diff --git a/cmd/sti/main.go b/cmd/sti/main.go
index 6aa83c3aa..1168619b2 100644
--- a/cmd/sti/main.go
+++ b/cmd/sti/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
@@ -38,11 +39,18 @@ func parseEnvs(cmd *cobra.Command, name string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	return envs, nil
 }
 
-func dockerSocket() string {
-	if host := os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST"); host != "" {
-		return host
+func defaultDockerConfig() *api.DockerConfig {
+	cfg := &api.DockerConfig{}
+	if cfg.Endpoint = os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST"); cfg.Endpoint == "" {
+		cfg.Endpoint = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
 	}
-	return "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
+	if os.Getenv("DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY") == "1" {
+		certPath := os.Getenv("DOCKER_CERT_PATH")
+		cfg.CertFile = filepath.Join(certPath, "cert.pem")
+		cfg.KeyFile = filepath.Join(certPath, "key.pem")
+		cfg.CAFile = filepath.Join(certPath, "ca.pem")
+	}
+	return cfg
 }
 
 func validRequest(r *api.Request) bool {
@@ -215,7 +223,11 @@ func main() {
 			cmd.Help()
 		},
 	}
-	stiCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&(req.DockerSocket), "url", "U", dockerSocket(), "Set the url of the docker socket to use")
+	req.DockerConfig = defaultDockerConfig()
+	stiCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&(req.DockerConfig.Endpoint), "url", "U", req.DockerConfig.Endpoint, "Set the url of the docker socket to use")
+	stiCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&(req.DockerConfig.CertFile), "cert", req.DockerConfig.CertFile, "Set the path of the docker TLS certificate file")
+	stiCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&(req.DockerConfig.KeyFile), "key", req.DockerConfig.KeyFile, "Set the path of the docker TLS key file")
+	stiCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&(req.DockerConfig.CAFile), "ca", req.DockerConfig.CAFile, "Set the path of the docker TLS ca file")
 
 	stiCmd.AddCommand(newCmdVersion())
 	stiCmd.AddCommand(newCmdBuild(req))
diff --git a/pkg/api/types.go b/pkg/api/types.go
index 4d9151c73..2229f9929 100644
--- a/pkg/api/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/types.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ type Request struct {
 	// BaseImage describes which image is used for building the result images.
 	BaseImage string
 
-	// DockerSocket describes how to access host docker daemon.
-	DockerSocket string
+	// DockerConfig describes how to access host docker daemon.
+	DockerConfig *DockerConfig
 
 	// PreserveWorkingDir describes if working directory should be left after processing.
 	PreserveWorkingDir bool
@@ -63,6 +63,21 @@ type Request struct {
 	ContextDir string
 }
 
+// DockerConfig contains the configuration for a Docker connection
+type DockerConfig struct {
+	// Endpoint is the docker network endpoint or socket
+	Endpoint string
+
+	// CertFile is the certificate file path for a TLS connection
+	CertFile string
+
+	// KeyFile is the key file path for a TLS connection
+	KeyFile string
+
+	// CAFile is the certificate authority file path for a TLS connection
+	CAFile string
+}
+
 // Result structure contains information from build process.
 type Result struct {
 
diff --git a/pkg/build/strategies/layered/layered.go b/pkg/build/strategies/layered/layered.go
index b6d9d787e..16fe7856f 100644
--- a/pkg/build/strategies/layered/layered.go
+++ b/pkg/build/strategies/layered/layered.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type Layered struct {
 }
 
 func New(request *api.Request, scripts build.ScriptsHandler) (*Layered, error) {
-	d, err := docker.New(request.DockerSocket)
+	d, err := docker.New(request.DockerConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/build/strategies/onbuild/onbuild.go b/pkg/build/strategies/onbuild/onbuild.go
index 4fb3fb74f..ce4725254 100644
--- a/pkg/build/strategies/onbuild/onbuild.go
+++ b/pkg/build/strategies/onbuild/onbuild.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type onBuildSourceHandler struct {
 
 // New returns a new instance of OnBuild builder
 func New(request *api.Request) (*OnBuild, error) {
-	dockerHandler, err := docker.New(request.DockerSocket)
+	dockerHandler, err := docker.New(request.DockerConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/build/strategies/sti/sti.go b/pkg/build/strategies/sti/sti.go
index 4528b335c..ea8efbba1 100644
--- a/pkg/build/strategies/sti/sti.go
+++ b/pkg/build/strategies/sti/sti.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ type STI struct {
 // be used for the case that the base Docker image does not have 'tar' or 'bash'
 // installed.
 func New(req *api.Request) (*STI, error) {
-	docker, err := docker.New(req.DockerSocket)
+	docker, err := docker.New(req.DockerConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/build/strategies/strategies.go b/pkg/build/strategies/strategies.go
index b17fd5505..2c97cb191 100644
--- a/pkg/build/strategies/strategies.go
+++ b/pkg/build/strategies/strategies.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func GetStrategy(request *api.Request) (build.Builder, error) {
 // It returns information about the base image, containing metadata necessary
 // for choosing the right STI build strategy.
 func GetBaseImage(request *api.Request) (*docker.PullResult, error) {
-	d, err := docker.New(request.DockerSocket)
+	d, err := docker.New(request.DockerConfig)
 	result := docker.PullResult{}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/docker/docker.go b/pkg/docker/docker.go
index 722b21b53..6a8296965 100644
--- a/pkg/docker/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/docker/docker.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
+	docker "github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 
 	"github.com/openshift/source-to-image/pkg/api"
@@ -98,8 +98,18 @@ type BuildImageOptions struct {
 }
 
