diff --git a/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildService.java b/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildService.java
index 61c0c8566..d0ee46467 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildService.java
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ private String extractBaseFromConfiguration(BuildImageConfiguration buildConfig)
     }
 
     static List<String> extractBaseFromDockerfile(BuildImageConfiguration buildConfig, MojoParameters mojoParameters, Map<String, String> buildArgs) {
-        if (buildConfig.getDockerFile() == null || !buildConfig.getDockerFile().exists()) {
+        if (buildConfig.getDockerFile() == null || !buildConfig.getAbsoluteDockerFilePath(mojoParameters).exists()) {
             if (buildConfig.getFrom() != null && !buildConfig.getFrom().isEmpty()) {
                 return Collections.singletonList(buildConfig.getFrom());
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/MojoTestBase.java b/src/test/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/MojoTestBase.java
index 19887c79c..849bba0c7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/MojoTestBase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/MojoTestBase.java
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ protected void givenMavenProject(AbstractDockerMojo mojo) {
         mojo.project = mavenProject;
         mojo.log = ansiLogger;
         mojo.outputDirectory= "target/docker";
+        mojo.sourceDirectory = "src/main/docker";
         mojo.authConfigFactory= authConfigFactory;
         mojo.session = session;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildServiceTest.java
index 3088f765d..15b13bed1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/BuildServiceTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -224,6 +225,38 @@ void testDockerfileWithBuildArgsInBuildConfig_ShouldPullImage() throws Exception
         verifyImagePull(buildConfig, pullManager, buildContext, "sample/base-image:latest");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testRelativeDockerfile_ShouldPullImage() throws Exception {
+        final BuildImageConfiguration buildConfig = new BuildImageConfiguration.Builder()
+            .cleanup("false")
+            .dockerFile("Dockerfile_from_simple")
+            .filter("false")
+            .build();
+
+        Mockito.when(mavenProject.getBasedir()).thenReturn(new File(getClass().getResource("/").getPath()));
+        Mockito.when(mojoParameters.getSourceDirectory()).thenReturn("io/fabric8/maven/docker/util");
+
+        buildConfig.initAndValidate(logger);
+
+        imageConfig = new ImageConfiguration.Builder()
+            .name("build-image")
+            .alias("build-alias")
+            .buildConfig(buildConfig)
+            .build();
+
+        final ImagePullManager pullManager = new ImagePullManager(null, null, null);
+        final BuildService.BuildContext buildContext = new BuildService.BuildContext.Builder()
+            .mojoParameters(mojoParameters)
+            .build();
+
+        mockMavenProject();
+
+        final File buildArchive = buildService.buildArchive(imageConfig, buildContext, "");
+        buildService.buildImage(imageConfig, pullManager, buildContext, buildArchive);
+
+        verifyImagePull(buildConfig, pullManager, buildContext, "fabric8/s2i-java");
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testBuildImagePullsDefaultImageWhenNoFromImage() throws Exception {
         BuildImageConfiguration buildConfig = new BuildImageConfiguration.Builder()