diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/docker/docker.service b/cluster/saltbase/salt/docker/docker.service
index ee6c377e56e..aa535375ec8 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/docker/docker.service
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/docker/docker.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Requires=docker.socket
 
 [Service]
 EnvironmentFile={{ environment_file }}
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker -d -H fd:// "$DOCKER_OPTS"
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker daemon -H fd:// "$DOCKER_OPTS"
 MountFlags=slave
 LimitNOFILE=1048576
 LimitNPROC=1048576
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/bare_metal_offline.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/bare_metal_offline.md
index 196ad837cc3..ba6b66faba2 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/bare_metal_offline.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/bare_metal_offline.md
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ On the PXE server make and fill in the variables `vi /var/www/html/coreos/pxe-cl
             EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/docker
             EnvironmentFile=/run/flannel/subnet.env
             ExecStartPre=/bin/mount --make-rprivate /
-            ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker -d --bip=${FLANNEL_SUBNET} --mtu=${FLANNEL_MTU} -s=overlay -H fd:// ${DOCKER_EXTRA_OPTS}
+            ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker daemon --bip=${FLANNEL_SUBNET} --mtu=${FLANNEL_MTU} -s=overlay -H fd:// ${DOCKER_EXTRA_OPTS}
             [Install]
             WantedBy=multi-user.target
         - name: setup-network-environment.service
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.md
index 36be43931da..0b7e83bf9a5 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.md
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ Run:
 sudo sh -c 'docker -d -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock -p /var/run/docker-bootstrap.pid --iptables=false --ip-masq=false --bridge=none --graph=/var/lib/docker-bootstrap 2> /var/log/docker-bootstrap.log 1> /dev/null &'
 ```
 
+_If you have Docker 1.8.0 or higher run this instead_
+
+```sh
+sudo sh -c 'docker daemon -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock -p /var/run/docker-bootstrap.pid --iptables=false --ip-masq=false --bridge=none --graph=/var/lib/docker-bootstrap 2> /var/log/docker-bootstrap.log 1> /dev/null &'
+```
+
 _Important Note_:
 If you are running this on a long running system, rather than experimenting, you should run the bootstrap Docker instance under something like SysV init, upstart or systemd so that it is restarted
 across reboots and failures.
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.sh b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.sh
index 86ed0028416..252f06c5f75 100755
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.sh
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ detect_lsb() {
         *64)
             ;;
          *)
-            echo "Error: We currently only support 64-bit platforms."       
+            echo "Error: We currently only support 64-bit platforms."
             exit 1
             ;;
     esac
@@ -98,7 +98,15 @@ detect_lsb() {
 # Start the bootstrap daemon
 # TODO: do not start docker-bootstrap if it's already running
 bootstrap_daemon() {
-    docker -d \
+    # Detecting docker version so we could run proper docker_daemon command
+    [[ $(eval "docker --version") =~ ([0-9][.][0-9][.][0-9]*) ]] && version="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+    local got=$(echo -e "${version}\n1.8.0" | sed '/^$/d' | sort -nr | head -1)
+    if [[ "${got}" = "${version}" ]]; then
+        docker_daemon="docker -d"
+    else
+        docker_daemon="docker daemon"
+    fi
+    ${docker_daemon} \
         -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock \
         -p /var/run/docker-bootstrap.pid \
         --iptables=false \
@@ -107,7 +115,7 @@ bootstrap_daemon() {
         --graph=/var/lib/docker-bootstrap \
             2> /var/log/docker-bootstrap.log \
             1> /dev/null &
-    
+
     sleep 5
 }
 
@@ -115,7 +123,7 @@ bootstrap_daemon() {
 DOCKER_CONF=""
 
 start_k8s(){
-    # Start etcd 
+    # Start etcd
     docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run \
         --restart=always \
         --net=host \
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.md
index d4ad4ecbf9d..84be58a992d 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.md
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ Run:
 sudo sh -c 'docker -d -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock -p /var/run/docker-bootstrap.pid --iptables=false --ip-masq=false --bridge=none --graph=/var/lib/docker-bootstrap 2> /var/log/docker-bootstrap.log 1> /dev/null &'
 ```
 
+_If you have Docker 1.8.0 or higher run this instead_
+
+```sh
+sudo sh -c 'docker daemon -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock -p /var/run/docker-bootstrap.pid --iptables=false --ip-masq=false --bridge=none --graph=/var/lib/docker-bootstrap 2> /var/log/docker-bootstrap.log 1> /dev/null &'
+```
+
 _Important Note_:
 If you are running this on a long running system, rather than experimenting, you should run the bootstrap Docker instance under something like SysV init, upstart or systemd so that it is restarted
 across reboots and failures.
@@ -172,7 +178,7 @@ sudo docker run \
     --volume=/var/run:/var/run:rw \
     --net=host \
     --privileged=true \
-    --pid=host \ 
+    --pid=host \
     -d \
     gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} \
     /hyperkube kubelet \
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.sh b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.sh
index 3d78a61fc4e..140a9132c4d 100755
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.sh
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ detect_lsb() {
         *64)
             ;;
         *)
-	        echo "Error: We currently only support 64-bit platforms."	    
+	        echo "Error: We currently only support 64-bit platforms."
 	        exit 1
 	        ;;
     esac
@@ -96,7 +96,15 @@ detect_lsb() {
 
 # Start the bootstrap daemon
 bootstrap_daemon() {
-    docker -d \
+    # Detecting docker version so we could run proper docker_daemon command
+    [[ $(eval "docker --version") =~ ([0-9][.][0-9][.][0-9]*) ]] && version="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+    local got=$(echo -e "${version}\n1.8.0" | sed '/^$/d' | sort -nr | head -1)
+    if [[ "${got}" = "${version}" ]]; then
+        docker_daemon="docker -d"
+    else
+        docker_daemon="docker daemon"
+    fi
+    ${docker_daemon} \
         -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock \
         -p /var/run/docker-bootstrap.pid \
         --iptables=false \
@@ -171,7 +179,7 @@ start_k8s() {
 
     # sleep a little bit
     sleep 5
-    
+
     # Start kubelet & proxy in container
     # TODO: Use secure port for communication
     docker run \
@@ -196,7 +204,7 @@ start_k8s() {
             --cluster-domain=cluster.local \
             --containerized \
             --v=2
-    
+
     docker run \
         -d \
         --net=host \