diff --git a/host.go b/host.go
index a28fc68416..61537aed0a 100644
--- a/host.go
+++ b/host.go
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ DOCKER_TLS=no`, opts, caCertPath, serverKeyPath, serverCertPath)
 		daemonOpts = fmt.Sprintf("--host=unix:///var/run/docker.sock --host=tcp://0.0.0.0:%d", dockerPort)
 		daemonOptsCfg = "/etc/default/docker"
 		opts := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", defaultDaemonOpts, daemonOpts)
-		daemonCfg = fmt.Sprintf("export DOCKER_OPTS='%s'", opts)
+		daemonCfg = fmt.Sprintf("export DOCKER_OPTS=\\\"%s\\\"", opts)
 	}
 
 	return &DockerConfig{
diff --git a/host_test.go b/host_test.go
index 3b2fdcb81f..075a7411bb 100644
--- a/host_test.go
+++ b/host_test.go
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ func TestMachinePort(t *testing.T) {
 	u := strings.Split(b, "=")
 	url := u[1]
 	url = strings.Replace(url, "'", "", -1)
+	url = strings.Replace(url, "\\\"", "", -1)
 	if url != bindUrl {
 		t.Errorf("expected url %s; received %s", bindUrl, url)
 	}
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ func TestMachineCustomPort(t *testing.T) {
 	u := strings.Split(b, "=")
 	url := u[1]
 	url = strings.Replace(url, "'", "", -1)
+	url = strings.Replace(url, "\\\"", "", -1)
 	if url != bindUrl {
 		t.Errorf("expected url %s; received %s", bindUrl, url)
 	}