diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index 268a5ce00c..5ae5feea3e 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -720,7 +720,17 @@ func NewDaemon(config *Config, registryService *registry.Service) (daemon *Daemo
 		}
 	}
 
-	d.netController, err = initNetworkController(config)
+	// Discovery is only enabled when the daemon is launched with an address to advertise.  When
+	// initialized, the daemon is registered and we can store the discovery backend as its read-only
+	// DiscoveryWatcher version.
+	if config.ClusterStore != "" && config.ClusterAdvertise != "" {
+		var err error
+		if d.discoveryWatcher, err = initDiscovery(config.ClusterStore, config.ClusterAdvertise); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("discovery initialization failed (%v)", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	d.netController, err = d.initNetworkController(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error initializing network controller: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -754,16 +764,6 @@ func NewDaemon(config *Config, registryService *registry.Service) (daemon *Daemo
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Discovery is only enabled when the daemon is launched with an address to advertise.  When
-	// initialized, the daemon is registered and we can store the discovery backend as its read-only
-	// DiscoveryWatcher version.
-	if config.ClusterStore != "" && config.ClusterAdvertise != "" {
-		var err error
-		if d.discoveryWatcher, err = initDiscovery(config.ClusterStore, config.ClusterAdvertise); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("discovery initialization failed (%v)", err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	d.ID = trustKey.PublicKey().KeyID()
 	d.repository = daemonRepo
 	d.containers = &contStore{s: make(map[string]*Container)}
diff --git a/daemon/daemon_unix.go b/daemon/daemon_unix.go
index 7b99245ceb..96ef4c04c8 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_unix.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon_unix.go
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func isBridgeNetworkDisabled(config *Config) bool {
 	return config.Bridge.Iface == disableNetworkBridge
 }
 
-func networkOptions(dconfig *Config) ([]nwconfig.Option, error) {
+func (daemon *Daemon) networkOptions(dconfig *Config) ([]nwconfig.Option, error) {
 	options := []nwconfig.Option{}
 	if dconfig == nil {
 		return options, nil
@@ -330,13 +330,21 @@ func networkOptions(dconfig *Config) ([]nwconfig.Option, error) {
 		options = append(options, nwconfig.OptionKVProviderURL(strings.Join(kv[1:], "://")))
 	}
 
+	if daemon.discoveryWatcher != nil {
+		options = append(options, nwconfig.OptionDiscoveryWatcher(daemon.discoveryWatcher))
+	}
+
+	if dconfig.ClusterAdvertise != "" {
+		options = append(options, nwconfig.OptionDiscoveryAddress(dconfig.ClusterAdvertise))
+	}
+
 	options = append(options, nwconfig.OptionLabels(dconfig.Labels))
 	options = append(options, driverOptions(dconfig)...)
 	return options, nil
 }
 
-func initNetworkController(config *Config) (libnetwork.NetworkController, error) {
-	netOptions, err := networkOptions(config)
+func (daemon *Daemon) initNetworkController(config *Config) (libnetwork.NetworkController, error) {
+	netOptions, err := daemon.networkOptions(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/daemon_windows.go b/daemon/daemon_windows.go
index e5513b2032..58223dbcea 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_windows.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon_windows.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func isBridgeNetworkDisabled(config *Config) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func initNetworkController(config *Config) (libnetwork.NetworkController, error) {
+func (daemon *Daemon) initNetworkController(config *Config) (libnetwork.NetworkController, error) {
 	// Set the name of the virtual switch if not specified by -b on daemon start
 	if config.Bridge.VirtualSwitchName == "" {
 		config.Bridge.VirtualSwitchName = defaultVirtualSwitch