diff --git a/reana_workflow_engine_cwl/cwl_reana.py b/reana_workflow_engine_cwl/cwl_reana.py
index 11b055a..efedc27 100644
--- a/reana_workflow_engine_cwl/cwl_reana.py
+++ b/reana_workflow_engine_cwl/cwl_reana.py
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ def shouldquote(x):
         slurm_time = self._get_hint("slurm_time")
         kubernetes_uid = self._get_hint("kubernetes_uid")
         kubernetes_memory_limit = self._get_hint("kubernetes_memory_limit")
+        kubernetes_queue = self._get_hint("kubernetes_queue")
         kubernetes_job_timeout = self._get_hint("kubernetes_job_timeout")
         c4p_cpu_cores = self._get_hint("c4p_cpu_cores")
         c4p_memory_limit = self._get_hint("c4p_memory_limit")
@@ -290,6 +291,7 @@ def shouldquote(x):
             "htcondor_accounting_group": htcondor_accounting_group,
             "kubernetes_uid": kubernetes_uid,
             "kubernetes_memory_limit": kubernetes_memory_limit,
+            "kubernetes_queue": kubernetes_queue,
             "kubernetes_job_timeout": kubernetes_job_timeout,
             "slurm_partition": slurm_partition,
             "slurm_time": slurm_time,