diff --git a/Sources/ContainerClient/Flags.swift b/Sources/ContainerClient/Flags.swift
index 91d50498..939a5504 100644
--- a/Sources/ContainerClient/Flags.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContainerClient/Flags.swift
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ public struct Flags {
         @Flag(name: [.customLong("rm"), .long], help: "Remove the container after it stops")
         public var remove = false
 
+        @Flag(name: .long, help: "Enable Rosetta in the container")
+        public var rosetta = false
+
         @Flag(name: .long, help: "Forward SSH agent socket to container")
         public var ssh = false
 
diff --git a/Sources/ContainerClient/Utility.swift b/Sources/ContainerClient/Utility.swift
index ed4fc7e7..9e230f3f 100644
--- a/Sources/ContainerClient/Utility.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContainerClient/Utility.swift
@@ -213,8 +213,10 @@ public struct Utility {
             )
         }
 
-        if Platform.current.architecture == "arm64" && requestedPlatform.architecture == "amd64" {
-            config.rosetta = true
+        config.rosetta = management.rosetta || (Platform.current.architecture == "arm64" && requestedPlatform.architecture == "amd64")
+
+        if management.rosetta && Platform.current.architecture != "arm64" {
+            throw ContainerizationError(.unsupported, message: "--rosetta flag requires an arm64 host")
         }
 
         config.labels = try Parser.labels(management.labels)