diff --git a/Dockerfile.test b/Dockerfile.test
index 5741f73a7..431b204af 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/Dockerfile.test
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ FROM justincormack/alpine-qemu
 COPY alpine/initrd.img.gz .
 COPY alpine/kernel/vmlinuz64 .
 
-ENTRYPOINT [ "qemu-system-x86_64", "-serial", "stdio", "-kernel", "vmlinuz64", "-initrd", "initrd.img.gz", "-m", "1024", "-append", "earlyprintk=serial console=ttyS0 noapic mobytest=true", "-vnc", "none" ]
+ENTRYPOINT [ "qemu-system-x86_64", "-serial", "stdio", "-kernel", "vmlinuz64", "-initrd", "initrd.img.gz", "-m", "1024", "-append", "earlyprintk=serial console=ttyS0 noapic mobyplatform=test", "-vnc", "none" ]
diff --git a/alpine/Dockerfile b/alpine/Dockerfile
index bc48356c5..f4728dd1f 100644
--- a/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ COPY packages/userns/etc /etc/
 COPY packages/vsudd/vsudd /sbin/
 COPY packages/vsudd/etc /etc/
 COPY packages/mobyconfig/mobyconfig /usr/bin/
-COPY packages/bootflag/bootflag /usr/bin/
+COPY packages/mobyplatform/mobyplatform /usr/bin/
 COPY packages/gummiboot/gummiboot.tar.gz /usr/share/src/
 COPY packages/oom/etc /etc/
 COPY packages/9pmount-vsock/9pmount-vsock /sbin/
diff --git a/alpine/Dockerfile.efi b/alpine/Dockerfile.efi
index 6f1140634..195114480 100644
--- a/alpine/Dockerfile.efi
+++ b/alpine/Dockerfile.efi
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ COPY packages/gummiboot/linuxx64.efi.stub /tmp/efi
 # Create a EFI boot file with kernel and initrd. From:
 # https://github.com/haraldh/mkrescue-uefi/blob/master/mkrescue-uefi.sh
 RUN cd /tmp/efi && \
-    echo "earlyprintk=serial console=ttyS0" > cmdline.txt && \
+    echo "earlyprintk=serial console=ttyS0 mobyplatform=windows" > cmdline.txt && \
     objcopy \
         --add-section .osrel=/etc/os-release --change-section-vma .osrel=0x20000 \
         --add-section .cmdline=./cmdline.txt --change-section-vma .cmdline=0x30000 \
diff --git a/alpine/packages/bootflag/bootflag b/alpine/packages/bootflag/bootflag
deleted file mode 100755
index d45372a6a..000000000
--- a/alpine/packages/bootflag/bootflag
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Script to print values of arbitrary kvpairs the kernel was passed as command
-# line parameters on boot.
-# 
-# e.g. if kernel booted with cloud_provider=azure, 'bootflag cloud_provider'
-# will return 'azure'.
-# 
-# If multiple flags have the same key, it will return only the first one found.
-
-if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
-    echo "Usage: bootflag [key]"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-awk -v flag=$1 '{
-    for(i = 1; i <= NF; i++) {
-        split($i, kvpair, "=");
-        if(kvpair[1] == flag) {
-            print kvpair[2];
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-}' /proc/cmdline
diff --git a/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker b/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker
index 6eff88ae0..d8381e046 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker
+++ b/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ start()
 
 	# Only start with networking on cloud editions
 	DOCKER_OPTS="${DOCKER_OPTS} -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
-	if [ ! -z $(bootflag cloud_provider) ]
+	if [ "$(mobyplatform)" == "aws" ] || [ "$(mobyplatform)" == "azure" ]
 	then
-		# TODO: More elegant way to turn on "debug mode"
+		# TODO: Don't do this
 		DOCKER_OPTS="${DOCKER_OPTS} -H 0.0.0.0:2375"
 	fi
 
diff --git a/alpine/packages/mobyplatform/mobyplatform b/alpine/packages/mobyplatform/mobyplatform
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4c1f3f365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/packages/mobyplatform/mobyplatform
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Returns the platform we are running on
+
+# return the value matching the kvpair in the command line
+kvpair()
+{
+awk -v flag=$1 '{
+    for(i = 1; i <= NF; i++) {
+        split($i, kvpair, "=");
+        if(kvpair[1] == flag) {
+            printf kvpair[2];
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}' /proc/cmdline
+}
+
+kvpair mobyplatform
diff --git a/alpine/packages/proxy/etc/init.d/proxy b/alpine/packages/proxy/etc/init.d/proxy
index 5d35a65c7..e10f416c8 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/proxy/etc/init.d/proxy
+++ b/alpine/packages/proxy/etc/init.d/proxy
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 
 depend()
 {
-        before docker
+	before docker
 }
 
 start()
 {
+	[ "$(mobyplatform)" != "mac" ] && [ "$(mobyplatform)" != "windows" ] && exit 0
+
 	ebegin "Setting up proxy port service"
 
 	mkdir -p /port
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ start()
 
 stop()
 {
+	[ "$(mobyplatform)" != "mac" ] && [ "$(mobyplatform)" != "windows" ] && exit 0
+
 	ebegin "Stopping proxy port service"
 
 	[ -n "${PIDFILE}" ] || PIDFILE=/var/run/proxy-vsockd.pid
diff --git a/alpine/packages/test/etc/init.d/test b/alpine/packages/test/etc/init.d/test
index 3e43970c2..bbe73b390 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/test/etc/init.d/test
+++ b/alpine/packages/test/etc/init.d/test
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ depend()
 
 start()
 {
-	cat /proc/cmdline | grep -q 'mobytest' || exit 0
+	[ "$(mobyplatform)" != "test" ] && exit 0
 
 	ebegin "Running tests"
 
diff --git a/alpine/packages/vsudd/etc/init.d/vsudd b/alpine/packages/vsudd/etc/init.d/vsudd
index 7e987ff24..afd486b5d 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/vsudd/etc/init.d/vsudd
+++ b/alpine/packages/vsudd/etc/init.d/vsudd
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ depend()
 
 start()
 {
+	[ "$(mobyplatform)" != "mac" ] && [ "$(mobyplatform)" != "windows" ] && exit 0
+
 	ebegin "Starting vsock proxy"
 
 	if [ -d /sys/bus/vmbus ]; then
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@ start()
 
 stop()
 {
+	[ "$(mobyplatform)" != "mac" ] && [ "$(mobyplatform)" != "windows" ] && exit 0
+
 	ebegin "Stopping docker socket passthrough"
 
 	[ -n "${PIDFILE}" ] || PIDFILE=/var/run/vsudd.pid
diff --git a/docs/platforms.md b/docs/platforms.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e49102649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/platforms.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+## List of platforms
+
+These are the supported platforms. Each should boot with `mobyplatform=xxx` in the command line.
+
+### Desktop
+`mac`
+`windows`
+
+https://github.com/docker/pinata
+
+### Cloud
+`aws`
+`azure`
+
+https://github.com/docker/editions
+
+### Test
+`test`
+
+https://github.com/docker/moby
+
+### Other
+KVM/machine https://github.com/docker/moby/pull/225