diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 490c1704..a3c3075f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ API
 Client class. `base_url` refers to the protocol+hostname+port where the docker
 server is hosted. Version is the version of the API the client will use.
 
-* `c.build(path=None, tag=None, quiet=False, fileobj=None, nocache=False)`  
+* `c.build(path=None, tag=None, quiet=False, fileobj=None, nocache=False, rm=False)`  
 Similar to the `docker build` command. Either `path` or `fileobj` needs to be
 set. `path` can be a local path (to a directory containing a Dockerfile) or a
 remote URL. `fileobj` must be a readable file-like object to a Dockerfile.
diff --git a/docker/client.py b/docker/client.py
index 9c0c0c4e..03f383ba 100644
--- a/docker/client.py
+++ b/docker/client.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class Client(requests.Session):
             else:
                 break
 
-    def build(self, path=None, tag=None, quiet=False, fileobj=None, nocache=False):
+    def build(self, path=None, tag=None, quiet=False, fileobj=None, nocache=False, rm=False):
         remote = context = headers = None
         if path is None and fileobj is None:
             raise Exception("Either path or fileobj needs to be provided.")
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class Client(requests.Session):
             context = utils.tar(path)
 
         u = self._url('/build')
-        params = { 't': tag, 'remote': remote, 'q': quiet, 'nocache': nocache }
+        params = { 't': tag, 'remote': remote, 'q': quiet, 'nocache': nocache, 'rm': rm }
         if context is not None:
             headers = { 'Content-Type': 'application/tar' }
         res = self._result(self.post(u, context, params=params,