diff --git a/daemon/daemon_unix.go b/daemon/daemon_unix.go
index 1ef7dc2ebe..6214646338 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_unix.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon_unix.go
@@ -355,6 +355,9 @@ func verifyContainerResources(resources *containertypes.Resources, sysInfo *sysi
 		logrus.Warnf("Your kernel does not support memory soft limit capabilities. Limitation discarded.")
 		resources.MemoryReservation = 0
 	}
+	if resources.MemoryReservation > 0 && resources.MemoryReservation < linuxMinMemory {
+		return warnings, fmt.Errorf("Minimum memory reservation allowed is 4MB")
+	}
 	if resources.Memory > 0 && resources.MemoryReservation > 0 && resources.Memory < resources.MemoryReservation {
 		return warnings, fmt.Errorf("Minimum memory limit should be larger than memory reservation limit, see usage")
 	}
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_unix_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_unix_test.go
index 518c00adbf..d452318c78 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_unix_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_unix_test.go
@@ -615,6 +615,11 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestRunWithMemoryReservationInvalid(c *check.C) {
 	c.Assert(err, check.NotNil)
 	expected := "Minimum memory limit should be larger than memory reservation limit"
 	c.Assert(strings.TrimSpace(out), checker.Contains, expected, check.Commentf("run container should fail with invalid memory reservation"))
+
+	out, _, err = dockerCmdWithError("run", "--memory-reservation", "1k", "busybox", "true")
+	c.Assert(err, check.NotNil)
+	expected = "Minimum memory reservation allowed is 4MB"
+	c.Assert(strings.TrimSpace(out), checker.Contains, expected, check.Commentf("run container should fail with invalid memory reservation"))
 }
 
 func (s *DockerSuite) TestStopContainerSignal(c *check.C) {