diff --git a/api/server/profiler.go b/api/server/profiler.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d49be338c8..0000000000
--- a/api/server/profiler.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-package server
-
-import (
-	"expvar"
-	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/pprof"
-
-	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
-)
-
-const debugPathPrefix = "/debug/"
-
-func profilerSetup(mainRouter *mux.Router) {
-	var r = mainRouter.PathPrefix(debugPathPrefix).Subrouter()
-	r.HandleFunc("/vars", expVars)
-	r.HandleFunc("/pprof/", pprof.Index)
-	r.HandleFunc("/pprof/cmdline", pprof.Cmdline)
-	r.HandleFunc("/pprof/profile", pprof.Profile)
-	r.HandleFunc("/pprof/symbol", pprof.Symbol)
-	r.HandleFunc("/pprof/trace", pprof.Trace)
-	r.HandleFunc("/pprof/{name}", handlePprof)
-}
-
-func handlePprof(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	var name string
-	if vars := mux.Vars(r); vars != nil {
-		name = vars["name"]
-	}
-	pprof.Handler(name).ServeHTTP(w, r)
-}
-
-// Replicated from expvar.go as not public.
-func expVars(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	first := true
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "{")
-	expvar.Do(func(kv expvar.KeyValue) {
-		if !first {
-			fmt.Fprintln(w, ",")
-		}
-		first = false
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%q: %s", kv.Key, kv.Value)
-	})
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "\n}")
-}
diff --git a/api/server/router/debug/debug.go b/api/server/router/debug/debug.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b66ff3cf3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/server/router/debug/debug.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"expvar"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/pprof"
+
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/httputils"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/router"
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
+
+// NewRouter creates a new debug router
+// The debug router holds endpoints for debug the daemon, such as those for pprof.
+func NewRouter() router.Router {
+	r := &debugRouter{}
+	r.initRoutes()
+	return r
+}
+
+type debugRouter struct {
+	routes []router.Route
+}
+
+func (r *debugRouter) initRoutes() {
+	r.routes = []router.Route{
+		router.NewGetRoute("/vars", frameworkAdaptHandler(expvar.Handler())),
+		router.NewGetRoute("/pprof/", frameworkAdaptHandlerFunc(pprof.Index)),
+		router.NewGetRoute("/pprof/cmdline", frameworkAdaptHandlerFunc(pprof.Cmdline)),
+		router.NewGetRoute("/pprof/profile", frameworkAdaptHandlerFunc(pprof.Profile)),
+		router.NewGetRoute("/pprof/symbol", frameworkAdaptHandlerFunc(pprof.Symbol)),
+		router.NewGetRoute("/pprof/trace", frameworkAdaptHandlerFunc(pprof.Trace)),
+		router.NewGetRoute("/pprof/{name}", handlePprof),
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *debugRouter) Routes() []router.Route {
+	return r.routes
+}
+
+func frameworkAdaptHandler(handler http.Handler) httputils.APIFunc {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars map[string]string) error {
+		handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func frameworkAdaptHandlerFunc(handler http.HandlerFunc) httputils.APIFunc {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars map[string]string) error {
+		handler(w, r)
+		return nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/api/server/router/debug/debug_routes.go b/api/server/router/debug/debug_routes.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2a72615a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/server/router/debug/debug_routes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/pprof"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
+
+func handlePprof(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars map[string]string) error {
+	pprof.Handler(vars["name"]).ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/api/server/server.go b/api/server/server.go
index d402019113..e0f2d89d9a 100644
--- a/api/server/server.go
+++ b/api/server/server.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/httputils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/middleware"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/router"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/router/debug"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/dockerversion"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
@@ -148,13 +149,10 @@ func (s *Server) makeHTTPHandler(handler httputils.APIFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
 
 // InitRouter initializes the list of routers for the server.
 // This method also enables the Go profiler if enableProfiler is true.
-func (s *Server) InitRouter(enableProfiler bool, routers ...router.Router) {
+func (s *Server) InitRouter(routers ...router.Router) {
 	s.routers = append(s.routers, routers...)
 
 	m := s.createMux()
-	if enableProfiler {
-		profilerSetup(m)
-	}
 	s.routerSwapper = &routerSwapper{
 		router: m,
 	}
@@ -175,6 +173,13 @@ func (s *Server) createMux() *mux.Router {
 		}
 	}
 
+	debugRouter := debug.NewRouter()
+	s.routers = append(s.routers, debugRouter)
+	for _, r := range debugRouter.Routes() {
+		f := s.makeHTTPHandler(r.Handler())
+		m.Path("/debug" + r.Path()).Handler(f)
+	}
+
 	err := errors.NewRequestNotFoundError(fmt.Errorf("page not found"))
 	notFoundHandler := httputils.MakeErrorHandler(err)
 	m.HandleFunc(versionMatcher+"/{path:.*}", notFoundHandler)
@@ -194,15 +199,3 @@ func (s *Server) Wait(waitChan chan error) {
 	}
 	waitChan <- nil
 }
-
-// DisableProfiler reloads the server mux without adding the profiler routes.
-func (s *Server) DisableProfiler() {
-	s.routerSwapper.Swap(s.createMux())
-}
-
-// EnableProfiler reloads the server mux adding the profiler routes.
-func (s *Server) EnableProfiler() {
-	m := s.createMux()
-	profilerSetup(m)
-	s.routerSwapper.Swap(m)
-}
diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go b/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go
index ad937ede7c..215f9c2d59 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go
@@ -383,10 +383,8 @@ func (cli *DaemonCli) reloadConfig() {
 			switch {
 			case debugEnabled && !config.Debug: // disable debug
 				debug.Disable()
-				cli.api.DisableProfiler()
 			case config.Debug && !debugEnabled: // enable debug
 				debug.Enable()
-				cli.api.EnableProfiler()
 			}
 
 		}
@@ -536,7 +534,7 @@ func initRouter(opts routerOptions) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	opts.api.InitRouter(debug.IsEnabled(), routers...)
+	opts.api.InitRouter(routers...)
 }
 
 // TODO: remove this from cli and return the authzMiddleware