diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 3d1ae81179..60a7578b2c 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/docker/machine/drivers/vmwarefusion"
 	_ "github.com/docker/machine/drivers/vmwarevcloudair"
 	_ "github.com/docker/machine/drivers/vmwarevsphere"
+
+	//_ "github.com/docker/machine/drivers/vmwarevcloudair"
+	//_ "github.com/docker/machine/drivers/vmwarevsphere"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 )
 
diff --git a/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go b/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
index 08ab5909d2..2e63424a5a 100644
--- a/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
+++ b/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const (
 	defaultInstanceType = "t2.micro"
 	defaultRootSize     = 16
 	ipRange             = "0.0.0.0/0"
+	dockerConfigDir     = "/etc/docker"
 )
 
 type Driver struct {
@@ -380,6 +381,38 @@ func (d *Driver) Kill() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (d *Driver) StartDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Starting Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo service docker start")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) StopDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Stopping Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo service docker stop")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) GetDockerConfigDir() string {
+	return dockerConfigDir
+}
+
 func (d *Driver) Upgrade() error {
 	sshCmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("apt-get update && apt-get install -y lxc-docker")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/drivers/azure/azure.go b/drivers/azure/azure.go
index 122a544d0a..cda24f87f2 100644
--- a/drivers/azure/azure.go
+++ b/drivers/azure/azure.go
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 )
 
+const (
+	dockerConfigDir = "/etc/docker"
+)
+
 type Driver struct {
 	MachineName             string
 	SubscriptionID          string
@@ -508,6 +512,38 @@ func (driver *Driver) Kill() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (d *Driver) StartDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Starting Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo service docker start")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) StopDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Stopping Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo service docker stop")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) GetDockerConfigDir() string {
+	return dockerConfigDir
+}
+
 func (driver *Driver) GetSSHCommand(args ...string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
 	err := driver.setUserSubscription()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go b/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
index 837c93960e..2ad1540ee8 100644
--- a/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
+++ b/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 )
 
+const (
+	dockerConfigDir = "/etc/docker"
+)
+
 type Driver struct {
 	AccessToken    string
 	DropletID      int
@@ -260,6 +264,38 @@ func (d *Driver) Kill() error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func (d *Driver) StartDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Starting Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo service docker start")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) StopDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Stopping Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo service docker stop")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) GetDockerConfigDir() string {
+	return dockerConfigDir
+}
+
 func (d *Driver) Upgrade() error {
 	sshCmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("apt-get update && apt-get install lxc-docker")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/drivers/drivers.go b/drivers/drivers.go
index fdbcc68d39..cb507c2638 100644
--- a/drivers/drivers.go
+++ b/drivers/drivers.go
@@ -51,9 +51,18 @@ type Driver interface {
 	// Kill stops a host forcefully
 	Kill() error
 
+	// RestartDocker restarts a Docker daemon on the machine
+	StartDocker() error
+
+	// RestartDocker restarts a Docker daemon on the machine
+	StopDocker() error
+
 	// Upgrade the version of Docker on the host to the latest version
 	Upgrade() error
 
+	// GetDockerConfigDir returns the config directory for storing daemon configs
+	GetDockerConfigDir() string
+
 	// GetSSHCommand returns a command for SSH pointing at the correct user, host
 	// and keys for the host with args appended. If no args are passed, it will
 	// initiate an interactive SSH session as if SSH were passed no args.
diff --git a/drivers/google/compute_util.go b/drivers/google/compute_util.go
index 2809194e81..16a312c4d2 100644
--- a/drivers/google/compute_util.go
+++ b/drivers/google/compute_util.go
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ var (
 		`sudo mkdir -p /.docker/authorized-keys.d/
 sudo chown -R {{ .UserName }} /.docker
 while [ -e /var/run/docker.pid ]; do sleep 1; done
-sudo sed -i 's@DOCKER_OPTS=.*@DOCKER_OPTS=\"--auth=identity -H unix://var/run/docker.sock -H 0.0.0.0:2376\"@g' /etc/default/docker
-sudo wget https://bfirsh.s3.amazonaws.com/docker/docker-1.3.1-dev-identity-auth -O /usr/bin/docker && sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/docker
+sudo curl -L -o /usr/bin/docker https://get.docker.com/builds/Linux/x86_64/docker-latest
 `))
 )
 
diff --git a/drivers/google/google.go b/drivers/google/google.go
index 7dfaa01eb1..7a8ad5be74 100644
--- a/drivers/google/google.go
+++ b/drivers/google/google.go
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/machine/ssh"
 )
 
