diff --git a/components/engine/Dockerfile b/components/engine/Dockerfile
index 86130c4caa..b38c142c3e 100644
--- a/components/engine/Dockerfile
+++ b/components/engine/Dockerfile
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 	libapparmor-dev \
 	libcap-dev \
 	libsqlite3-dev \
-	lxc=1.0* \
 	mercurial \
 	parallel \
 	python-mock \
@@ -62,6 +61,15 @@ RUN cd /usr/local/lvm2 \
 	&& make install_device-mapper
 # see https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/tree/INSTALL
 
+# Install lxc
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/lxc \
+	&& curl -sSL https://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/lxc/lxc-1.0.7.tar.gz | tar -v -C /usr/src/lxc/ -xz --strip-components=1
+RUN cd /usr/src/lxc \
+	&& ./configure \
+	&& make \
+	&& make install \
+	&& ldconfig
+
 # Install Go
 RUN curl -sSL https://golang.org/dl/go1.4.src.tar.gz | tar -v -C /usr/local -xz
 ENV PATH /usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
diff --git a/components/engine/project/PACKAGERS.md b/components/engine/project/PACKAGERS.md
index 7aba36c890..701e552d59 100644
--- a/components/engine/project/PACKAGERS.md
+++ b/components/engine/project/PACKAGERS.md
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ the client will even run on alternative platforms such as Mac OS X / Darwin.
 Some of Docker's features are activated by using optional command-line flags or
 by having support for them in the kernel or userspace. A few examples include:
 
-* LXC execution driver (requires version 1.0 or later of the LXC utility scripts)
+* LXC execution driver (requires version 1.0.7 or later of lxc and the lxc-libs)
 * AUFS graph driver (requires AUFS patches/support enabled in the kernel, and at
   least the "auplink" utility from aufs-tools)
 * BTRFS graph driver (requires BTRFS support enabled in the kernel)