diff --git a/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/BrowserWebDriverContainer.java b/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/BrowserWebDriverContainer.java
index 4c7d6019c3b..1798ec41116 100644
--- a/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/BrowserWebDriverContainer.java
+++ b/modules/selenium/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/BrowserWebDriverContainer.java
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
+
 /**
  * A chrome/firefox/custom container based on SeleniumHQ's standalone container sets.
  * <p>
@@ -36,15 +40,16 @@ public class BrowserWebDriverContainer<SELF extends BrowserWebDriverContainer<SE
 
     @Nullable
     private DesiredCapabilities desiredCapabilities;
+    private boolean customImageNameIsSet = false;
+
     @Nullable
     private RemoteWebDriver driver;
-
     private VncRecordingMode recordingMode = VncRecordingMode.RECORD_FAILING;
     private File vncRecordingDirectory = new File("/tmp");
+
     private final Collection<VncRecordingSidekickContainer> currentVncRecordings = new ArrayList<>();
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BrowserWebDriverContainer.class);
-
     private static final SimpleDateFormat filenameDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYYMMdd-HHmmss");
 
     /**
@@ -53,9 +58,17 @@ public BrowserWebDriverContainer() {
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Constructor taking a specific webdriver container name and tag
+     * @param dockerImageName
+     */
+    public BrowserWebDriverContainer(String dockerImageName) {
+        super.setDockerImageName(dockerImageName);
+        this.customImageNameIsSet = true;
+    }
+
 
     public SELF withDesiredCapabilities(DesiredCapabilities desiredCapabilities) {
-        super.setDockerImageName(getImageForCapabilities(desiredCapabilities));
         this.desiredCapabilities = desiredCapabilities;
         return self();
     }
@@ -67,6 +80,12 @@ protected Integer getLivenessCheckPort() {
 
     @Override
     protected void configure() {
+
+        checkState(desiredCapabilities != null);
+        if (! customImageNameIsSet) {
+            super.setDockerImageName(getImageForCapabilities(desiredCapabilities));
+        }
+
         String timeZone = System.getProperty("user.timezone");
 
         if (timeZone == null || timeZone.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/SpecificImageNameWebDriverContainerTest.java b/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/SpecificImageNameWebDriverContainerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1db034502ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/SpecificImageNameWebDriverContainerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.testcontainers.junit;
+
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.BrowserWebDriverContainer;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class SpecificImageNameWebDriverContainerTest extends BaseWebDriverContainerTest {
+
+    @Rule
+    public BrowserWebDriverContainer firefox = new BrowserWebDriverContainer("selenium/standalone-firefox-debug:2.53.1-beryllium")
+            .withDesiredCapabilities(DesiredCapabilities.firefox());
+
+    @Test
+    public void simpleTest() throws IOException {
+        doSimpleWebdriverTest(firefox);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void simpleExploreTest() throws IOException {
+        doSimpleExplore(firefox);
+    }
+}