diff --git a/airflow/hooks/docker_hook.py b/airflow/hooks/docker_hook.py
index a570292ead2b9..3512641c49f2e 100644
--- a/airflow/hooks/docker_hook.py
+++ b/airflow/hooks/docker_hook.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from docker import Client
+from docker import APIClient as Client
 from docker.errors import APIError
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
diff --git a/airflow/operators/docker_operator.py b/airflow/operators/docker_operator.py
index 38edc8b4d79ab..fd540f1b8a125 100644
--- a/airflow/operators/docker_operator.py
+++ b/airflow/operators/docker_operator.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from airflow.models import BaseOperator
 from airflow.utils.decorators import apply_defaults
 from airflow.utils.file import TemporaryDirectory
-from docker import Client, tls
+from docker import APIClient as Client, tls
 import ast
 
 
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ class DockerOperator(BaseOperator):
     :type environment: dict
     :param force_pull: Pull the docker image on every run. Default is false.
     :type force_pull: bool
+    :param host_tmp_dir: Specify the location of the temporary directory on the host which will
+        be mapped to tmp_dir
+    :type host_tmp_dir: str
     :param mem_limit: Maximum amount of memory the container can use. Either a float value, which
         represents the limit in bytes, or a string like ``128m`` or ``1g``.
     :type mem_limit: float or str
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ def __init__(
             docker_url='unix://var/run/docker.sock',
             environment=None,
             force_pull=False,
+            host_tmp_dir=None,
             mem_limit=None,
             network_mode=None,
             tls_ca_cert=None,
@@ -125,6 +129,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.docker_url = docker_url
         self.environment = environment or {}
         self.force_pull = force_pull
+        self.host_tmp_dir = host_tmp_dir
         self.image = image
         self.mem_limit = mem_limit
         self.network_mode = network_mode
@@ -179,7 +184,7 @@ def execute(self, context):
 
         cpu_shares = int(round(self.cpus * 1024))
 
-        with TemporaryDirectory(prefix='airflowtmp') as host_tmp_dir:
+        with TemporaryDirectory(prefix='airflowtmp', dir=self.host_tmp_dir) as host_tmp_dir:
             self.environment['AIRFLOW_TMP_DIR'] = self.tmp_dir
             self.volumes.append('{0}:{1}'.format(host_tmp_dir, self.tmp_dir))
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e0f58b87c59e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+cryptography==2.0.3
+docker==2.5.1
+jsonschema==2.6.0
+tqdm==4.18.0
diff --git a/tests/operators/docker_operator.py b/tests/operators/docker_operator.py
index a12b6f829f8a3..4b83c1f22e100 100644
--- a/tests/operators/docker_operator.py
+++ b/tests/operators/docker_operator.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 try:
     from airflow.operators.docker_operator import DockerOperator
+    from docker.client import APIClient as Client
     from airflow.hooks.docker_hook import DockerHook
-    from docker import Client
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def test_execute(self, client_class_mock, mkdtemp_mock):
         client_class_mock.return_value = client_mock
 
         operator = DockerOperator(api_version='1.19', command='env', environment={'UNIT': 'TEST'},
+                                  host_tmp_dir='/host/airflow',
                                   image='ubuntu:latest', network_mode='bridge', owner='unittest',
                                   task_id='unittest', volumes=['/host/path:/container/path'],
                                   working_dir='/container/path')
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ def test_execute(self, client_class_mock, mkdtemp_mock):
                                                         mem_limit=None, user=None,
                                                         working_dir='/container/path'
                                                         )
+        mkdtemp_mock.assert_called_with(dir='/host/airflow',
+                prefix='airflowtmp', suffix='')
         client_mock.create_host_config.assert_called_with(binds=['/host/path:/container/path',
                                                                  '/mkdtemp:/tmp/airflow'],
                                                           network_mode='bridge')