diff --git a/lib/docker.js b/lib/docker.js
index 022e28c..8ab1a52 100644
--- a/lib/docker.js
+++ b/lib/docker.js
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ Docker.prototype.buildImage = function(file, opts, callback) {
 
   if (callback === undefined) {
     return new self.modem.Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
-      util.prepareBuildContext(file, (ctx) => {
+      util.prepareBuildContext(file, opts, (ctx) => {
         optsf.file = ctx;
         self.modem.dial(optsf, function(err, data) {
           if (err) {
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ Docker.prototype.buildImage = function(file, opts, callback) {
       });
     });
   } else {
-    util.prepareBuildContext(file, (ctx) => {
+    util.prepareBuildContext(file, opts, (ctx) => {
       optsf.file = ctx;
       self.modem.dial(optsf, function(err, data) {
         callback(err, data);
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index e16f3aa..543a2aa 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -76,9 +76,19 @@ module.exports.parseRepositoryTag = function(input) {
 };
 
 
-module.exports.prepareBuildContext = function(file, next) {
+module.exports.prepareBuildContext = function(file, opts, next) {
   if (file && file.context) {
-    fs.readFile(path.join(file.context, '.dockerignore'), (err, data) => {
+    let dockerfilePath = path.join(file.context, 'Dockerfile');
+    if (opts && opts.dockerfile) {
+      dockerfilePath = path.normalize(opts.dockerfile);
+    }
+
+    let dockerignorePath = path.join(file.context, '.dockerignore');
+    if (fs.existsSync(`${dockerfilePath}.dockerignore`)) {
+      dockerignorePath = `${dockerfilePath}.dockerignore`;
+    }
+
+    fs.readFile(dockerignorePath, (err, data) => {
       let ignoreFn;
       let filterFn;
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/dockerignore/specific.Dockerfile b/test/fixtures/dockerignore/specific.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2e2544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/dockerignore/specific.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM scratch
+
+COPY . .
+
+CMD ["bash"]
diff --git a/test/fixtures/dockerignore/specific.Dockerfile.dockerignore b/test/fixtures/dockerignore/specific.Dockerfile.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7851888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/dockerignore/specific.Dockerfile.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ignore dirs
+ignore-dir
+# Ignore blobs
+*.txt
diff --git a/test/util.js b/test/util.js
index 5a273c9..1bd25e1 100644
--- a/test/util.js
+++ b/test/util.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe('util', function () {
 
     it("should pass the options through when there is no context", function () {
       const dummy = {};
-      util.prepareBuildContext(dummy, function (ctx) {
+      util.prepareBuildContext(dummy, {}, function (ctx) {
         expect(ctx).to.be.equal(dummy);
       })
     });
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe('util', function () {
             expect(files.length).to.be.equal(2);
             expect(files).to.have.members(['Dockerfile', 'MC-hammer.txt']);
 
-            fs.rm(tmp, { recursive: true });
+            fs.rm(tmp, { recursive: true }, (err) => {});
             done();
           });
       }
@@ -94,6 +94,38 @@ describe('util', function () {
       util.prepareBuildContext({
         context: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'dockerignore'),
         src: ['Dockerfile', 'MC-hammer.txt', 'ignore-dir', 'foo.txt']
+      }, {}, handler);
+    });
+
+    it("should use the specific Dockerfile.dockerignore over the default in the context dir", function (done) {
+      this.timeout(60000);
+
+      function handler(stream) {
+        expect(stream).to.be.ok;
+
+        const tmp = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'dockerode-'));
+        const z = zlib.createGunzip();
+
+        stream
+          .pipe(z)
+          .pipe(tar.extract(tmp), { end: true })
+          .on('finish', function () {
+            const files = fs.readdirSync(tmp);
+
+            expect(files.length).to.be.equal(1);
+            expect(files).to.have.members(['specific.Dockerfile']);
+
+            fs.rm(tmp, { recursive: true }, (err) => {});
+            done();
+          });
+      }
+
+      const context = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'dockerignore');
+      util.prepareBuildContext({
+        context,
+        src: ['specific.Dockerfile', 'MC-hammer.txt', 'ignore-dir', 'foo.txt']
+      }, {
+        dockerfile: path.join(context, 'specific.Dockerfile')
       }, handler);
     });
   });