Resolves #497 - add support for dockerfile

Signed-off-by: Daniel Nephin <dnephin@gmail.com>

3 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/docker/client.py b/docker/client.py
index f920229..26adf28 100644
--- a/docker/client.py
+++ b/docker/client.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class Client(requests.Session):
     def build(self, path=None, tag=None, quiet=False, fileobj=None,
               nocache=False, rm=False, stream=False, timeout=None,
               custom_context=False, encoding=None, pull=True,
-              forcerm=False):
+              forcerm=False, dockerfile=None):
         remote = context = headers = None
         if path is None and fileobj is None:
             raise TypeError("Either path or fileobj needs to be provided.")
@@ -302,6 +302,11 @@ class Client(requests.Session):
         if utils.compare_version('1.8', self._version) >= 0:
             stream = True
 
+        if dockerfile and utils.compare_version('1.17', self._version) < 0:
+            raise errors.InvalidVersion(
+                'dockerfile was only introduced in API version 1.17'
+            )
+
         u = self._url('/build')
         params = {
             't': tag,
@@ -310,7 +315,8 @@ class Client(requests.Session):
             'nocache': nocache,
             'rm': rm,
             'forcerm': forcerm,
-            'pull': pull
+            'pull': pull,
+            'dockerfile': dockerfile
         }
 
         if context is not None:
diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index a523878..9e550a9 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ correct value (e.g `gzip`).
 * encoding (str): The encoding for a stream. Set to `gzip` for compressing
 * pull (bool): Downloads any updates to the FROM image in Dockerfiles
 * forcerm (bool): Always remove intermediate containers, even after unsuccessful builds
+* dockerfile (str): path within the build context to the Dockerfile
 
 **Returns** (generator): A generator of the build output
 
diff --git a/tests/test.py b/tests/test.py
index f55027a..b39410c 100644
--- a/tests/test.py
+++ b/tests/test.py
@@ -2095,6 +2095,12 @@ class DockerClientTest(Cleanup, unittest.TestCase):
         except Exception as e:
             self.fail('Command should not raise exception: {0}'.format(e))
 
+    def test_build_container_with_named_dockerfile(self):
+        try:
+            self.client.build('.', dockerfile='nameddockerfile')
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.fail('Command should not raise exception: {0}'.format(e))
+
     #######################
     #  PY SPECIFIC TESTS  #
     #######################