diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/config_unix.go b/components/engine/daemon/config_unix.go
index 55f56f3eb1..e9201fa494 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/config_unix.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/config_unix.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type bridgeConfig struct {
 	EnableIPForward             bool   `json:"ip-forward,omitempty"`
 	EnableIPMasq                bool   `json:"ip-masq,omitempty"`
 	EnableUserlandProxy         bool   `json:"userland-proxy,omitempty"`
+	UserlandProxyPath           string `json:"userland-proxy-path,omitempty"`
 	DefaultIP                   net.IP `json:"ip,omitempty"`
 	IP                          string `json:"bip,omitempty"`
 	FixedCIDRv6                 string `json:"fixed-cidr-v6,omitempty"`
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ func (config *Config) InstallFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.BoolVar(&config.bridgeConfig.InterContainerCommunication, "icc", true, "Enable inter-container communication")
 	flags.Var(opts.NewIPOpt(&config.bridgeConfig.DefaultIP, "0.0.0.0"), "ip", "Default IP when binding container ports")
 	flags.BoolVar(&config.bridgeConfig.EnableUserlandProxy, "userland-proxy", true, "Use userland proxy for loopback traffic")
+	flags.StringVar(&config.bridgeConfig.UserlandProxyPath, "userland-proxy-path", "", "Path to the userland proxy binary")
 	flags.BoolVar(&config.EnableCors, "api-enable-cors", false, "Enable CORS headers in the remote API, this is deprecated by --api-cors-header")
 	flags.MarkDeprecated("api-enable-cors", "Please use --api-cors-header")
 	flags.StringVar(&config.CgroupParent, "cgroup-parent", "", "Set parent cgroup for all containers")
diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/daemon_unix.go b/components/engine/daemon/daemon_unix.go
index c35b485aff..22933fddb8 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/daemon_unix.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/daemon_unix.go
@@ -651,7 +651,8 @@ func driverOptions(config *Config) []nwconfig.Option {
 	bridgeConfig := options.Generic{
 		"EnableIPForwarding":  config.bridgeConfig.EnableIPForward,
 		"EnableIPTables":      config.bridgeConfig.EnableIPTables,
-		"EnableUserlandProxy": config.bridgeConfig.EnableUserlandProxy}
+		"EnableUserlandProxy": config.bridgeConfig.EnableUserlandProxy,
+		"UserlandProxyPath":   config.bridgeConfig.UserlandProxyPath}
 	bridgeOption := options.Generic{netlabel.GenericData: bridgeConfig}
 
 	dOptions := []nwconfig.Option{}
diff --git a/components/engine/docs/installation/binaries.md b/components/engine/docs/installation/binaries.md
index 2ae4750247..c9bff3844b 100644
--- a/components/engine/docs/installation/binaries.md
+++ b/components/engine/docs/installation/binaries.md
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ For example, to install the binaries in `/usr/bin`:
 $ mv docker/* /usr/bin/
 ```
 
+> **Note**: Depending on your current setup, you can specify custom paths
+> for some of the binaries provided.
+
 > **Note**: If you already have Engine installed on your host, make sure you
 > stop Engine before installing (`killall docker`), and install the binaries
 > in the same location. You can find the location of the current installation
diff --git a/components/engine/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md b/components/engine/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md
index b558895ea5..d134f6e102 100644
--- a/components/engine/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md
+++ b/components/engine/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ Options:
       --tlskey=~/.docker/key.pem             Path to TLS key file
       --tlsverify                            Use TLS and verify the remote
       --userland-proxy=true                  Use userland proxy for loopback traffic
+      --userland-proxy-path=""               Path to the userland proxy binary
       --userns-remap                         User/Group setting for user namespaces
       -v, --version                          Print version information and quit
 ```
@@ -1149,6 +1150,7 @@ This is a full example of the allowed configuration options on Linux:
 	"ip-forward": false,
 	"ip-masq": false,
 	"userland-proxy": false,
+	"userland-proxy-path": "/usr/libexec/docker-proxy",
 	"ip": "0.0.0.0",
 	"bridge": "",
 	"bip": "",
diff --git a/components/engine/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go b/components/engine/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go
index b9d3c6c807..d00bdd02ce 100644
--- a/components/engine/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go
+++ b/components/engine/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go
@@ -2872,3 +2872,33 @@ func (s *DockerDaemonSuite) TestDaemonBackcompatPre17Volumes(c *check.C) {
 		c.Assert(matched, checker.True, check.Commentf("did find match for %+v", m))
 	}
 }
+
+func (s *DockerDaemonSuite) TestDaemonWithUserlandProxyPath(c *check.C) {
+	testRequires(c, SameHostDaemon, DaemonIsLinux)
+
+	dockerProxyPath, err := exec.LookPath("docker-proxy")
+	c.Assert(err, checker.IsNil)
+	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "test-docker-proxy")
+	c.Assert(err, checker.IsNil)
+
+	newProxyPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "docker-proxy")
+	cmd := exec.Command("cp", dockerProxyPath, newProxyPath)
+	c.Assert(cmd.Run(), checker.IsNil)
+
+	// custom one
+	c.Assert(s.d.StartWithBusybox("--userland-proxy-path", newProxyPath), checker.IsNil)
+	out, err := s.d.Cmd("run", "-p", "5000:5000", "busybox:latest", "true")
+	c.Assert(err, checker.IsNil, check.Commentf(out))
+
+	// try with the original one
+	c.Assert(s.d.Restart("--userland-proxy-path", dockerProxyPath), checker.IsNil)
+	out, err = s.d.Cmd("run", "-p", "5000:5000", "busybox:latest", "true")
+	c.Assert(err, checker.IsNil, check.Commentf(out))
+
+	// not exist
+	c.Assert(s.d.Restart("--userland-proxy-path", "/does/not/exist"), checker.IsNil)
+	out, err = s.d.Cmd("run", "-p", "5000:5000", "busybox:latest", "true")
+	c.Assert(err, checker.NotNil, check.Commentf(out))
+	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, "driver failed programming external connectivity on endpoint")
+	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, "/does/not/exist: no such file or directory")
+}
diff --git a/components/engine/man/dockerd.8.md b/components/engine/man/dockerd.8.md
index 503b76061e..84ae3df6b4 100644
--- a/components/engine/man/dockerd.8.md
+++ b/components/engine/man/dockerd.8.md
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ dockerd - Enable daemon mode
 [**--tlskey**[=*~/.docker/key.pem*]]
 [**--tlsverify**]
 [**--userland-proxy**[=*true*]]
+[**--userland-proxy-path**[=*""*]]
 [**--userns-remap**[=*default*]]
 
 # DESCRIPTION
@@ -272,6 +273,9 @@ output otherwise.
 **--userland-proxy**=*true*|*false*
     Rely on a userland proxy implementation for inter-container and outside-to-container loopback communications. Default is true.
 
+**--userland-proxy-path**=""
+  Path to the userland proxy binary.
+
 **--userns-remap**=*default*|*uid:gid*|*user:group*|*user*|*uid*
     Enable user namespaces for containers on the daemon. Specifying "default" will cause a new user and group to be created to handle UID and GID range remapping for the user namespace mappings used for contained processes. Specifying a user (or uid) and optionally a group (or gid) will cause the daemon to lookup the user and group's subordinate ID ranges for use as the user namespace mappings for contained processes.