+const (
+	dockerConfigDir = "/etc/docker"
+)
+
 // Driver is a struct compatible with the docker.hosts.drivers.Driver interface.
 type Driver struct {
 	MachineName      string
@@ -22,6 +26,8 @@ type Driver struct {
 	storePath        string
 	UserName         string
 	Project          string
+	CaCertPath       string
+	PrivateKeyPath   string
 	sshKeyPath       string
 	publicSSHKeyPath string
 }
@@ -72,10 +78,12 @@ func GetCreateFlags() []cli.Flag {
 }
 
 // NewDriver creates a Driver with the specified storePath.
-func NewDriver(machineName string, storePath string) (drivers.Driver, error) {
+func NewDriver(machineName string, storePath string, caCert string, privateKey string) (drivers.Driver, error) {
 	return &Driver{
 		MachineName:      machineName,
 		storePath:        storePath,
+		CaCertPath:       caCert,
+		PrivateKeyPath:   privateKey,
 		sshKeyPath:       path.Join(storePath, "id_rsa"),
 		publicSSHKeyPath: path.Join(storePath, "id_rsa.pub"),
 	}, nil
@@ -225,6 +233,38 @@ func (driver *Driver) Kill() error {
 	return driver.Stop()
 }
 
+func (d *Driver) StartDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Starting Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo service docker start")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) StopDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Stopping Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo service docker stop")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) GetDockerConfigDir() string {
+	return dockerConfigDir
+}
+
 // GetSSHCommand returns a command that will run over SSH on the GCE instance.
 func (driver *Driver) GetSSHCommand(args ...string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
 	ip, err := driver.GetIP()
diff --git a/drivers/none/none.go b/drivers/none/none.go
index 45f02f5b5e..037b9900fc 100644
--- a/drivers/none/none.go
+++ b/drivers/none/none.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func GetCreateFlags() []cli.Flag {
 	}
 }
 
-func NewDriver(machineName string, storePath string) (drivers.Driver, error) {
+func NewDriver(machineName string, storePath string, caCert string, privateKey string) (drivers.Driver, error) {
 	return &Driver{}, nil
 }
 
@@ -93,6 +93,18 @@ func (d *Driver) Kill() error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("hosts without a driver cannot be killed")
 }
 
+func (d *Driver) StartDocker() error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("hosts without a driver cannot start docker")
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) StopDocker() error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("hosts without a driver cannot stop docker")
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) GetDockerConfigDir() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
 func (d *Driver) Upgrade() error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("hosts without a driver cannot be upgraded")
 }
diff --git a/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
index f287b3c6fe..4e6f776143 100644
--- a/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
+++ b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 )
 
+const (
+	dockerConfigDir = "/var/lib/boot2docker"
+)
+
 type Driver struct {
 	MachineName    string
 	SSHPort        int
@@ -320,71 +324,50 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	log.Debugf("Adding key to authorized-keys.d...")
+	//log.Debugf("Adding key to authorized-keys.d...")
 
-	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/boot2docker/.docker && sudo chown -R docker /var/lib/boot2docker/.docker")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	//cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/boot2docker/.docker && sudo chown -R docker /var/lib/boot2docker/.docker")
+	//if err != nil {
+	//	return err
+	//}
+	//if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+	//	return err
+	//}
 
-	if err := drivers.AddPublicKeyToAuthorizedHosts(d, "/var/lib/boot2docker/.docker/authorized-keys.d"); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	//if err := drivers.AddPublicKeyToAuthorizedHosts(d, "/var/lib/boot2docker/.docker/authorized-keys.d"); err != nil {
+	//	return err
+	//}
 
-	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand("if [ -e /var/run/docker.pid ]; then sudo /etc/init.d/docker stop; fi")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	//// HACK: configure docker to use persisted auth
+	//cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand("echo DOCKER_TLS=no | sudo tee -a /var/lib/boot2docker/profile")
+	//if err != nil {
+	//	return err
+	//}
+	//if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+	//	return err
+	//}
 
-	// HACK: configure docker to use persisted auth
-	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand("echo DOCKER_TLS=no | sudo tee -a /var/lib/boot2docker/profile")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	//extraArgs := `EXTRA_ARGS='--auth=identity
+	//--auth-authorized-dir=/var/lib/boot2docker/.docker/authorized-keys.d
+	//--auth-known-hosts=/var/lib/boot2docker/.docker/known-hosts.json
+	//--identity=/var/lib/boot2docker/.docker/key.json
+	//-H tcp://0.0.0.0:2376'`
+	//sshCmd := fmt.Sprintf("echo \"%s\" | sudo tee -a /var/lib/boot2docker/profile", extraArgs)
+	//cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand(sshCmd)
+	//if err != nil {
+	//	return err
+	//}
+	//if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+	//	return err
+	//}
 
