diff --git a/daemon/volumes.go b/daemon/volumes.go
index fdfc35a932..1cdcf6c29b 100644
--- a/daemon/volumes.go
+++ b/daemon/volumes.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type Mount struct {
 	Writable    bool
 	copyData    bool
 	from        *Container
+	isBind      bool
 }
 
 func (mnt *Mount) Export(resource string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ func (m *Mount) initialize() error {
 	if hostPath, exists := m.container.Volumes[m.MountToPath]; exists {
 		// If this is a bind-mount/volumes-from, maybe it was passed in at start instead of create
 		// We need to make sure bind-mounts/volumes-from passed on start can override existing ones.
-		if !m.volume.IsBindMount && m.from == nil {
+		if (!m.volume.IsBindMount && !m.isBind) && m.from == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
 		if m.volume.Path == hostPath {
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ func (container *Container) parseVolumeMountConfig() (map[string]*Mount, error)
 			volume:      vol,
 			MountToPath: mountToPath,
 			Writable:    writable,
+			isBind:      true, // in case the volume itself is a normal volume, but is being mounted in as a bindmount here
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_api_containers_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_api_containers_test.go
index ad995b73fb..b5ebc00e77 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_api_containers_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_api_containers_test.go
@@ -403,3 +403,40 @@ func TestBuildApiDockerfileSymlink(t *testing.T) {
 
 	logDone("container REST API - check build w/bad Dockerfile symlink path")
 }
+
+// #9981 - Allow a docker created volume (ie, one in /var/lib/docker/volumes) to be used to overwrite (via passing in Binds on api start) an existing volume
+func TestPostContainerBindNormalVolume(t *testing.T) {
+	defer deleteAllContainers()
+
+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(exec.Command(dockerBinary, "create", "-v", "/foo", "--name=one", "busybox"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err, out)
+	}
+
+	fooDir, err := inspectFieldMap("one", "Volumes", "/foo")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(exec.Command(dockerBinary, "create", "-v", "/foo", "--name=two", "busybox"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err, out)
+	}
+
+	bindSpec := map[string][]string{"Binds": {fooDir + ":/foo"}}
+	_, err = sockRequest("POST", "/containers/two/start", bindSpec)
+	if err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "204 No Content") {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	fooDir2, err := inspectFieldMap("two", "Volumes", "/foo")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if fooDir2 != fooDir {
+		t.Fatal("expected volume path to be %s, got: %s", fooDir, fooDir2)
+	}
+
+	logDone("container REST API - can use path from normal volume as bind-mount to overwrite another volume")
+}