diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fc05a4507..2cf8b9294 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ FROM python:2.7-wheezy
 
 WORKDIR /opt/netbox
 
-ADD . /opt/netbox
-RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox.git -b master . \
-RUN	pip install gunicorn==17.5 && pip install -r requirements.txt
+ARG BRANCH=master
+ARG URL=https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox.git
+RUN git clone --depth 1 $URL -b $BRANCH .  && \
+	pip install gunicorn==17.5 && pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 ADD docker/docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
 ADD netbox/netbox/configuration.docker.py /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/configuration.py