diff --git a/builder/evaluator.go b/builder/evaluator.go
index b74c1ba6ae..aff0e4eabd 100644
--- a/builder/evaluator.go
+++ b/builder/evaluator.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package builder
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -42,10 +41,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/utils"
 )
 
-var (
-	ErrDockerfileEmpty = errors.New("Dockerfile cannot be empty")
-)
-
 // Environment variable interpolation will happen on these statements only.
 var replaceEnvAllowed = map[string]struct{}{
 	command.Env:     {},
@@ -225,7 +220,7 @@ func (b *Builder) readDockerfile() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Cannot locate specified Dockerfile: %s", origFile)
 	}
 	if fi.Size() == 0 {
-		return ErrDockerfileEmpty
+		return fmt.Errorf("The Dockerfile (%s) cannot be empty", origFile)
 	}
 
 	f, err := os.Open(filename)
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go
index 44d6313858..239dce6e8e 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go
@@ -3504,7 +3504,7 @@ func TestBuildFailsDockerfileEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	defer deleteImages(name)
 	_, err := buildImage(name, ``, true)
 	if err != nil {
-		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "Dockerfile cannot be empty") {
+		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "The Dockerfile (Dockerfile) cannot be empty") {
 			t.Fatalf("Wrong error %v, must be about empty Dockerfile", err)
 		}
 	} else {