diff --git a/release/kata-deploy-binaries.sh b/release/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
index ab372e78e1..e08ab26dc3 100755
--- a/release/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
+++ b/release/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
@@ -131,6 +131,18 @@ install_firecracker() {
 
 }
 
+install_docker_config_script() {
+	local docker_config_script_name="kata-configure-docker.sh"
+	local docker_config_script="${script_dir}/../static-build/scripts/${docker_config_script_name}"
+
+	local script_dest_dir="${destdir}/opt/kata/share/scripts"
+
+	mkdir -p "$script_dest_dir"
+
+	sudo install --owner root --group root --mode 0755 \
+		"$docker_config_script" "$script_dest_dir"
+}
+
 #Install all components that are not assets
 install_kata_components() {
 	for p in "${projects[@]}"; do
@@ -200,6 +212,8 @@ main() {
 	install_qemu
 	install_nemu
 	install_firecracker
+	install_docker_config_script
+
 	tarball_name="${destdir}.tar.xz"
 	pushd "${destdir}" >>/dev/null
 	tar cfJ "${tarball_name}" "./opt"
diff --git a/static-build/scripts/kata-configure-docker.sh b/static-build/scripts/kata-configure-docker.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7c817e933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static-build/scripts/kata-configure-docker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+# Description: Script to configure Docker for the static
+#   version of Kata Containers.
+
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -x
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+docker_config_file="${docker_config_file:-/etc/docker/daemon.json}"
+
+# The static version of Kata Containers is entirely contained within
+# this directory.
+readonly static_base_dir="/opt/kata"
+
+# Path to runtime in static archive file
+readonly runtime_path="${static_base_dir}/bin/kata-runtime"
+
+die()
+{
+	local msg="$*"
+	echo >&2 "ERROR: $msg"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+info()
+{
+	local msg="$*"
+	echo >&2 "INFO: $msg"
+}
+
+configure_docker()
+{
+	local file="$1"
+	[ -z "$file" ] && die "need file"
+
+	if [ -e "$docker_config_file" ]
+	then
+		local today=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')
+		local backup="${docker_config_file}.${today}"
+
+		info "Backing up original Docker config file '$docker_config_file' to '$backup'"
+
+		sudo cp "${docker_config_file}" "${docker_config_file}.${today}"
+	fi
+
+	local config_files=$(tar tvf "$file" |\
+		grep "/configuration-.*\.toml" |\
+		grep -v -- '->' |\
+		awk '{print $NF}' |\
+		sed 's/^\.//g' || true)
+
+	[ -z "$config_files" ] && die "cannot find any configuration files in '$file'"
+
+	local config
+	local -a runtimes
+
+	for config in $(echo "$config_files" | tr '\n' ' ')
+	do
+		local runtime
+		runtime=$(echo "$config" |\
+			awk -F \/ '{print $NF}' |\
+			sed -e 's/configuration/kata/g' -e 's/\.toml//g')
+
+		runtimes+=("$runtime")
+
+		local result
+		result=$(cat "$docker_config_file" |\
+			jq \
+			--arg config "$config" \
+			--arg runtime "$runtime" \
+			--arg runtime_path "$runtime_path" \
+			'.runtimes[$runtime] = {path: $runtime_path, "runtimeArgs": ["--kata-config", $config]}')
+
+		echo "$result" > "$docker_config_file"
+	done
+
+	info "Validating $docker_config_file"
+
+	jq -S . "$docker_config_file" &>/dev/null
+
+	info "Restarting Docker to apply new configuration"
+
+	$chronic sudo systemctl restart docker
+
+	info "Docker configured for the following additional runtimes: ${runtimes[@]}"
+}
+
+setup()
+{
+	source "/etc/os-release" || source "/usr/lib/os-release"
+
+	# Used to manipulate $docker_config_file
+	local pkg="jq"
+
+	case "$ID" in
+		opensuse*) distro="opensuse" ;;
+		*)         distro="$ID" ;;
+	esac
+
+	# Use chronic(1) if available
+	chronic=
+	command -v chronic && chronic=chronic
+
+	if command -v "$pkg" &>/dev/null
+	then
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	info "Cannot find $pkg command so installing package"
+
+	case "$distro" in
+		centos|rhel) $chronic sudo -E yum -y install "$pkg" ;;
+		debian|ubuntu) $chronic sudo -E apt -y install "$pkg" ;;
+		fedora) $chronic sudo -E dnf -y install "$pkg" ;;
+		opensuse|sles) $chronic sudo -E zypper -y install "$pkg" ;;
+		*) die "do not know how to install command $pkg' for distro '$distro'" ;;
+	esac
+}
+
+main()
+{
+	local file="$1"
+	[ -z "$file" ] && die "need full path to Kata Containers static archive file"
+
+	echo "$file" | grep -q "^kata-static-.*\.tar.xz" || die "invalid file: '$file'"
+
+	[ $(id -u) -eq 0 ] || die "must be run as root"
+
+	setup
+
+	configure_docker "$file"
+}
+
+main "$@"