diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 5a9bdbbe23..94dd94c404 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
@@ -674,31 +675,51 @@ func postBuild(srv *Server, version float64, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 	if err := r.ParseMultipartForm(4096); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	remote := r.FormValue("t")
+	remoteURL := r.FormValue("remote")
+	repoName := r.FormValue("t")
 	tag := ""
-	if strings.Contains(remote, ":") {
-		remoteParts := strings.Split(remote, ":")
+	if strings.Contains(repoName, ":") {
+		remoteParts := strings.Split(repoName, ":")
 		tag = remoteParts[1]
-		remote = remoteParts[0]
+		repoName = remoteParts[0]
 	}
 
-	dockerfile, _, err := r.FormFile("Dockerfile")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	var dockerfile, context io.ReadCloser
 
-	context, _, err := r.FormFile("Context")
-	if err != nil {
-		if err != http.ErrMissingFile {
+	if remoteURL == "" {
+		d, _, err := r.FormFile("Dockerfile")
+		if err != nil {
 			return err
+		} else {
+			dockerfile = d
+		}
+		c, _, err := r.FormFile("Context")
+		if err != nil {
+			if err != http.ErrMissingFile {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			context = c
+		}
+	} else {
+		if utils.IsGIT(remoteURL) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Builder from git is not yet supported")
+		} else if utils.IsURL(remoteURL) {
+			f, err := utils.Download(remoteURL, ioutil.Discard)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			} else {
+				dockerfile = f.Body
+			}
+			defer f.Body.Close()
 		}
 	}
 
 	b := NewBuildFile(srv, utils.NewWriteFlusher(w))
 	if id, err := b.Build(dockerfile, context); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Error build: %s\n", err)
-	} else if remote != "" {
-		srv.runtime.repositories.Set(remote, tag, id, false)
+	} else if repoName != "" {
+		srv.runtime.repositories.Set(repoName, tag, id, false)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 50cca552c0..de0e6432f2 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -155,15 +155,12 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdBuild(args ...string) error {
 
 	compression := Bzip2
 
+	isRemote := false
+
 	if cmd.Arg(0) == "-" {
 		file = os.Stdin
-	} else if utils.IsURL(cmd.Arg(0)) {
-		f, err := utils.Download(cmd.Arg(0), ioutil.Discard)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		defer f.Body.Close()
-		file = f.Body
+	} else if utils.IsURL(cmd.Arg(0)) || utils.IsGIT(cmd.Arg(0)) {
+		isRemote = true
 	} else {
 		// Send Dockerfile from arg/Dockerfile (deprecate later)
 		f, err := os.Open(path.Join(cmd.Arg(0), "Dockerfile"))
@@ -192,16 +189,20 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdBuild(args ...string) error {
 		io.Copy(wField, utils.ProgressReader(ioutil.NopCloser(context), -1, os.Stdout, sf.FormatProgress("Caching Context", "%v/%v (%v)"), sf))
 		multipartBody = io.MultiReader(multipartBody, boundary)
 	}
-	// Create a FormFile multipart for the Dockerfile
-	wField, err := w.CreateFormFile("Dockerfile", "Dockerfile")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if !isRemote {
+		// Create a FormFile multipart for the Dockerfile
+		wField, err := w.CreateFormFile("Dockerfile", "Dockerfile")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		io.Copy(wField, file)
+		multipartBody = io.MultiReader(multipartBody, boundary)
 	}
-	io.Copy(wField, file)
-	multipartBody = io.MultiReader(multipartBody, boundary)
-
 	v := &url.Values{}
 	v.Set("t", *tag)
+	if isRemote {
+		v.Set("remote", cmd.Arg(0))
+	}
 	// Send the multipart request with correct content-type
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d%s?%s", cli.host, cli.port, "/build", v.Encode()), multipartBody)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 752cc03f32..f0b0f22b46 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -624,3 +624,7 @@ func (sf *StreamFormatter) Used() bool {
 func IsURL(str string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(str, "http://") || strings.HasPrefix(str, "https://")
 }
+
+func IsGIT(str string) bool {
+	return strings.HasPrefix(str, "git://") || strings.HasPrefix(str, "github.com/")
+}