diff --git a/api/server/router/image/backend.go b/api/server/router/image/backend.go
index dfb02a4df3..39843fa7ab 100644
--- a/api/server/router/image/backend.go
+++ b/api/server/router/image/backend.go
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package image
 import (
 	"io"
 
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/backend"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/reference"
 	"github.com/docker/engine-api/types"
-	"github.com/docker/engine-api/types/container"
 	"github.com/docker/engine-api/types/registry"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type Backend interface {
 }
 
 type containerBackend interface {
-	Commit(name string, config *types.ContainerCommitConfig) (imageID string, err error)
+	Commit(name string, config *backend.ContainerCommitConfig) (imageID string, err error)
 }
 
 type imageBackend interface {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type imageBackend interface {
 
 type importExportBackend interface {
 	LoadImage(inTar io.ReadCloser, outStream io.Writer, quiet bool) error
-	ImportImage(src string, newRef reference.Named, msg string, inConfig io.ReadCloser, outStream io.Writer, config *container.Config) error
+	ImportImage(src string, newRef reference.Named, msg string, inConfig io.ReadCloser, outStream io.Writer, changes []string) error
 	ExportImage(names []string, outStream io.Writer) error
 }
 
diff --git a/api/server/router/image/image_routes.go b/api/server/router/image/image_routes.go
index bd51abf3ba..e0c4c70215 100644
--- a/api/server/router/image/image_routes.go
+++ b/api/server/router/image/image_routes.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/digest"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/registry/api/errcode"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/httputils"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/builder/dockerfile"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/backend"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/ioutils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/streamformatter"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/reference"
@@ -48,19 +48,17 @@ func (s *imageRouter) postCommit(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *
 		c = &container.Config{}
 	}
 
-	newConfig, err := dockerfile.BuildFromConfig(c, r.Form["changes"])
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	commitCfg := &types.ContainerCommitConfig{
-		Pause:        pause,
-		Repo:         r.Form.Get("repo"),
-		Tag:          r.Form.Get("tag"),
-		Author:       r.Form.Get("author"),
-		Comment:      r.Form.Get("comment"),
-		Config:       newConfig,
-		MergeConfigs: true,
+	commitCfg := &backend.ContainerCommitConfig{
+		ContainerCommitConfig: types.ContainerCommitConfig{
+			Pause:        pause,
+			Repo:         r.Form.Get("repo"),
+			Tag:          r.Form.Get("tag"),
+			Author:       r.Form.Get("author"),
+			Comment:      r.Form.Get("comment"),
+			Config:       c,
+			MergeConfigs: true,
+		},
+		Changes: r.Form["changes"],
 	}
 
 	imgID, err := s.backend.Commit(cname, commitCfg)
@@ -160,17 +158,10 @@ func (s *imageRouter) postImagesCreate(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWrite
 		}
 
 		src := r.Form.Get("fromSrc")
-
 		// 'err' MUST NOT be defined within this block, we need any error
 		// generated from the download to be available to the output
 		// stream processing below
-		var newConfig *container.Config
-		newConfig, err = dockerfile.BuildFromConfig(&container.Config{}, r.Form["changes"])
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		err = s.backend.ImportImage(src, newRef, message, r.Body, output, newConfig)
+		err = s.backend.ImportImage(src, newRef, message, r.Body, output, r.Form["changes"])
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		if !output.Flushed() {
diff --git a/api/types/backend/backend.go b/api/types/backend/backend.go
index ffe9b709e1..9fc3e380fc 100644
--- a/api/types/backend/backend.go
+++ b/api/types/backend/backend.go
@@ -67,3 +67,11 @@ type ExecProcessConfig struct {
 	Privileged *bool    `json:"privileged,omitempty"`
 	User       string   `json:"user,omitempty"`
 }
+
+// ContainerCommitConfig is a wrapper around
+// types.ContainerCommitConfig that also
+// transports configuration changes for a container.
+type ContainerCommitConfig struct {
+	types.ContainerCommitConfig
+	Changes []string
+}
diff --git a/builder/builder.go b/builder/builder.go
index 6f8fdb8dc5..337535468f 100644
--- a/builder/builder.go
+++ b/builder/builder.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/backend"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/reference"
 	"github.com/docker/engine-api/types"
 	"github.com/docker/engine-api/types/container"
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ type Backend interface {
 	// ContainerRm removes a container specified by `id`.
 	ContainerRm(name string, config *types.ContainerRmConfig) error
 	// Commit creates a new Docker image from an existing Docker container.
-	Commit(string, *types.ContainerCommitConfig) (string, error)
+	Commit(string, *backend.ContainerCommitConfig) (string, error)
 	// Kill stops the container execution abruptly.
 	ContainerKill(containerID string, sig uint64) error
 	// Start starts a new container
diff --git a/builder/dockerfile/internals.go b/builder/dockerfile/internals.go
index 92af086e40..5d9127331c 100644
--- a/builder/dockerfile/internals.go
+++ b/builder/dockerfile/internals.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/backend"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/builder"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/builder/dockerfile/parser"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/archive"
@@ -84,10 +85,12 @@ func (b *Builder) commit(id string, autoCmd strslice.StrSlice, comment string) e
 	autoConfig := *b.runConfig
 	autoConfig.Cmd = autoCmd
 
