diff --git a/jib-maven-plugin/CHANGELOG.md b/jib-maven-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
index dd40b24b76..e48f5f1d75 100644
--- a/jib-maven-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/jib-maven-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### Added
 
+- `<container><ports>` parameter to define container's exposed ports (similar to Dockerfile `EXPOSE`) ([#383](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/jib/issues/383))
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Fetches credentials from inferred credential helper before Docker config ([#401](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/jib/issues/401))
diff --git a/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildDockerMojo.java b/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildDockerMojo.java
index 10625c778a..aa0d0a85a3 100644
--- a/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildDockerMojo.java
+++ b/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildDockerMojo.java
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
             .setMainClass(mainClass)
             .setJavaArguments(getArgs())
             .setJvmFlags(getJvmFlags())
-            .setEnvironment(getEnvironment());
+            .setEnvironment(getEnvironment())
+            .setExposedPorts(getExposedPorts());
     CacheConfiguration applicationLayersCacheConfiguration =
         CacheConfiguration.forPath(mavenProjectProperties.getCacheDirectory());
     buildConfigurationBuilder.setApplicationLayersCacheConfiguration(
diff --git a/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildImageMojo.java b/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildImageMojo.java
index e1d641f880..02353c414d 100644
--- a/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildImageMojo.java
+++ b/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildImageMojo.java
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
             .setJavaArguments(getArgs())
             .setJvmFlags(getJvmFlags())
             .setEnvironment(getEnvironment())
+            .setExposedPorts(getExposedPorts())
             .setTargetFormat(ImageFormat.valueOf(getFormat()).getManifestTemplateClass());
     CacheConfiguration applicationLayersCacheConfiguration =
         CacheConfiguration.forPath(mavenProjectProperties.getCacheDirectory());
diff --git a/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/DockerContextMojo.java b/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/DockerContextMojo.java
index 4b032f5758..5df5565f06 100644
--- a/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/DockerContextMojo.java
+++ b/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/DockerContextMojo.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
           .setJvmFlags(getJvmFlags())
           .setMainClass(mainClass)
           .setJavaArguments(getArgs())
+          .setExposedPorts(getExposedPorts())
           .generate(Paths.get(targetDir));
 
       mavenBuildLogger.info("Created Docker context at " + targetDir);
diff --git a/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/JibPluginConfiguration.java b/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/JibPluginConfiguration.java
index 708041b5a2..97323408dc 100644
--- a/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/JibPluginConfiguration.java
+++ b/jib-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/JibPluginConfiguration.java
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public static class ContainerParameters {
     @Nullable
     @Parameter(required = true)
     private String format = "Docker";
+
+    @Parameter private List<String> ports = Collections.emptyList();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -194,6 +196,10 @@ List<String> getArgs() {
     return container.args;
   }
 
+  List<String> getExposedPorts() {
+    return container.ports;
+  }
+
   String getFormat() {
     return Preconditions.checkNotNull(container.format);
   }
diff --git a/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildDockerMojoIntegrationTest.java b/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildDockerMojoIntegrationTest.java
index 675c31cf9e..2ec8957884 100644
--- a/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildDockerMojoIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildDockerMojoIntegrationTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import org.apache.maven.it.VerificationException;
 import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+import org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -54,6 +55,15 @@ private static String buildToDockerDaemonAndRun(Path projectRoot, String imageRe
     verifier.executeGoal("jib:" + BuildDockerMojo.GOAL_NAME);
     verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
 
+    Assert.assertThat(
+        new Command("docker", "inspect", imageReference).run(),
+        CoreMatchers.containsString(
+            "            \"ExposedPorts\": {\n"
+                + "                \"1000/tcp\": {},\n"
+                + "                \"2000/udp\": {},\n"
+                + "                \"2001/udp\": {},\n"
+                + "                \"2002/udp\": {},\n"
+                + "                \"2003/udp\": {}"));
     return new Command("docker", "run", imageReference).run();
   }
 
diff --git a/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildImageMojoIntegrationTest.java b/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildImageMojoIntegrationTest.java
index d5e5f4c588..feeb8371a6 100644
--- a/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildImageMojoIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/BuildImageMojoIntegrationTest.java
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ private static String buildAndRun(Path projectRoot, String imageReference)
         timeOne > timeTwo);
 
     new Command("docker", "pull", imageReference).run();
+    Assert.assertThat(
+        new Command("docker", "inspect", imageReference).run(),
+        CoreMatchers.containsString(
+            "            \"ExposedPorts\": {\n"
+                + "                \"1000/tcp\": {},\n"
+                + "                \"2000/udp\": {},\n"
+                + "                \"2001/udp\": {},\n"
+                + "                \"2002/udp\": {},\n"
+                + "                \"2003/udp\": {}"));
     return new Command("docker", "run", imageReference).run();
   }
 
diff --git a/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/DockerContextMojoIntegrationTest.java b/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/DockerContextMojoIntegrationTest.java
index 7a92362333..8929ea48b9 100644
--- a/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/DockerContextMojoIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/maven/DockerContextMojoIntegrationTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import org.apache.maven.it.VerificationException;
 import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+import org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -50,6 +51,16 @@ public void testExecute() throws VerificationException, IOException, Interrupted
 
     String imageName = "jib/integration-test";
     new Command("docker", "build", "-t", imageName, dockerContextDirectory.toString()).run();
+    Assert.assertThat(
+        new Command("docker", "inspect", imageName).run(),
+        CoreMatchers.containsString(
+            "            \"ExposedPorts\": {\n"
+                + "                \"1000/tcp\": {},\n"
+                + "                \"2000/udp\": {},\n"
+                + "                \"2001/udp\": {},\n"
+                + "                \"2002/udp\": {},\n"
+                + "                \"2003/udp\": {}"));
+
     Assert.assertEquals(
         "Hello, world. An argument.\n", new Command("docker", "run", imageName).run());
   }
diff --git a/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/projects/default-target/pom.xml b/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/projects/default-target/pom.xml
index 4e7f4b9249..3ac515e2da 100644
--- a/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/projects/default-target/pom.xml
+++ b/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/projects/default-target/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
         <configuration>
           <container>
             <args>An argument.</args>
+            <ports>
+              <port>1000/tcp</port>
+              <port>2000-2003/udp</port>
+            </ports>
           </container>
           <!-- Does not have tests use user-level cache for base image layers. -->
           <useOnlyProjectCache>true</useOnlyProjectCache>
diff --git a/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/projects/empty/pom.xml b/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/projects/empty/pom.xml
index 3e301cbb2e..f5446efe97 100644
--- a/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/projects/empty/pom.xml
+++ b/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/projects/empty/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
           <to>
             <image>gcr.io/jib-integration-testing/emptyimage:maven</image>
           </to>
+          <container>
+            <ports>
+              <port>1000/tcp</port>
+              <port>2000-2003/udp</port>
+            </ports>
+          </container>
           <!-- Does not have tests use user-level cache for base image layers. -->
           <useOnlyProjectCache>true</useOnlyProjectCache>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/projects/simple/pom.xml b/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/projects/simple/pom.xml
index 38e76f6f5c..893473e3f8 100644
--- a/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/projects/simple/pom.xml
+++ b/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/projects/simple/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
           </to>
           <container>
             <args>An argument.</args>
+            <ports>
+              <port>1000/tcp</port>
+              <port>2000-2003/udp</port>
+            </ports>
           </container>
           <!-- Does not have tests use user-level cache for base image layers. -->
           <useOnlyProjectCache>true</useOnlyProjectCache>