diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 7c7ba52477..7506cd885c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Dr Nic Williams <drnicwilliams@gmail.com>
 Elias Probst <mail@eliasprobst.eu>
 Eric Hanchrow <ehanchrow@ine.com>
 Evan Wies <evan@neomantra.net>
+Eric Myhre <hash@exultant.us>
 ezbercih <cem.ezberci@gmail.com>
 Flavio Castelli <fcastelli@suse.com>
 Francisco Souza <f@souza.cc>
diff --git a/docker/docker.go b/docker/docker.go
index 508bf6aa90..c508d8905e 100644
--- a/docker/docker.go
+++ b/docker/docker.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ func main() {
 	flAutoRestart := flag.Bool("r", false, "Restart previously running containers")
 	bridgeName := flag.String("b", "", "Attach containers to a pre-existing network bridge")
 	pidfile := flag.String("p", "/var/run/docker.pid", "File containing process PID")
+	flGraphPath := flag.String("g", "/var/lib/docker", "Path to graph storage base dir.")
 	flEnableCors := flag.Bool("api-enable-cors", false, "Enable CORS requests in the remote api.")
 	flDns := flag.String("dns", "", "Set custom dns servers")
 	flHosts := docker.ListOpts{fmt.Sprintf("tcp://%s:%d", docker.DEFAULTHTTPHOST, docker.DEFAULTHTTPPORT)}
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ func main() {
 			flag.Usage()
 			return
 		}
-		if err := daemon(*pidfile, flHosts, *flAutoRestart, *flEnableCors, *flDns); err != nil {
+		if err := daemon(*pidfile, *flGraphPath, flHosts, *flAutoRestart, *flEnableCors, *flDns); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 			os.Exit(-1)
 		}
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ func removePidFile(pidfile string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func daemon(pidfile string, protoAddrs []string, autoRestart, enableCors bool, flDns string) error {
+func daemon(pidfile string, flGraphPath string, protoAddrs []string, autoRestart, enableCors bool, flDns string) error {
 	if err := createPidFile(pidfile); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ func daemon(pidfile string, protoAddrs []string, autoRestart, enableCors bool, f
 	if flDns != "" {
 		dns = []string{flDns}
 	}
-	server, err := docker.NewServer(autoRestart, enableCors, dns)
+	server, err := docker.NewServer(flGraphPath, autoRestart, enableCors, dns)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/runtime.go b/runtime.go
index c37e292d22..29f5067931 100644
--- a/runtime.go
+++ b/runtime.go
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ func (runtime *Runtime) UpdateCapabilities(quiet bool) {
 }
 
 // FIXME: harmonize with NewGraph()
-func NewRuntime(autoRestart bool, dns []string) (*Runtime, error) {
-	runtime, err := NewRuntimeFromDirectory("/var/lib/docker", autoRestart)
+func NewRuntime(flGraphPath string, autoRestart bool, dns []string) (*Runtime, error) {
+	runtime, err := NewRuntimeFromDirectory(flGraphPath, autoRestart)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 5fdfd00a49..ee023044a0 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -1049,11 +1049,11 @@ func (srv *Server) ImageInspect(name string) (*Image, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("No such image: %s", name)
 }
 
-func NewServer(autoRestart, enableCors bool, dns ListOpts) (*Server, error) {
+func NewServer(flGraphPath string, autoRestart, enableCors bool, dns ListOpts) (*Server, error) {
 	if runtime.GOARCH != "amd64" {
 		log.Fatalf("The docker runtime currently only supports amd64 (not %s). This will change in the future. Aborting.", runtime.GOARCH)
 	}
-	runtime, err := NewRuntime(autoRestart, dns)
+	runtime, err := NewRuntime(flGraphPath, autoRestart, dns)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}