-	extraArgs := `EXTRA_ARGS='--auth=identity
-        --auth-authorized-dir=/var/lib/boot2docker/.docker/authorized-keys.d
-        --auth-known-hosts=/var/lib/boot2docker/.docker/known-hosts.json
-        --identity=/var/lib/boot2docker/.docker/key.json
-        -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2376'`
-	sshCmd := fmt.Sprintf("echo \"%s\" | sudo tee -a /var/lib/boot2docker/profile", extraArgs)
-	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand(sshCmd)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand("sudo /etc/init.d/docker start")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand(fmt.Sprintf(
-		"sudo hostname %s && echo \"%s\" | sudo tee /var/lib/boot2docker/etc/hostname",
-		d.MachineName,
-		d.MachineName,
-	))
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	//cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand("sudo /etc/init.d/docker restart")
+	//if err != nil {
+	//	return err
+	//}
+	//if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+	//	return err
+	//}
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -541,6 +524,38 @@ func (d *Driver) GetSSHCommand(args ...string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
 	return ssh.GetSSHCommand("localhost", d.SSHPort, "docker", d.sshKeyPath(), args...), nil
 }
 
+func (d *Driver) StartDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Starting Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo /etc/init.d/docker start")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) StopDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Stopping Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo /etc/init.d/docker stop ; exit 0")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) GetDockerConfigDir() string {
+	return dockerConfigDir
+}
+
 func (d *Driver) sshKeyPath() string {
 	return filepath.Join(d.storePath, "id_rsa")
 }
diff --git a/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion.go b/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion.go
index 5572d32e7c..3de31e63a7 100644
--- a/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion.go
+++ b/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion.go
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	B2D_USER = "docker"
-	B2D_PASS = "tcuser"
+	B2D_USER        = "docker"
+	B2D_PASS        = "tcuser"
+	dockerConfigDir = "/var/lib/boot2docker"
 )
 
 // Driver for VMware Fusion
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ type Driver struct {
 	DiskSize       int
 	ISO            string
 	Boot2DockerURL string
+	CaCertPath     string
+	PrivateKeyPath string
 
 	storePath string
 }
@@ -78,8 +81,8 @@ func GetCreateFlags() []cli.Flag {
 	}
 }
 
-func NewDriver(machineName string, storePath string) (drivers.Driver, error) {
-	return &Driver{MachineName: machineName, storePath: storePath}, nil
+func NewDriver(machineName string, storePath string, caCert string, privateKey string) (drivers.Driver, error) {
+	return &Driver{MachineName: machineName, storePath: storePath, CaCertPath: caCert, PrivateKeyPath: privateKey}, nil
 }
 
 func (d *Driver) DriverName() string {
@@ -229,6 +232,13 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	//cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo /etc/init.d/docker restart; sleep 5")
+	//if err != nil {
+	//	return err
+	//}
+	//if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+	//	return err
+	//}
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -266,6 +276,38 @@ func (d *Driver) Kill() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (d *Driver) StartDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Starting Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo /etc/init.d/docker start")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) StopDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Stopping Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo /etc/init.d/docker stop ; exit 0")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) GetDockerConfigDir() string {
+	return dockerConfigDir
+}
+
 func (d *Driver) Upgrade() error {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go b/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go
index 07e47d9b2b..59ee893e69 100644
--- a/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go
+++ b/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 )
 
+const (
+	dockerConfigDir = "/etc/docker"
+)
+
 type Driver struct {
 	UserName     string
 	UserPassword string
@@ -750,6 +754,38 @@ func (d *Driver) Kill() error {
 
 }
 
+func (d *Driver) StartDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Starting Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo service docker start")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) StopDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Stopping Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo service docker stop")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) GetDockerConfigDir() string {
+	return dockerConfigDir
+}
+
 func (d *Driver) Upgrade() error {
 	// Stolen from DigitalOcean ;-)
 	sshCmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("apt-get update && apt-get install lxc-docker")
diff --git a/drivers/vmwarevsphere/vsphere.go b/drivers/vmwarevsphere/vsphere.go
index 4cd69e6297..4307d2a713 100644
--- a/drivers/vmwarevsphere/vsphere.go
+++ b/drivers/vmwarevsphere/vsphere.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const (
 	DATASTORE_DIR      = "boot2docker-iso"
 	B2D_ISO_NAME       = "boot2docker.iso"
 	DEFAULT_CPU_NUMBER = 2
+	dockerConfigDir    = "/var/lib/boot2docker"
 )
 
 type Driver struct {
@@ -379,6 +380,38 @@ func (d *Driver) Kill() error {
 	return d.Stop()
 }
 
