diff --git a/cmd/buildkitd/main.go b/cmd/buildkitd/main.go
index 0284973f..9ccf5b81 100644
--- a/cmd/buildkitd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/buildkitd/main.go
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ import (
 	registryremotecache "github.com/moby/buildkit/cache/remotecache/registry"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/control"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend"
-	"github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend/dockerfile"
+	"github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend/dockerfile/builder"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend/gateway"
+	"github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend/gateway/forwarder"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/session"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/solver/boltdbcachestorage"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/util/apicaps"
@@ -383,7 +384,7 @@ func newController(c *cli.Context, root string) (*control.Controller, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	frontends := map[string]frontend.Frontend{}
-	frontends["dockerfile.v0"] = dockerfile.NewDockerfileFrontend(wc)
+	frontends["dockerfile.v0"] = forwarder.NewGatewayForwarder(wc, builder.Build2)
 	frontends["gateway.v0"] = gateway.NewGatewayFrontend(wc)
 
 	cacheStorage, err := boltdbcachestorage.NewStore(filepath.Join(root, "cache.db"))
diff --git a/frontend/dockerfile/builder/build.go b/frontend/dockerfile/builder/build.go
index c5354c30..a2887553 100644
--- a/frontend/dockerfile/builder/build.go
+++ b/frontend/dockerfile/builder/build.go
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ const (
 var httpPrefix = regexp.MustCompile("^https?://")
 var gitUrlPathWithFragmentSuffix = regexp.MustCompile("\\.git(?:#.+)?$")
 
+func Build2(ctx context.Context, c client.Client) (*client.Result, error) {
+	return nil, errors.Errorf("not-implemented")
+}
+
 func Build(ctx context.Context, c client.Client) error {
 	opts := c.BuildOpts().Opts
 
diff --git a/frontend/dockerfile/dockerfile.go b/frontend/dockerfile/dockerfile.go
index b1433fc1..a529f585 100644
--- a/frontend/dockerfile/dockerfile.go
+++ b/frontend/dockerfile/dockerfile.go
@@ -1,45 +1 @@
 package dockerfile
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend"
-	"github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend/dockerfile/builder"
-	"github.com/moby/buildkit/solver"
-)
-
-func NewDockerfileFrontend(w frontend.WorkerInfos) frontend.Frontend {
-	return &dfFrontend{
-		workers: w,
-	}
-}
-
-type dfFrontend struct {
-	workers frontend.WorkerInfos
-}
-
-func (f *dfFrontend) Solve(ctx context.Context, llbBridge frontend.FrontendLLBBridge, opts map[string]string) (retRef solver.CachedResult, exporterAttr map[string][]byte, retErr error) {
-
-	c, err := llbBridgeToGatewayClient(ctx, llbBridge, opts, f.workers.WorkerInfos())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-
-	defer func() {
-		for _, r := range c.refs {
-			if r != nil && (c.final != r || retErr != nil) {
-				r.Release(context.TODO())
-			}
-		}
-	}()
-
-	if err := builder.Build(ctx, c); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-
-	if c.final == nil || c.final.CachedResult == nil {
-		return nil, c.exporterAttr, nil
-	}
-
-	return c.final, c.exporterAttr, nil
-}
diff --git a/frontend/dockerfile/forward.go b/frontend/gateway/forwarder/forward.go
similarity index 99%
rename from frontend/dockerfile/forward.go
rename to frontend/gateway/forwarder/forward.go
index 257143cf..9eaf6a16 100644
--- a/frontend/dockerfile/forward.go
+++ b/frontend/gateway/forwarder/forward.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package dockerfile
+package forwarder
 
 import (
 	"context"
diff --git a/frontend/gateway/forwarder/frontend.go b/frontend/gateway/forwarder/frontend.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..213d2853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/gateway/forwarder/frontend.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package forwarder
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend"
+	"github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend/dockerfile/builder"
+	"github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend/gateway/client"
+	"github.com/moby/buildkit/solver"
+)
+
+func NewGatewayForwarder(w frontend.WorkerInfos, f client.BuildFunc) frontend.Frontend {
+	return &GatewayForwarder{
+		workers: w,
+		f:       f,
+	}
+}
+
+type GatewayForwarder struct {
+	workers frontend.WorkerInfos
+	f       client.BuildFunc
+}
+
+func (gf *GatewayForwarder) Solve(ctx context.Context, llbBridge frontend.FrontendLLBBridge, opts map[string]string) (retRef solver.CachedResult, exporterAttr map[string][]byte, retErr error) {
+	c, err := llbBridgeToGatewayClient(ctx, llbBridge, opts, gf.workers.WorkerInfos())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		for _, r := range c.refs {
+			if r != nil && (c.final != r || retErr != nil) {
+				r.Release(context.TODO())
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	if err := builder.Build(ctx, c); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	if c.final == nil || c.final.CachedResult == nil {
+		return nil, c.exporterAttr, nil
+	}
+
+	return c.final, c.exporterAttr, nil
+}