diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f9222025..da2f72cf1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ target
 work
 .idea
 *.iml
+.project
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/jenkinsci/plugins/docker/workflow/Docker.groovy b/src/main/resources/org/jenkinsci/plugins/docker/workflow/Docker.groovy
index 3c8e01a67..751a63a48 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/jenkinsci/plugins/docker/workflow/Docker.groovy
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/jenkinsci/plugins/docker/workflow/Docker.groovy
@@ -198,6 +198,15 @@ class Docker implements Serializable {
         public String port(int port) {
             docker.script.sh(script: "docker port ${id} ${port}", returnStdout: true).trim()
         }
+        
+        public String inspect(String format = "") {
+        	if (format != "") {
+        		docker.script.sh(script: "docker inspect ${id} --format ${format}", returnStdout: true).trim()        	                  
+        	} else {
+        		docker.script.sh(script: "docker inspect ${id}", returnStdout: true).trim()        	      
+        	}
+        }
+
     }
 
 }