diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1133bfa3b29..fa0f0a28ad1 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1294,6 +1294,7 @@ services:
       cache_from:
         - ${REPO}:${ARCH}-ubuntu-${UBUNTU}-docs
       args:
+        r: ${R}
         jdk: ${JDK}
         node: ${NODE}
         base: ${REPO}:${ARCH}-ubuntu-${UBUNTU}-python-3