-	commitCfg := &types.ContainerCommitConfig{
-		Author: b.maintainer,
-		Pause:  true,
-		Config: &autoConfig,
+	commitCfg := &backend.ContainerCommitConfig{
+		ContainerCommitConfig: types.ContainerCommitConfig{
+			Author: b.maintainer,
+			Pause:  true,
+			Config: &autoConfig,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Commit the container
diff --git a/daemon/commit.go b/daemon/commit.go
index 7bc7b6f25d..edb10a2a69 100644
--- a/daemon/commit.go
+++ b/daemon/commit.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/backend"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/builder/dockerfile"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/container"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/dockerversion"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/image"
@@ -14,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/archive"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/ioutils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/reference"
-	"github.com/docker/engine-api/types"
 	containertypes "github.com/docker/engine-api/types/container"
 	"github.com/docker/go-connections/nat"
 )
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ func merge(userConf, imageConf *containertypes.Config) error {
 
 // Commit creates a new filesystem image from the current state of a container.
 // The image can optionally be tagged into a repository.
-func (daemon *Daemon) Commit(name string, c *types.ContainerCommitConfig) (string, error) {
+func (daemon *Daemon) Commit(name string, c *backend.ContainerCommitConfig) (string, error) {
 	container, err := daemon.GetContainer(name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -114,8 +115,13 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Commit(name string, c *types.ContainerCommitConfig) (strin
 		defer daemon.containerUnpause(container)
 	}
 
+	newConfig, err := dockerfile.BuildFromConfig(c.Config, c.Changes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
 	if c.MergeConfigs {
-		if err := merge(c.Config, container.Config); err != nil {
+		if err := merge(newConfig, container.Config); err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
 	}
@@ -166,7 +172,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Commit(name string, c *types.ContainerCommitConfig) (strin
 	config, err := json.Marshal(&image.Image{
 		V1Image: image.V1Image{
 			DockerVersion:   dockerversion.Version,
-			Config:          c.Config,
+			Config:          newConfig,
 			Architecture:    runtime.GOARCH,
 			OS:              runtime.GOOS,
 			Container:       container.ID,
diff --git a/daemon/import.go b/daemon/import.go
index 4961a30fd9..3c62eb8386 100644
--- a/daemon/import.go
+++ b/daemon/import.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/docker/docker/builder/dockerfile"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/dockerversion"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/image"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/layer"
@@ -23,13 +24,17 @@ import (
 // inConfig (if src is "-"), or from a URI specified in src. Progress output is
 // written to outStream. Repository and tag names can optionally be given in
 // the repo and tag arguments, respectively.
-func (daemon *Daemon) ImportImage(src string, newRef reference.Named, msg string, inConfig io.ReadCloser, outStream io.Writer, config *container.Config) error {
+func (daemon *Daemon) ImportImage(src string, newRef reference.Named, msg string, inConfig io.ReadCloser, outStream io.Writer, changes []string) error {
 	var (
 		sf   = streamformatter.NewJSONStreamFormatter()
 		rc   io.ReadCloser
 		resp *http.Response
 	)
 
+	config, err := dockerfile.BuildFromConfig(&container.Config{}, changes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if src == "-" {
 		rc = inConfig
 	} else {