diff --git a/api/client/top.go b/api/client/top.go
index 9de04cac68..4975f47597 100644
--- a/api/client/top.go
+++ b/api/client/top.go
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 package client
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
-	"github.com/docker/docker/engine"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	flag "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/mflag"
 )
 
@@ -28,17 +29,17 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdTop(args ...string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	var procs engine.Env
-	if err := procs.Decode(stream); err != nil {
+
+	procList := types.ContainerProcessList{}
+	err = json.NewDecoder(stream).Decode(&procList)
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(cli.out, 20, 1, 3, ' ', 0)
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, strings.Join(procs.GetList("Titles"), "\t"))
-	processes := [][]string{}
-	if err := procs.GetJson("Processes", &processes); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	for _, proc := range processes {
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, strings.Join(procList.Titles, "\t"))
+
+	for _, proc := range procList.Processes {
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, strings.Join(proc, "\t"))
 	}
 	w.Flush()
diff --git a/api/server/server.go b/api/server/server.go
index 912af638ce..7b38ea30cc 100644
--- a/api/server/server.go
+++ b/api/server/server.go
@@ -471,16 +471,21 @@ func getContainersTop(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.Respon
 	if version.LessThan("1.4") {
 		return fmt.Errorf("top was improved a lot since 1.3, Please upgrade your docker client.")
 	}
+
 	if vars == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Missing parameter")
 	}
+
 	if err := parseForm(r); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	job := eng.Job("top", vars["name"], r.Form.Get("ps_args"))
-	streamJSON(job, w, false)
-	return job.Run()
+	procList, err := getDaemon(eng).ContainerTop(vars["name"], r.Form.Get("ps_args"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, procList)
 }
 
 func getContainersJSON(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars map[string]string) error {
diff --git a/api/types/types.go b/api/types/types.go
index 77b211705d..48c9265a50 100644
--- a/api/types/types.go
+++ b/api/types/types.go
@@ -103,3 +103,9 @@ type Container struct {
 type CopyConfig struct {
 	Resource string
 }
+
+// GET "/containers/{name:.*}/top"
+type ContainerProcessList struct {
+	Processes [][]string
+	Titles    []string
+}
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index 06e9bb440a..ea49a8b87c 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Install(eng *engine.Engine) error {
 		"restart":           daemon.ContainerRestart,
 		"start":             daemon.ContainerStart,
 		"stop":              daemon.ContainerStop,
-		"top":               daemon.ContainerTop,
 		"wait":              daemon.ContainerWait,
 		"execCreate":        daemon.ContainerExecCreate,
 		"execStart":         daemon.ContainerExecStart,
diff --git a/daemon/top.go b/daemon/top.go
index 1e8c39987c..14b2523705 100644
--- a/daemon/top.go
+++ b/daemon/top.go
@@ -6,54 +6,48 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/docker/docker/engine"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 )
 
-func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerTop(job *engine.Job) error {
-	if len(job.Args) != 1 && len(job.Args) != 2 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Not enough arguments. Usage: %s CONTAINER [PS_ARGS]\n", job.Name)
-	}
-	var (
-		name   = job.Args[0]
+func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerTop(name string, psArgs string) (*types.ContainerProcessList, error) {
+	if psArgs == "" {
 		psArgs = "-ef"
-	)
-
-	if len(job.Args) == 2 && job.Args[1] != "" {
-		psArgs = job.Args[1]
 	}
 
 	container, err := daemon.Get(name)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	if !container.IsRunning() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Container %s is not running", name)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Container %s is not running", name)
 	}
+
 	pids, err := daemon.ExecutionDriver().GetPidsForContainer(container.ID)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	output, err := exec.Command("ps", strings.Split(psArgs, " ")...).Output()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error running ps: %s", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error running ps: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	procList := &types.ContainerProcessList{}
+
 	lines := strings.Split(string(output), "\n")
-	header := strings.Fields(lines[0])
-	out := &engine.Env{}
-	out.SetList("Titles", header)
+	procList.Titles = strings.Fields(lines[0])
 
 	pidIndex := -1
-	for i, name := range header {
+	for i, name := range procList.Titles {
 		if name == "PID" {
 			pidIndex = i
 		}
 	}
 	if pidIndex == -1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Couldn't find PID field in ps output")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Couldn't find PID field in ps output")
 	}
 
-	processes := [][]string{}
 	for _, line := range lines[1:] {
 		if len(line) == 0 {
 			continue
@@ -61,20 +55,18 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerTop(job *engine.Job) error {
 		fields := strings.Fields(line)
 		p, err := strconv.Atoi(fields[pidIndex])
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Unexpected pid '%s': %s", fields[pidIndex], err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unexpected pid '%s': %s", fields[pidIndex], err)
 		}
 
 		for _, pid := range pids {
 			if pid == p {
 				// Make sure number of fields equals number of header titles
 				// merging "overhanging" fields
-				process := fields[:len(header)-1]
-				process = append(process, strings.Join(fields[len(header)-1:], " "))
-				processes = append(processes, process)
+				process := fields[:len(procList.Titles)-1]
+				process = append(process, strings.Join(fields[len(procList.Titles)-1:], " "))
+				procList.Processes = append(procList.Processes, process)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	out.SetJson("Processes", processes)
-	out.WriteTo(job.Stdout)
-	return nil
+	return procList, nil
 }