diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service.rpm b/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service.rpm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f19216297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service.rpm
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Docker Application Container Engine
+Documentation=https://docs.docker.com
+After=network.target
+Requires=docker.socket
+
+[Service]
+Type=notify
+# the default is not to use systemd for cgroups because the delegate issues still
+# exists and systemd currently does not support the cgroup feature set required
+# for containers run by docker
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
+# Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead
+# in the kernel. We recommend using cgroups to do container-local accounting.
+LimitNOFILE=infinity
+LimitNPROC=infinity
+LimitCORE=infinity
+# Uncomment TasksMax if your systemd version supports it.
+# Only systemd 226 and above support this version.
+#TasksMax=infinity
+TimeoutStartSec=0
+# set delegate yes so that systemd does not reset the cgroups of docker containers
+Delegate=yes
+# kill only the docker process, not all processes in the cgroup
+KillMode=process
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/docs/installation/linux/fedora.md b/docs/installation/linux/fedora.md
index db60cde0c4..572ac2dfee 100644
--- a/docs/installation/linux/fedora.md
+++ b/docs/installation/linux/fedora.md
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ There are two ways to install Docker Engine.  You can install with the `dnf` pac
 
         $ sudo dnf install docker-engine
 
-5. Enable the socket and service.
+5. Enable the service.
 
-		$ sudo systemctl enable docker.socket docker.service
+		$ sudo systemctl enable docker.service
 
 6. Start the Docker daemon.
 
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ There are two ways to install Docker Engine.  You can install with the `dnf` pac
 
 	This script adds the `docker.repo` repository and installs Docker.
 
-4. Enable the socket and service.
+4. Enable the service.
 
-		$ sudo systemctl enable docker.socket docker.service
+		$ sudo systemctl enable docker.service
 
 5. Start the Docker daemon.
 
diff --git a/hack/make/.build-rpm/docker-engine.spec b/hack/make/.build-rpm/docker-engine.spec
index 29535e53c4..88836f4ca9 100644
--- a/hack/make/.build-rpm/docker-engine.spec
+++ b/hack/make/.build-rpm/docker-engine.spec
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_initddir}
 
 %if 0%{?is_systemd}
 install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}
-install -p -m 644 contrib/init/systemd/docker.service $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}/docker.service
-install -p -m 644 contrib/init/systemd/docker.socket $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}/docker.socket
+install -p -m 644 contrib/init/systemd/docker.service.rpm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}/docker.service
 %else
 install -p -m 644 contrib/init/sysvinit-redhat/docker.sysconfig $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/sysconfig/docker
 install -p -m 755 contrib/init/sysvinit-redhat/docker $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_initddir}/docker
@@ -194,7 +193,6 @@ install -p -m 644 contrib/syntax/nano/Dockerfile.nanorc $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/shar
 /%{_sysconfdir}/udev/rules.d/80-docker.rules
 %if 0%{?is_systemd}
 /%{_unitdir}/docker.service
-/%{_unitdir}/docker.socket
 %else
 %config(noreplace,missingok) /etc/sysconfig/docker
 /%{_initddir}/docker