegistry       bool   // Skip TLS verification when connecting to a registry.
 		UseNewRun                   bool   // Use the new container runtime (`runc`) for builds.
-		IgnoreVarRun                bool   // Ignore `/var/run` when copying from the context.
+		IgnoreVarRun                *bool  // Ignore `/var/run` when copying from the context.
 		IgnorePath                  string // Ignore files matching the specified path pattern.
 		ImageFSExtractRetry         int    // Number of times to retry extracting the image filesystem.
 		ImageDownloadRetry          int    // Number of times to retry downloading layers.
@@ -273,9 +273,8 @@ func (p Plugin) Exec() error {
 		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "--cleanup=true")
 	}
 
-	_, ok := os.LookupEnv("PLUGIN_COMPRESSED_CACHING")
-	if ok {
-		if p.Build.CompressedCaching {
+	if p.Build.CompressedCaching != nil {
+		if *p.Build.CompressedCaching {
 			cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "--compressed-caching=true")
 		} else {
 			cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "--compressed-caching=false")
@@ -370,9 +369,8 @@ func (p Plugin) Exec() error {
 		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "--use-new-run")
 	}
 
-	_, ok = os.LookupEnv("PLUGIN_IGNORE_VAR_RUN")
-	if ok {
-		if p.Build.IgnoreVarRun {
+	if p.Build.IgnoreVarRun != nil {
+		if *p.Build.IgnoreVarRun {
 			cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "--ignore-var-run=true")
 		} else {
 			cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "--ignore-var-run=false")