diff --git a/Dockerfile.onbuild b/Dockerfile.onbuild
index 85becf4619..8fe4cd8248 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.onbuild
+++ b/Dockerfile.onbuild
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ONBUILD ARG TALK_ASSET_COMMENTS_LOAD_DEPTH=10
 ONBUILD ARG TALK_REPLY_COMMENTS_LOAD_DEPTH=3
 ONBUILD ARG TALK_THREADING_LEVEL=3
 ONBUILD ARG TALK_DEFAULT_STREAM_TAB=all
+ONBUILD ARG TALK_DISABLE_EMBED_POLYFILL=FALSE
 ONBUILD ARG TALK_DEFAULT_LANG=en
 ONBUILD ARG TALK_WHITELISTED_LANGUAGES
 ONBUILD ARG TALK_PLUGINS_JSON
diff --git a/docs/source/02-02-advanced-configuration.md b/docs/source/02-02-advanced-configuration.md
index 3ac9b5c1b6..083b4bcdbf 100644
--- a/docs/source/02-02-advanced-configuration.md
+++ b/docs/source/02-02-advanced-configuration.md
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ When `TRUE`, disables flagging of comments that match the suspect word filter. (
 
 ## TALK_DISABLE_EMBED_POLYFILL
 
+This is a **Build Variable** and must be consumed during build. If using the
+[Docker-onbuild](/talk/installation-from-docker/#onbuild)
+image you can specify it with `--build-arg TALK_DISABLE_EMBED_POLYFILL=TRUE`.
+
 When set to `TRUE`, the build process will not include the
 [babel-polyfill](https://babeljs.io/docs/usage/polyfill/)
 in the embed.js target that is loaded on the page that loads the embed. (Default