diff --git a/pkg/container/container_types.go b/pkg/container/container_types.go
index c83ec35b..6b3fc860 100644
--- a/pkg/container/container_types.go
+++ b/pkg/container/container_types.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ type Container interface {
 // NewDockerBuildExecutorInput the input for the NewDockerBuildExecutor function
 type NewDockerBuildExecutorInput struct {
 	ContextDir string
+	Dockerfile string
 	Container  Container
 	ImageTag   string
 	Platform   string
diff --git a/pkg/container/docker_build.go b/pkg/container/docker_build.go
index 0c87cfdf..72150234 100644
--- a/pkg/container/docker_build.go
+++ b/pkg/container/docker_build.go
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ func NewDockerBuildExecutor(input NewDockerBuildExecutorInput) common.Executor {
 			Remove:      true,
 			Platform:    input.Platform,
 			AuthConfigs: LoadDockerAuthConfigs(ctx),
+			Dockerfile:  input.Dockerfile,
 		}
 		var buildContext io.ReadCloser
 		if input.Container != nil {
 			buildContext, err = input.Container.GetContainerArchive(ctx, input.ContextDir+"/.")
 		} else {
-			buildContext, err = createBuildContext(ctx, input.ContextDir, "Dockerfile")
+			buildContext, err = createBuildContext(ctx, input.ContextDir, input.Dockerfile)
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/pkg/runner/action.go b/pkg/runner/action.go
index 1da76959..c476ad9f 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/action.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/action.go
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func execAsDocker(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, actionName string, based
 		image = fmt.Sprintf("%s-dockeraction:%s", regexp.MustCompile("[^a-zA-Z0-9]").ReplaceAllString(actionName, "-"), "latest")
 		image = fmt.Sprintf("act-%s", strings.TrimLeft(image, "-"))
 		image = strings.ToLower(image)
-		contextDir, _ := filepath.Split(filepath.Join(basedir, action.Runs.Image))
+		contextDir, fileName := filepath.Split(filepath.Join(basedir, action.Runs.Image))
 
 		anyArchExists, err := container.ImageExistsLocally(ctx, image, "any")
 		if err != nil {
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ func execAsDocker(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, actionName string, based
 			}
 			prepImage = container.NewDockerBuildExecutor(container.NewDockerBuildExecutorInput{
 				ContextDir: contextDir,
+				Dockerfile: fileName,
 				ImageTag:   image,
 				Container:  actionContainer,
 				Platform:   rc.Config.ContainerArchitecture,
diff --git a/pkg/runner/testdata/actions-environment-and-context-tests/push.yml b/pkg/runner/testdata/actions-environment-and-context-tests/push.yml
index db3c3413..1d799d57 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/testdata/actions-environment-and-context-tests/push.yml
+++ b/pkg/runner/testdata/actions-environment-and-context-tests/push.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ jobs:
       - uses: './actions-environment-and-context-tests/docker'
       - uses: 'nektos/act-test-actions/js@main'
       - uses: 'nektos/act-test-actions/docker@main'
+      - uses: 'nektos/act-test-actions/docker-file@main'
+      - uses: 'nektos/act-test-actions/docker-relative-context/action@main'