diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
deleted file mode 100644
index bea64c8e45ab3..0000000000000
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-packages/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 2230ecdd54a98..0000000000000
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-FROM python:3.7.2
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get -y install make g++ rsync git zip vim && \
-    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash - && \
-    apt-get -y install nodejs && \
-    npm install -g lerna
-ENV NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=/home/root/.npm-global
-
-# USER node
-RUN mkdir -p /home/node/build
-WORKDIR /home/node/build
-
-# Add lerna aliases
-RUN echo "alias lr='lerna run --stream --scope \$(node -p \"require(\\\"./package.json\\\").name\")'" >> ~/.bashrc && \
-    echo "alias lb='lr build'" >> ~/.bashrc && \
-    echo "alias lt='lr test'" >> ~/.bashrc && \
-    echo "alias lw='lr watch'" >> ~/.bashrc
-
-CMD ["bash"]
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diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/index.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/index.ts
index 1ccd62b520805..dc6601f650122 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export * from './stage';
 export * from './integrations';
 export * from './lambda-api';
 export * from './vpc-link';
+export * from './methodresponse';
 
 // AWS::ApiGateway CloudFormation Resources:
 export * from './apigateway.generated';
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/method.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/method.ts
index cb263bc5083cc..21d3fb6f6bbf2 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/method.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/method.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import cdk = require('@aws-cdk/cdk');
 import { CfnMethod, CfnMethodProps } from './apigateway.generated';
 import { ConnectionType, Integration } from './integration';
 import { MockIntegration } from './integrations/mock';
+import { MethodResponse } from './methodresponse';
 import { IRestApiResource } from './resource';
 import { RestApi } from './restapi';
 import { validateHttpMethod } from './util';
@@ -34,11 +35,15 @@ export interface MethodOptions {
    */
   apiKeyRequired?: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * The responses that can be sent to the client who calls the method.
+   */
+  methodResponses?: MethodResponse[]
+
   // TODO:
   // - RequestValidatorId
   // - RequestModels
   // - RequestParameters
-  // - MethodResponses
   requestParameters?: { [param: string]: boolean };
 }
 
@@ -93,7 +98,8 @@ export class Method extends cdk.Construct {
       authorizationType: options.authorizationType || defaultMethodOptions.authorizationType || AuthorizationType.None,
       authorizerId: options.authorizerId || defaultMethodOptions.authorizerId,
       requestParameters: options.requestParameters,
-      integration: this.renderIntegration(props.integration)
+      integration: this.renderIntegration(props.integration),
+      methodResponses: options.methodResponses || defaultMethodOptions.methodResponses
     };
 
     const resource = new CfnMethod(this, 'Resource', methodProps);
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/methodresponse.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/methodresponse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..49f0453a3cc4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/methodresponse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+export interface MethodResponse {
+
+    /**
+     * The method response's status code, which you map to an IntegrationResponse.
+     */
+    statusCode: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Response parameters that API Gateway sends to the client that called a method.
+     * Specify response parameters as key-value pairs (string-to-Boolean maps), with
+     * a destination as the key and a Boolean as the value. Specify the destination
+     * using the following pattern: method.response.header.name, where the name is a
+     * valid, unique header name. The Boolean specifies whether a parameter is required.
+     */
+    responseParameters?: { [destination: string]: boolean };
+
+    /**
+     * The method response's status code, which you map to an IntegrationResponse.
+     */
+    responseModels?: { [destination: string]: string };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/test/test.method.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/test/test.method.ts
index 645d1f9f9f398..efd94af768796 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/test/test.method.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/test/test.method.ts
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ export = {
     const stack = new cdk.Stack();
     const api = new apigateway.RestApi(stack, 'test-api', { deploy: false });
 
+    // WHEN
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+    const api = new apigateway.RestApi(stack, 'test-api', { deploy: false });
+
     // WHEN
     const integration = new apigateway.Integration({
       type: apigateway.IntegrationType.HttpProxy,
@@ -301,6 +306,63 @@ export = {
 
     // THEN
     test.throws(() => api.root.addMethod('GET', integration), /cannot set 'vpcLink' where 'connectionType' is INTERNET/);
+    test.done();
+  },
+
+  'methodResponse set one or more method responses via options'(test: Test) {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+    const api = new apigateway.RestApi(stack, 'test-api', { deploy: false });
+
+    // WHEN
+    new apigateway.Method(stack, 'method-man', {
+      httpMethod: 'GET',
+      resource: api.root,
+      options: {
+        methodResponses: [{
+            statusCode: '200'
+          }, {
+            statusCode: "400",
+            responseParameters: {
+              'method.response.header.killerbees': false
+            }
+          }, {
+            statusCode: "500",
+            responseParameters: {
+              'method.response.header.errthing': true
+            },
+            responseModels: {
+              'application/json': 'Empty',
+              'text/plain': 'Empty'
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::ApiGateway::Method', {
+      HttpMethod: 'GET',
+      MethodResponses: [{
+          StatusCode: "200"
+        }, {
+          StatusCode: "400",
+          ResponseParameters: {
+            'method.response.header.killerbees': false
+          }
+        }, {
+          StatusCode: "500",
+          ResponseParameters: {
+            'method.response.header.errthing': true
+          },
+          ResponseModels: {
+            'application/json': 'Empty',
+            'text/plain': 'Empty'
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }));
+
     test.done();
   }
 };