diff --git a/snakemake/executors/__init__.py b/snakemake/executors/__init__.py
index cf474a2f8..5d13cc3a6 100644
--- a/snakemake/executors/__init__.py
+++ b/snakemake/executors/__init__.py
@@ -293,6 +293,10 @@ def get_additional_args(self):
             additional += " --shadow-prefix {} ".format(self.workflow.shadow_prefix)
         if self.workflow.use_conda:
             additional += " --use-conda "
+            if self.workflow.conda_frontend:
+                additional += " --conda-frontend {} ".format(
+                    self.workflow.conda_frontend
+                )
             if self.workflow.conda_prefix:
                 additional += " --conda-prefix {} ".format(self.workflow.conda_prefix)
             if self.workflow.conda_base_path and self.assume_shared_fs: