diff --git a/api/server/middleware.go b/api/server/middleware.go
index 2622bf1bbe..31d18ab42c 100644
--- a/api/server/middleware.go
+++ b/api/server/middleware.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/httputils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/middleware"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/dockerversion"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/authorization"
 )
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 func (s *Server) handleWithGlobalMiddlewares(handler httputils.APIFunc) httputils.APIFunc {
 	next := handler
 
-	handleVersion := middleware.NewVersionMiddleware(dockerversion.Version, api.DefaultVersion, api.MinVersion)
+	handleVersion := middleware.NewVersionMiddleware(s.cfg.Version, api.DefaultVersion, api.MinVersion)
 	next = handleVersion(next)
 
 	if s.cfg.EnableCors {
diff --git a/api/server/server_test.go b/api/server/server_test.go
index f3256c3160..9216804152 100644
--- a/api/server/server_test.go
+++ b/api/server/server_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package server
 import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/httputils"
@@ -11,7 +12,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestMiddlewares(t *testing.T) {
-	cfg := &Config{}
+	cfg := &Config{
+		Version: "0.1omega2",
+	}
 	srv := &Server{
 		cfg: cfg,
 	}
@@ -24,6 +27,11 @@ func TestMiddlewares(t *testing.T) {
 		if httputils.VersionFromContext(ctx) == "" {
 			t.Fatalf("Expected version, got empty string")
 		}
+
+		if sv := w.Header().Get("Server"); !strings.Contains(sv, "Docker/0.1omega2") {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected server version in the header `Docker/0.1omega2`, got %s", sv)
+		}
+
 		return nil
 	}