diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 51d435b841..1f743f6290 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type DaemonConfig struct {
 	Dns                         []string
 	EnableIptables              bool
 	BridgeIface                 string
+	BridgeIp                    string
 	DefaultIp                   net.IP
 	InterContainerCommunication bool
 	GraphDriver                 string
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ func ConfigFromJob(job *engine.Job) *DaemonConfig {
 	} else {
 		config.BridgeIface = DefaultNetworkBridge
 	}
+	config.BridgeIp = job.Getenv("BridgeIp")
 	config.DefaultIp = net.ParseIP(job.Getenv("DefaultIp"))
 	config.InterContainerCommunication = job.GetenvBool("InterContainerCommunication")
 	config.GraphDriver = job.Getenv("GraphDriver")
diff --git a/docker/docker.go b/docker/docker.go
index 6e243f157f..3ee7be9876 100644
--- a/docker/docker.go
+++ b/docker/docker.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ func main() {
 		flDebug              = flag.Bool("D", false, "Enable debug mode")
 		flAutoRestart        = flag.Bool("r", true, "Restart previously running containers")
 		bridgeName           = flag.String("b", "", "Attach containers to a pre-existing network bridge; use 'none' to disable container networking")
+		bridgeIp             = flag.String("bip", "", "Use this CIDR notation address for the network bridge's IP, not compatible with -b")
 		pidfile              = flag.String("p", "/var/run/docker.pid", "Path to use for daemon PID file")
 		flRoot               = flag.String("g", "/var/lib/docker", "Path to use as the root of the docker runtime")
 		flEnableCors         = flag.Bool("api-enable-cors", false, "Enable CORS headers in the remote API")
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ func main() {
 		flHosts.Set(fmt.Sprintf("unix://%s", docker.DEFAULTUNIXSOCKET))
 	}
 
+	if *bridgeName != "" && *bridgeIp != "" {
+		log.Fatal("You specified -b & -bip, mutually exclusive options. Please specify only one.")
+	}
+
 	if *flDebug {
 		os.Setenv("DEBUG", "1")
 	}
@@ -77,6 +82,7 @@ func main() {
 		job.SetenvList("Dns", flDns.GetAll())
 		job.SetenvBool("EnableIptables", *flEnableIptables)
 		job.Setenv("BridgeIface", *bridgeName)
+		job.Setenv("BridgeIp", *bridgeIp)
 		job.Setenv("DefaultIp", *flDefaultIp)
 		job.SetenvBool("InterContainerCommunication", *flInterContainerComm)
 		job.Setenv("GraphDriver", *flGraphDriver)
diff --git a/docs/sources/commandline/cli.rst b/docs/sources/commandline/cli.rst
index 5cbd28c951..68d18b58bf 100644
--- a/docs/sources/commandline/cli.rst
+++ b/docs/sources/commandline/cli.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ To list available commands, either run ``docker`` with no parameters or execute
       -H=[unix:///var/run/docker.sock]: Multiple tcp://host:port or unix://path/to/socket to bind in daemon mode, single connection otherwise
       -api-enable-cors=false: Enable CORS headers in the remote API
       -b="": Attach containers to a pre-existing network bridge; use 'none' to disable container networking
+      -bip="": Use the provided CIDR notation address for the dynamically created bridge (docker0); Mutually exclusive of -b
       -d=false: Enable daemon mode
       -dns="": Force docker to use specific DNS servers
       -g="/var/lib/docker": Path to use as the root of the docker runtime
diff --git a/network.go b/network.go
index a230356a7d..7999826da1 100644
--- a/network.go
+++ b/network.go
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ func CreateBridgeIface(config *DaemonConfig) error {
 		"192.168.44.1/24",
 	}
 
+
 	nameservers := []string{}
 	resolvConf, _ := utils.GetResolvConf()
 	// we don't check for an error here, because we don't really care
@@ -129,22 +130,30 @@ func CreateBridgeIface(config *DaemonConfig) error {
 	}
 
 	var ifaceAddr string
-	for _, addr := range addrs {
-		_, dockerNetwork, err := net.ParseCIDR(addr)
+	if len(config.BridgeIp) != 0 {
+		_, _, err := net.ParseCIDR(config.BridgeIp)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		routes, err := netlink.NetworkGetRoutes()
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if err := checkRouteOverlaps(routes, dockerNetwork); err == nil {
-			if err := checkNameserverOverlaps(nameservers, dockerNetwork); err == nil {
-				ifaceAddr = addr
-				break
+		ifaceAddr = config.BridgeIp
+	} else {
+		for _, addr := range addrs {
+			_, dockerNetwork, err := net.ParseCIDR(addr)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			routes, err := netlink.NetworkGetRoutes()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := checkRouteOverlaps(routes, dockerNetwork); err == nil {
+				if err := checkNameserverOverlaps(nameservers, dockerNetwork); err == nil {
+					ifaceAddr = addr
+					break
+				}
+			} else {
+				utils.Debugf("%s: %s", addr, err)
 			}
-		} else {
-			utils.Debugf("%s: %s", addr, err)
 		}
 	}
 	if ifaceAddr == "" {