+func (d *Driver) StartDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Starting Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo /etc/init.d/docker start")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) StopDocker() error {
+	log.Debug("Stopping Docker...")
+
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo /etc/init.d/docker stop")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) GetDockerConfigDir() string {
+	return dockerConfigDir
+}
+
 func (d *Driver) Upgrade() error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("upgrade is not supported for vsphere driver at this moment")
 }
diff --git a/host.go b/host.go
index 734dc82b00..dbdee0ac41 100644
--- a/host.go
+++ b/host.go
@@ -156,15 +156,11 @@ func (h *Host) ConfigureAuth() error {
 	caCertPath := filepath.Join(h.storePath, "ca.pem")
 	serverKeyPath := filepath.Join(h.storePath, "server-key.pem")
 
-	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo stop docker")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+	if err := d.StopDocker(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand("sudo mkdir -p /etc/docker")
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand(fmt.Sprintf("sudo mkdir -p %s", d.GetDockerConfigDir()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -177,18 +173,21 @@ func (h *Host) ConfigureAuth() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	machineCaCertPath := filepath.Join(d.GetDockerConfigDir(), "ca.pem")
 
 	serverCert, err := ioutil.ReadFile(serverCertPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	machineServerCertPath := filepath.Join(d.GetDockerConfigDir(), "server.pem")
 
 	serverKey, err := ioutil.ReadFile(serverKeyPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	machineServerKeyPath := filepath.Join(d.GetDockerConfigDir(), "server-key.pem")
 
-	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand(fmt.Sprintf("echo \"%s\" | sudo tee -a /etc/docker/ca.pem", string(caCert)))
+	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand(fmt.Sprintf("echo \"%s\" | sudo tee -a %s", string(caCert), machineCaCertPath))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ func (h *Host) ConfigureAuth() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand(fmt.Sprintf("echo \"%s\" | sudo tee -a /etc/docker/server-key.pem", string(serverKey)))
+	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand(fmt.Sprintf("echo \"%s\" | sudo tee -a %s", string(serverKey), machineServerKeyPath))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ func (h *Host) ConfigureAuth() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand(fmt.Sprintf("echo \"%s\" | sudo tee -a /etc/docker/server.pem", string(serverCert)))
+	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand(fmt.Sprintf("echo \"%s\" | sudo tee -a %s", string(serverCert), machineServerCertPath))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -212,12 +211,28 @@ func (h *Host) ConfigureAuth() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand(`echo 'export DOCKER_OPTS=" \
+	daemonOpts := fmt.Sprintf(`--tlsverify \
         --tlsverify \
-        --tlscacert=/etc/docker/ca.pem \
-        --tlskey=/etc/docker/server-key.pem \
-        --tlscert=/etc/docker/server.pem \
-        --host=unix:///var/run/docker.sock --host=tcp://0.0.0.0:2376"' | sudo tee -a /etc/default/docker`)
+        --tlscacert=%s \
+        --tlskey=%s \
+        --tlscert=%s \
+        --host=unix:///var/run/docker.sock --host=tcp://0.0.0.0:2376`, machineCaCertPath,
+		machineServerKeyPath, machineServerCertPath)
+
+	var (
+		daemonOptsCfg string
+		daemonCfg     string
+	)
+
+	switch d.DriverName() {
+	case "virtualbox", "vmwarefusion", "vmwarevsphere":
+		daemonOptsCfg = filepath.Join(d.GetDockerConfigDir(), "profile")
+		daemonCfg = fmt.Sprintf("EXTRA_ARGS='%s'", daemonOpts)
+	default:
+		daemonOptsCfg = "/etc/default/docker"
+		daemonCfg = fmt.Sprintf("export DOCKER_OPTS='%s'", daemonOpts)
+	}
+	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand(fmt.Sprintf("echo \"%s\" | sudo tee -a %s", daemonCfg, daemonOptsCfg))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -225,11 +240,7 @@ func (h *Host) ConfigureAuth() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	cmd, err = d.GetSSHCommand("sudo start docker")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+	if err := d.StartDocker(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}