diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index 5f497454ab..87837d8bcb 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Install(eng *engine.Engine) error {
 	if err := eng.Register("wait", daemon.ContainerWait); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := eng.Register("resize", daemon.ContainerResize); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/daemon/resize.go b/daemon/resize.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd196ff6c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/resize.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package daemon
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/docker/docker/engine"
+)
+
+func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerResize(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+	if len(job.Args) != 3 {
+		return job.Errorf("Not enough arguments. Usage: %s CONTAINER HEIGHT WIDTH\n", job.Name)
+	}
+	name := job.Args[0]
+	height, err := strconv.Atoi(job.Args[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		return job.Error(err)
+	}
+	width, err := strconv.Atoi(job.Args[2])
+	if err != nil {
+		return job.Error(err)
+	}
+	if container := daemon.Get(name); container != nil {
+		if err := container.Resize(height, width); err != nil {
+			return job.Error(err)
+		}
+		return engine.StatusOK
+	}
+	return job.Errorf("No such container: %s", name)
+}
diff --git a/server/container.go b/server/container.go
index ac02ad7a5a..b71bfbfa15 100644
--- a/server/container.go
+++ b/server/container.go
@@ -386,28 +386,6 @@ func (srv *Server) ContainerDestroy(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 	return engine.StatusOK
 }
 
-func (srv *Server) ContainerResize(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
-	if len(job.Args) != 3 {
-		return job.Errorf("Not enough arguments. Usage: %s CONTAINER HEIGHT WIDTH\n", job.Name)
-	}
-	name := job.Args[0]
-	height, err := strconv.Atoi(job.Args[1])
-	if err != nil {
-		return job.Error(err)
-	}
-	width, err := strconv.Atoi(job.Args[2])
-	if err != nil {
-		return job.Error(err)
-	}
-	if container := srv.daemon.Get(name); container != nil {
-		if err := container.Resize(height, width); err != nil {
-			return job.Error(err)
-		}
-		return engine.StatusOK
-	}
-	return job.Errorf("No such container: %s", name)
-}
-
 func (srv *Server) ContainerLogs(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 	if len(job.Args) != 1 {
 		return job.Errorf("Usage: %s CONTAINER\n", job.Name)
diff --git a/server/init.go b/server/init.go
index 914f53d6b7..64d6563400 100644
--- a/server/init.go
+++ b/server/init.go
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ func InitServer(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 
 	for name, handler := range map[string]engine.Handler{
 		"tag":              srv.ImageTag, // FIXME merge with "image_tag"
-		"resize":           srv.ContainerResize,
 		"commit":           srv.ContainerCommit,
 		"info":             srv.DockerInfo,
 		"container_delete": srv.ContainerDestroy,