diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index 48661a3098..2791289269 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -270,6 +270,26 @@ func (container *Container) ToDisk() (err error) {
 	return ioutil.WriteFile(container.jsonPath(), data, 0666)
 }
 
+func (container *Container) ReadHostConfig() (*HostConfig, error) {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(container.hostConfigPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		return &HostConfig{}, err
+	}
+	hostConfig := &HostConfig{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, hostConfig); err != nil {
+		return &HostConfig{}, err
+	}
+	return hostConfig, nil
+}
+
+func (container *Container) SaveHostConfig(hostConfig *HostConfig) (err error) {
+	data, err := json.Marshal(hostConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	return ioutil.WriteFile(container.hostConfigPath(), data, 0666)
+}
+
 func (container *Container) generateLXCConfig() error {
 	fo, err := os.Create(container.lxcConfigPath())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -473,6 +493,9 @@ func (container *Container) Attach(stdin io.ReadCloser, stdinCloser io.Closer, s
 func (container *Container) Start(hostConfig *HostConfig) error {
 	container.State.Lock()
 	defer container.State.Unlock()
+	if len(hostConfig.Binds) == 0 {
+		hostConfig, _ = container.ReadHostConfig()
+	}
 
 	if container.State.Running {
 		return fmt.Errorf("The container %s is already running.", container.ID)
@@ -641,6 +664,7 @@ func (container *Container) Start(hostConfig *HostConfig) error {
 	container.waitLock = make(chan struct{})
 
 	container.ToDisk()
+	container.SaveHostConfig(hostConfig)
 	go container.monitor()
 	return nil
 }
@@ -979,6 +1003,10 @@ func (container *Container) ReadLog(name string) (io.Reader, error) {
 	return os.Open(container.logPath(name))
 }
 
+func (container *Container) hostConfigPath() string {
+	return path.Join(container.root, "hostconfig.json")
+}
+
 func (container *Container) jsonPath() string {
 	return path.Join(container.root, "config.json")
 }
diff --git a/runtime.go b/runtime.go
index 5b0f7b2b2a..a3abbc3b50 100644
--- a/runtime.go
+++ b/runtime.go
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ func (runtime *Runtime) Register(container *Container) error {
 				utils.Debugf("Restarting")
 				container.State.Ghost = false
 				container.State.setStopped(0)
-				// assume empty host config
 				hostConfig := &HostConfig{}
 				if err := container.Start(hostConfig); err != nil {
 					return err