diff --git a/contrib/completion/bash/docker b/contrib/completion/bash/docker
index d056c2c46d..a9008aea2b 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/bash/docker
+++ b/contrib/completion/bash/docker
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ _docker_exec() {
 
 	case "$cur" in
 		-*)
-			COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "--detach -d --help --interactive -i -t --tty -u --user" -- "$cur" ) )
+			COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "--detach -d --help --interactive -i --privileged -t --tty -u --user" -- "$cur" ) )
 			;;
 		*)
 			__docker_containers_running
diff --git a/daemon/exec.go b/daemon/exec.go
index 73f0f5640f..265420c619 100644
--- a/daemon/exec.go
+++ b/daemon/exec.go
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ func (d *Daemon) ContainerExecCreate(config *runconfig.ExecConfig) (string, erro
 		Entrypoint: entrypoint,
 		Arguments:  args,
 		User:       user,
+		Privileged: config.Privileged,
 	}
 
 	execConfig := &execConfig{
diff --git a/daemon/execdriver/native/exec.go b/daemon/execdriver/native/exec.go
index a52bd8f1b8..f50630d8eb 100644
--- a/daemon/execdriver/native/exec.go
+++ b/daemon/execdriver/native/exec.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 
 // Exec implements the exec driver Driver interface,
 // it calls libcontainer APIs to execute a container.
-// TODO(vishh): Add support for running in privileged mode.
 func (d *Driver) Exec(c *execdriver.Command, processConfig *execdriver.ProcessConfig, pipes *execdriver.Pipes, startCallback execdriver.StartCallback) (int, error) {
 	active := d.activeContainers[c.ID]
 	if active == nil {
@@ -33,6 +32,10 @@ func (d *Driver) Exec(c *execdriver.Command, processConfig *execdriver.ProcessCo
 		User: processConfig.User,
 	}
 
+	if processConfig.Privileged {
+		p.Capabilities = execdriver.GetAllCapabilities()
+	}
+
 	config := active.Config()
 	if err := setupPipes(&config, processConfig, p, pipes); err != nil {
 		return -1, err
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/exec.md b/docs/reference/commandline/exec.md
index 6ad6883ad6..b5ddc64dc7 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/exec.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/exec.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ weight=1
 
       -d, --detach=false         Detached mode: run command in the background
       -i, --interactive=false    Keep STDIN open even if not attached
+      --privileged=false         Give extended privileges to the command
       -t, --tty=false            Allocate a pseudo-TTY
       -u, --user=                Username or UID (format: <name|uid>[:<group|gid>])
 
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_exec_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_exec_test.go
index 91c633e1ee..bce007b15a 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_exec_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_exec_test.go
@@ -532,6 +532,31 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestExecWithUser(c *check.C) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *DockerSuite) TestExecWithPrivileged(c *check.C) {
+
+	runCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "-d", "--name", "parent", "--cap-drop=ALL", "busybox", "top")
+	if out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(runCmd); err != nil {
+		c.Fatal(out, err)
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "exec", "parent", "sh", "-c", "mknod /tmp/sda b 8 0")
+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(cmd)
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, "Operation not permitted") {
+		c.Fatalf("exec mknod in --cap-drop=ALL container without --privileged should failed")
+	}
+
+	cmd = exec.Command(dockerBinary, "exec", "--privileged", "parent", "sh", "-c", "mknod /tmp/sda b 8 0 && echo ok")
+	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Fatal(err, out)
+	}
+
+	if actual := strings.TrimSpace(out); actual != "ok" {
+		c.Fatalf("exec mknod in --cap-drop=ALL container with --privileged failed: %v, output: %q", err, out)
+	}
+
+}
+
 func (s *DockerSuite) TestExecWithImageUser(c *check.C) {
 	name := "testbuilduser"
 	_, err := buildImage(name,
diff --git a/man/docker-exec.1.md b/man/docker-exec.1.md
index c1de7b59ed..312fa397f5 100644
--- a/man/docker-exec.1.md
+++ b/man/docker-exec.1.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ docker-exec - Run a command in a running container
 [**-d**|**--detach**[=*false*]]
 [**--help**]
 [**-i**|**--interactive**[=*false*]]
+[**--privileged**[=*false*]]
 [**-t**|**--tty**[=*false*]]
 [**-u**|**--user**[=*USER*]]
 CONTAINER COMMAND [ARG...]
@@ -33,6 +34,13 @@ container is unpaused, and then run
 **-i**, **--interactive**=*true*|*false*
    Keep STDIN open even if not attached. The default is *false*.
 
+**--privileged**=*true*|*false*
+   Give extended privileges to the process to run in a running container. The default is *false*.
+
+   By default, the process run by docker exec in a running container
+have the same capabilities of the container. By setting --privileged will give
+all the capabilities to the process.
+
 **-t**, **--tty**=*true*|*false*
    Allocate a pseudo-TTY. The default is *false*.
 
diff --git a/runconfig/exec.go b/runconfig/exec.go
index 1f13d7dd0f..6fe28ea338 100644
--- a/runconfig/exec.go
+++ b/runconfig/exec.go
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ type ExecConfig struct {
 // not valid, it will return an error.
 func ParseExec(cmd *flag.FlagSet, args []string) (*ExecConfig, error) {
 	var (
-		flStdin   = cmd.Bool([]string{"i", "-interactive"}, false, "Keep STDIN open even if not attached")
-		flTty     = cmd.Bool([]string{"t", "-tty"}, false, "Allocate a pseudo-TTY")
-		flDetach  = cmd.Bool([]string{"d", "-detach"}, false, "Detached mode: run command in the background")
-		flUser    = cmd.String([]string{"u", "-user"}, "", "Username or UID (format: <name|uid>[:<group|gid>])")
-		execCmd   []string
-		container string
+		flStdin      = cmd.Bool([]string{"i", "-interactive"}, false, "Keep STDIN open even if not attached")
+		flTty        = cmd.Bool([]string{"t", "-tty"}, false, "Allocate a pseudo-TTY")
+		flDetach     = cmd.Bool([]string{"d", "-detach"}, false, "Detached mode: run command in the background")
+		flUser       = cmd.String([]string{"u", "-user"}, "", "Username or UID (format: <name|uid>[:<group|gid>])")
+		flPrivileged = cmd.Bool([]string{"-privileged"}, false, "Give extended privileges to the command")
+		execCmd      []string
+		container    string
 	)
 	cmd.Require(flag.Min, 2)
 	if err := cmd.ParseFlags(args, true); err != nil {
@@ -40,13 +41,12 @@ func ParseExec(cmd *flag.FlagSet, args []string) (*ExecConfig, error) {
 	execCmd = parsedArgs[1:]
 
 	execConfig := &ExecConfig{
-		User: *flUser,
-		// TODO(vishh): Expose 'Privileged' once it is supported.
-		// +		//Privileged:   job.GetenvBool("Privileged"),
-		Tty:       *flTty,
-		Cmd:       execCmd,
-		Container: container,
-		Detach:    *flDetach,
+		User:       *flUser,
+		Privileged: *flPrivileged,
+		Tty:        *flTty,
+		Cmd:        execCmd,
+		Container:  container,
+		Detach:     *flDetach,
 	}
 
 	// If -d is not set, attach to everything by default