diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0efa32bc10..10b62fc45c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ DOCKER_ENVS := \
 # (default to no bind mount if DOCKER_HOST is set)
 # note: BINDDIR is supported for backwards-compatibility here
 BIND_DIR := $(if $(BINDDIR),$(BINDDIR),$(if $(DOCKER_HOST),,bundles))
+
+# DOCKER_MOUNT can be overriden, but use at your own risk!
+ifndef DOCKER_MOUNT
 DOCKER_MOUNT := $(if $(BIND_DIR),-v "$(CURDIR)/$(BIND_DIR):/go/src/github.com/docker/docker/$(BIND_DIR)")
 
 # This allows the test suite to be able to run without worrying about the underlying fs used by the container running the daemon (e.g. aufs-on-aufs), so long as the host running the container is running a supported fs.
@@ -69,13 +72,14 @@ DOCKER_MOUNT := $(if $(BIND_DIR),-v "$(CURDIR)/$(BIND_DIR):/go/src/github.com/do
 # Note that `BIND_DIR` will already be set to `bundles` if `DOCKER_HOST` is not set (see above BIND_DIR line), in such case this will do nothing since `DOCKER_MOUNT` will already be set.
 DOCKER_MOUNT := $(if $(DOCKER_MOUNT),$(DOCKER_MOUNT),-v /go/src/github.com/docker/docker/bundles) -v "$(CURDIR)/.git:/go/src/github.com/docker/docker/.git"
 
-# This allows to set the docker-dev container name
-DOCKER_CONTAINER_NAME := $(if $(CONTAINER_NAME),--name $(CONTAINER_NAME),)
-
 DOCKER_MOUNT_CACHE := -v docker-dev-cache:/root/.cache
 DOCKER_MOUNT_CLI := $(if $(DOCKER_CLI_PATH),-v $(shell dirname $(DOCKER_CLI_PATH)):/usr/local/cli,)
 DOCKER_MOUNT_BASH_COMPLETION := $(if $(DOCKER_BASH_COMPLETION_PATH),-v $(shell dirname $(DOCKER_BASH_COMPLETION_PATH)):/usr/local/completion/bash,)
 DOCKER_MOUNT := $(DOCKER_MOUNT) $(DOCKER_MOUNT_CACHE) $(DOCKER_MOUNT_CLI) $(DOCKER_MOUNT_BASH_COMPLETION)
+endif # ifndef DOCKER_MOUNT
+
+# This allows to set the docker-dev container name
+DOCKER_CONTAINER_NAME := $(if $(CONTAINER_NAME),--name $(CONTAINER_NAME),)
 
 GIT_BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null)
 GIT_BRANCH_CLEAN := $(shell echo $(GIT_BRANCH) | sed -e "s/[^[:alnum:]]/-/g")