diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_manager.go
index eaa332796c5..28ba651e65c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_manager.go
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ var (
 	// TODO: make this a TTL based pull (if image older than X policy, pull)
 	podInfraContainerImagePullPolicy = api.PullIfNotPresent
 
-	// Default set of security options.
-	defaultSecurityOpt = []string{"seccomp:unconfined"}
+	// Default security option, only seccomp for now
+	defaultSeccompProfile = "unconfined"
 )
 
 type DockerManager struct {
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) runContainer(
 		ContainerName: container.Name,
 	}
 
-	securityOpts, err := dm.getSecurityOpt(pod, container.Name)
+	securityOpts, err := dm.getSecurityOpts(pod, container.Name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return kubecontainer.ContainerID{}, err
 	}
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) checkVersionCompatibility() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (dm *DockerManager) getSecurityOpt(pod *api.Pod, ctrName string) ([]string, error) {
+func (dm *DockerManager) getSecurityOpts(pod *api.Pod, ctrName string) ([]string, error) {
 	version, err := dm.APIVersion()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -988,24 +988,31 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) getSecurityOpt(pod *api.Pod, ctrName string) ([]string,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if result < 0 {
-		// return early for old versions
-		return nil, nil
+	var optFmt string
+	switch {
+	case result < 0:
+		return nil, nil // return early for Docker < 1.10
+	case result == 0:
+		optFmt = "%s:%s" // use colon notation for Docker 1.10
+	case result > 0:
+		optFmt = "%s=%s" // use = notation for Docker >= 1.11
 	}
 
+	defaultSecurityOpts := []string{fmt.Sprintf(optFmt, "seccomp", defaultSeccompProfile)}
+
 	profile, profileOK := pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations[api.SeccompContainerAnnotationKeyPrefix+ctrName]
 	if !profileOK {
 		// try the pod profile
 		profile, profileOK = pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations[api.SeccompPodAnnotationKey]
 		if !profileOK {
 			// return early the default
-			return defaultSecurityOpt, nil
+			return defaultSecurityOpts, nil
 		}
 	}
 
 	if profile == "unconfined" {
 		// return early the default
-		return defaultSecurityOpt, nil
+		return defaultSecurityOpts, nil
 	}
 
 	if profile == "docker/default" {
@@ -1029,7 +1036,7 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) getSecurityOpt(pod *api.Pod, ctrName string) ([]string,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return []string{fmt.Sprintf("seccomp=%s", b.Bytes())}, nil
+	return []string{fmt.Sprintf(optFmt, "seccomp", b.Bytes())}, nil
 }
 
 type dockerExitError struct {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_manager_test.go
index 6924728780f..97cad5e5669 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_manager_test.go
@@ -1717,6 +1717,39 @@ func verifySyncResults(t *testing.T, expectedResults []*kubecontainer.SyncResult
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSecurityOptsOperator(t *testing.T) {
+	dm110, _ := newTestDockerManagerWithVersion("1.10.1", "1.22")
+	dm111, _ := newTestDockerManagerWithVersion("1.11.0", "1.23")
+
+	pod := &api.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+			UID:       "12345678",
+			Name:      "foo",
+			Namespace: "new",
+		},
+		Spec: api.PodSpec{
+			Containers: []api.Container{
+				{Name: "bar"},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	opts, err := dm110.getSecurityOpts(pod, "bar")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error getting security opts for Docker 1.10: %v", err)
+	}
+	if expected := []string{"seccomp:unconfined"}; len(opts) != 1 || opts[0] != expected[0] {
+		t.Fatalf("security opts for Docker 1.10: expected %v, got: %v", expected, opts)
+	}
+
+	opts, err = dm111.getSecurityOpts(pod, "bar")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error getting security opts for Docker 1.11: %v", err)
+	}
+	if expected := []string{"seccomp=unconfined"}; len(opts) != 1 || opts[0] != expected[0] {
+		t.Fatalf("security opts for Docker 1.11: expected %v, got: %v", expected, opts)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSeccompIsUnconfinedByDefaultWithDockerV110(t *testing.T) {
 	dm, fakeDocker := newTestDockerManagerWithVersion("1.10.1", "1.22")
 	pod := &api.Pod{
@@ -1910,7 +1943,7 @@ func TestSeccompLocalhostProfileIsLoaded(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
-		dm, fakeDocker := newTestDockerManagerWithVersion("1.10.1", "1.22")
+		dm, fakeDocker := newTestDockerManagerWithVersion("1.11.0", "1.23")
 		_, filename, _, _ := goruntime.Caller(0)
 		dm.seccompProfileRoot = path.Join(path.Dir(filename), "fixtures", "seccomp")