diff --git a/builder/docker/config.go b/builder/docker/config.go
index 236a3060d..e24280432 100644
--- a/builder/docker/config.go
+++ b/builder/docker/config.go
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	RunCommand []string `mapstructure:"run_command"`
 	Volumes    map[string]string
 	Privileged bool `mapstructure:"privileged"`
+	Author     string
+	Changes    []string
+	Message    string
 
 	// This is used to login to dockerhub to pull a private base container. For
 	// pushing to dockerhub, see the docker post-processors
diff --git a/builder/docker/driver.go b/builder/docker/driver.go
index 850bd98dd..0eda0a604 100644
--- a/builder/docker/driver.go
+++ b/builder/docker/driver.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 // a mock driver can be shimmed in.
 type Driver interface {
 	// Commit the container to a tag
-	Commit(id string) (string, error)
+	Commit(id string, author string, changes []string, message string) (string, error)
 
 	// Delete an image that is imported into Docker
 	DeleteImage(id string) error
diff --git a/builder/docker/driver_docker.go b/builder/docker/driver_docker.go
index 172574e78..f603b1892 100644
--- a/builder/docker/driver_docker.go
+++ b/builder/docker/driver_docker.go
@@ -42,11 +42,24 @@ func (d *DockerDriver) DeleteImage(id string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (d *DockerDriver) Commit(id string) (string, error) {
+func (d *DockerDriver) Commit(id string, author string, changes []string, message string) (string, error) {
 	var stdout bytes.Buffer
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer
 
-	cmd := exec.Command("docker", "commit", id)
+	args := []string{"commit"}
+	if author != "" {
+		args = append(args, "--author", author)
+	}
+	for _, change := range changes {
+		args = append(args, "--change", change)
+	}
+	if message != "" {
+		args = append(args, "--message", message)
+	}
+	args = append(args, id)
+
+	log.Printf("Committing container with args: %v", args)
+	cmd := exec.Command("docker", args...)
 	cmd.Stdout = &stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
 
diff --git a/builder/docker/driver_mock.go b/builder/docker/driver_mock.go
index b0170f85f..57a02b691 100644
--- a/builder/docker/driver_mock.go
+++ b/builder/docker/driver_mock.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ type MockDriver struct {
 	VersionVersion string
 }
 
-func (d *MockDriver) Commit(id string) (string, error) {
+func (d *MockDriver) Commit(id string, author string, changes []string, message string) (string, error) {
 	d.CommitCalled = true
 	d.CommitContainerId = id
 	return d.CommitImageId, d.CommitErr
diff --git a/builder/docker/step_commit.go b/builder/docker/step_commit.go
index bd1277182..2e0281bd4 100644
--- a/builder/docker/step_commit.go
+++ b/builder/docker/step_commit.go
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ type StepCommit struct {
 func (s *StepCommit) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	driver := state.Get("driver").(Driver)
 	containerId := state.Get("container_id").(string)
+	config := state.Get("config").(*Config)
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
 
 	ui.Say("Committing the container")
-	imageId, err := driver.Commit(containerId)
+	imageId, err := driver.Commit(containerId, config.Author, config.Changes, config.Message)
 	if err != nil {
 		state.Put("error", err)
 		ui.Error(err.Error())
diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/docker.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/docker.html.md
index 7d2a4f21e..a42d83d58 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/docker.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/docker.html.md
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ You must specify (only) one of `commit`, `discard`, or `export_path`.
 
 ### Optional:
 
+-   `author` (string) - Set the author (e-mail) of a commit.
+
 -   `aws_access_key` (string) - The AWS access key used to communicate with AWS.
     [Learn how to set this.](/docs/builders/amazon.html#specifying-amazon-credentials)
 
@@ -97,6 +99,10 @@ You must specify (only) one of `commit`, `discard`, or `export_path`.
     probably don't need it. This will also be read from the `AWS_SESSION_TOKEN`
     environmental variable.
 
+-   `changes` (array of strings) - Dockerfile instructions to add to the commit.
+    Example of instructions are `CMD`, `ENTRYPOINT`, `ENV`, and `EXPOSE`. Example:
+    `[ "USER ubuntu", "WORKDIR /app", "EXPOSE 8080" ]`
+
 -   `ecr_login` (boolean) - Defaults to false. If true, the builder will login in
     order to pull the image from
     [Amazon EC2 Container Registry (ECR)](https://aws.amazon.com/ecr/).
@@ -116,6 +122,8 @@ You must specify (only) one of `commit`, `discard`, or `export_path`.
 
 -   `login_server` (string) - The server address to login to.
 
+-   `message` (string) - Set a message for the commit.
+
 -   `privileged` (boolean) - If true, run the docker container with the
     `--privileged` flag. This defaults to false if not set.