diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker/files/early-docker.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker/files/early-docker.service
index 2b074f0bda..6f044a4db3 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker/files/early-docker.service
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker/files/early-docker.service
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Environment=TMPDIR=/var/tmp
 MountFlags=slave
 LimitNOFILE=1048576
 LimitNPROC=1048576
-ExecStart=/usr/lib/coreos/dockerd daemon --host=fd:// --bridge=none --iptables=false --ip-masq=false --graph=/var/lib/early-docker --pidfile=/var/run/early-docker.pid
+ExecStart=/usr/lib/coreos/dockerd daemon --host=fd:// --bridge=none --iptables=false --ip-masq=false --graph=/var/lib/early-docker --pidfile=/var/run/early-docker.pid $DOCKER_OPTS
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=early-docker.target