diff --git a/src/ostbuild/pyostbuild/builtin_build.py b/src/ostbuild/pyostbuild/builtin_build.py
index 23f5dd14..3ac05c9d 100755
--- a/src/ostbuild/pyostbuild/builtin_build.py
+++ b/src/ostbuild/pyostbuild/builtin_build.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class OstbuildBuild(builtins.Builtin):
         parser.add_argument('--start-at')
         parser.add_argument('--shell-on-failure', action='store_true')
         parser.add_argument('--debug-shell', action='store_true')
-        parser.add_argument('components', nargs='+')
+        parser.add_argument('components', nargs='*')
 
         args = parser.parse_args(argv)