diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index cc03c3d2a5..08e710b1c8 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Install(eng *engine.Engine) error {
 	if err := eng.Register("start", daemon.ContainerStart); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := eng.Register("restart", daemon.ContainerRestart); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/daemon/restart.go b/daemon/restart.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0ae949a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/restart.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package daemon
+
+import (
+	"github.com/docker/docker/engine"
+)
+
+func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerRestart(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+	if len(job.Args) != 1 {
+		return job.Errorf("Usage: %s CONTAINER\n", job.Name)
+	}
+	var (
+		name = job.Args[0]
+		t    = 10
+	)
+	if job.EnvExists("t") {
+		t = job.GetenvInt("t")
+	}
+	if container := daemon.Get(name); container != nil {
+		if err := container.Restart(int(t)); err != nil {
+			return job.Errorf("Cannot restart container %s: %s\n", name, err)
+		}
+		job.Eng.Job("log", "restart", container.ID, daemon.Repositories().ImageName(container.Image)).Run()
+	} else {
+		return job.Errorf("No such container: %s\n", name)
+	}
+	return engine.StatusOK
+}
diff --git a/server/container.go b/server/container.go
index a0a05c867c..f8476e5c0a 100644
--- a/server/container.go
+++ b/server/container.go
@@ -261,28 +261,6 @@ func (srv *Server) ContainerCommit(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 	return engine.StatusOK
 }
 
-func (srv *Server) ContainerRestart(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
-	if len(job.Args) != 1 {
-		return job.Errorf("Usage: %s CONTAINER\n", job.Name)
-	}
-	var (
-		name = job.Args[0]
-		t    = 10
-	)
-	if job.EnvExists("t") {
-		t = job.GetenvInt("t")
-	}
-	if container := srv.daemon.Get(name); container != nil {
-		if err := container.Restart(int(t)); err != nil {
-			return job.Errorf("Cannot restart container %s: %s\n", name, err)
-		}
-		srv.LogEvent("restart", container.ID, srv.daemon.Repositories().ImageName(container.Image))
-	} else {
-		return job.Errorf("No such container: %s\n", name)
-	}
-	return engine.StatusOK
-}
-
 func (srv *Server) ContainerDestroy(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 	if len(job.Args) != 1 {
 		return job.Errorf("Not enough arguments. Usage: %s CONTAINER\n", job.Name)
diff --git a/server/init.go b/server/init.go
index 50718f1749..31c9e0419d 100644
--- a/server/init.go
+++ b/server/init.go
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ func InitServer(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 	job.Eng.Hack_SetGlobalVar("httpapi.daemon", srv.daemon)
 
 	for name, handler := range map[string]engine.Handler{
-		"restart":          srv.ContainerRestart,
 		"wait":             srv.ContainerWait,
 		"tag":              srv.ImageTag, // FIXME merge with "image_tag"
 		"resize":           srv.ContainerResize,