 // New creates a new implementation of the STI Docker interface
-func New(endpoint string) (Docker, error) {
-	client, err := docker.NewClient(endpoint)
+func New(config *api.DockerConfig) (Docker, error) {
+	var client *docker.Client
+	var err error
+	if config.CertFile != "" && config.KeyFile != "" && config.CAFile != "" {
+		client, err = docker.NewTLSClient(
+			config.Endpoint,
+			config.CertFile,
+			config.KeyFile,
+			config.CAFile)
+	} else {
+		client, err = docker.NewClient(config.Endpoint)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -175,7 +185,12 @@ func (d *stiDocker) PullImage(name string) (image *docker.Image, err error) {
 
 // RemoveContainer removes a container and its associated volumes.
 func (d *stiDocker) RemoveContainer(id string) error {
-	return d.client.RemoveContainer(docker.RemoveContainerOptions{id, true, true})
+	opts := docker.RemoveContainerOptions{
+		ID:            id,
+		RemoveVolumes: true,
+		Force:         true,
+	}
+	return d.client.RemoveContainer(opts)
 }
 
 // getVariable gets environment variable's value from the image metadata
diff --git a/test/integration/integration_test.go b/test/integration/integration_test.go
index b29580043..f6fb0135d 100644
--- a/test/integration/integration_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/integration_test.go
@@ -56,16 +56,34 @@ var (
 	FakeScriptsFileURL string
 )
 
-func dockerSocket() string {
-	if dh := os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST"); dh != "" {
-		return dh
+func dockerConfig() *api.DockerConfig {
+	cfg := &api.DockerConfig{}
+	if cfg.Endpoint = os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST"); cfg.Endpoint == "" {
+		cfg.Endpoint = DefaultDockerSocket
 	}
-	return DefaultDockerSocket
+	if os.Getenv("DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY") == "1" {
+		certPath := os.Getenv("DOCKER_CERT_PATH")
+		cfg.CertFile = filepath.Join(certPath, "cert.pem")
+		cfg.KeyFile = filepath.Join(certPath, "key.pem")
+		cfg.CAFile = filepath.Join(certPath, "ca.pem")
+	}
+	return cfg
+}
+
+func dockerClient(config *api.DockerConfig) (*docker.Client, error) {
+	if config.CertFile != "" && config.KeyFile != "" && config.CAFile != "" {
+		return docker.NewTLSClient(
+			config.Endpoint,
+			config.CertFile,
+			config.KeyFile,
+			config.CAFile)
+	}
+	return docker.NewClient(config.Endpoint)
 }
 
 // setup sets up integration tests
 func (i *integrationTest) setup() {
-	i.dockerClient, _ = docker.NewClient(dockerSocket())
+	i.dockerClient, _ = dockerClient(dockerConfig())
 	if !i.setupComplete {
 		// get the full path to this .go file so we can construct the file url
 		// using this file's dirname
@@ -171,7 +189,7 @@ func (i *integrationTest) exerciseCleanBuild(tag string, verifyCallback bool, im
 	}
 
 	req := &api.Request{
-		DockerSocket: dockerSocket(),
+		DockerConfig: dockerConfig(),
 		BaseImage:    imageName,
 		Source:       TestSource,
 		Tag:          tag,
@@ -226,7 +244,7 @@ func TestIncrementalBuildScriptsNoSaveArtifacts(t *testing.T) {
 func (i *integrationTest) exerciseIncrementalBuild(tag, imageName string, removePreviousImage bool, expectClean bool) {
 	t := i.t
 	req := &api.Request{
-		DockerSocket:        dockerSocket(),
+		DockerConfig:        dockerConfig(),
 		BaseImage:           imageName,
 		Source:              TestSource,
 		Tag:                 tag,
@@ -248,7 +266,7 @@ func (i *integrationTest) exerciseIncrementalBuild(tag, imageName string, remove
 
 	previousImageID := resp.ImageID
 	req = &api.Request{
-		DockerSocket:        dockerSocket(),
+		DockerConfig:        dockerConfig(),
 		BaseImage:           imageName,
 		Source:              TestSource,
 		Tag:                 tag,