diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/daemon_unix.go b/components/engine/daemon/daemon_unix.go
index 12e0019a9b..0b2d36a51b 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/daemon_unix.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/daemon_unix.go
@@ -603,13 +603,7 @@ func configureMaxThreads(config *Config) error {
 // configureKernelSecuritySupport configures and validates security support for the kernel
 func configureKernelSecuritySupport(config *Config, driverName string) error {
 	if config.EnableSelinuxSupport {
-		if selinuxEnabled() {
-			// As Docker on overlayFS and SELinux are incompatible at present, error on overlayfs being enabled
-			if driverName == "overlay" {
-				return fmt.Errorf("SELinux is not supported with the %s graph driver", driverName)
-			}
-			logrus.Debug("SELinux enabled successfully")
-		} else {
+		if !selinuxEnabled() {
 			logrus.Warn("Docker could not enable SELinux on the host system")
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/components/engine/man/dockerd.8.md b/components/engine/man/dockerd.8.md
index a098a708a3..06c3820027 100644
--- a/components/engine/man/dockerd.8.md
+++ b/components/engine/man/dockerd.8.md
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ output otherwise.
   Force the Docker runtime to use a specific storage driver.
 
 **--selinux-enabled**=*true*|*false*
-  Enable selinux support. Default is false. SELinux does not presently support either of the overlay storage drivers.
+  Enable selinux support. Default is false.
 
 **--storage-opt**=[]
   Set storage driver options. See STORAGE DRIVER OPTIONS.