diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 868b1727..9f07727c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Pierre-Louis Bonicoli <pierre-louis@libregerbil.fr>
 Greg DeKoenigsberg <greg.dekoenigsberg@gmail.com>
 Sandra Wills <swills@ansible.com>
 Dusty Mabe <dusty@dustymabe.com>
+Eric D Helms <eric.d.helms@gmail.com>
 Josiah Goodson <josiah.goodson@gmail.com>
 Dominik del Bondio <dominik.del.bondio@bitextender.com>
 Dylan Silva <thaumos@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ John Matthews <jwmatthews@gmail.com>
 Sean Summers <ssummer3@nd.edu>
 Alex Yanchenko <alex@yanchenko.com>
 Balazs Zagyvai <github.zagyi@spamgourmet.com>
-Eric D Helms <eric.d.helms@gmail.com>
 Trishna Guha <trishnaguha17@gmail.com>
 Ali Asad Lotia <ali.asad.lotia@gmail.com>
 szinck1 <szinck@gmail.com>
@@ -56,3 +56,4 @@ John R Barker <john@johnrbarker.com>
 Sidharth Surana <ssurana@vmware.com>
 grimmjow <ryanbrown.dev@gmail.com>
 Shea Stewart <shea.stewart@arctiq.ca>
+Michael Carden <mike.carden@gmail.com>
diff --git a/container/core.py b/container/core.py
index 44d9f923..64140325 100644
--- a/container/core.py
+++ b/container/core.py
@@ -641,6 +641,12 @@ def conductorcmd_build(engine_name, project_name, services, cache=True, local_py
             continue
         logger.info(u'Building service...', service=service_name, project=project_name)
         cur_image_id = engine.get_image_id_by_tag(service['from'])
+        if not cur_image_id:
+            cur_image_id = engine.pull_image_by_tag(service['from'])
+            if not cur_image_id:
+                raise AnsibleContainerException(
+                    "Failed to find image {}. Try `docker image pull {}`".format(service['from'])
+                )
         # the fingerprint hash tracks cacheability
         fingerprint_hash = hashlib.sha256('%s::' % cur_image_id)
         logger.debug(u'Base fingerprint hash = %s', fingerprint_hash.hexdigest(),
diff --git a/container/docker/engine.py b/container/docker/engine.py
index 8fb46dae..56fa7d61 100644
--- a/container/docker/engine.py
+++ b/container/docker/engine.py
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ def _add_var_list(vars):
                          u"container", conductor_path)
             volumes[conductor_path] = {'bind': '/_ansible/container', 'mode': 'rw'}
 
-        if command in ('login', 'push') and params.get('config_path'):
-            config_path = params.get('config_path')
+        if command in ('login', 'push', 'build'):
+            config_path = params.get('config_path') or self.auth_config_path
             volumes[config_path] = {'bind': config_path,
                                     'mode': 'rw'}
 
@@ -499,6 +499,18 @@ def get_build_stamp_for_image(self, image_id):
             build_stamp = [tag for tag in image.tags if not tag.endswith(':latest')][0].split(':')[-1]
         return build_stamp
 
+    @conductor_only
+    def pull_image_by_tag(self, image):
+        repo, tag = image.split(':')
+        if not tag:
+            tag = 'latest'
+        logger.debug("Pulling image {}:{}".format(repo, tag))
+        try:
+            image_id = self.client.images.pull(repo, tag=tag)
+        except docker_errors.APIError as exc:
+            raise exceptions.AnsibleContainerException("Failed to pull {}: {}".format(image_name, str(exc)))
+        return image_id
+
     @log_runs
     @conductor_only
     def flatten_container(self,
diff --git a/container/engine.py b/container/engine.py
index 9af0e135..67722d58 100644
--- a/container/engine.py
+++ b/container/engine.py
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ def get_image_id_by_fingerprint(self, fingerprint):
     def get_image_id_by_tag(self, tag):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
+    @conductor_only
+    def pull_image_by_tag(self, image_name):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     def get_latest_image_id_for_service(self, service_name):
         raise NotImplementedError()