diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 190b0d2..ffb38eb 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 type Metric string
 
 type BackendConfig struct {
+	DockerHost    string `yaml:"DockerHost"`
 	TLSCACert     string `yaml:"TLSCACert"`
 	TLSCert       string `yaml:"TLSCert"`
 	TLSKey        string `yaml:"TLSKey"`
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ func NewConfigFromFile(file string) (Config, error) {
 func (c Config) Print() {
 	fmt.Println("Backend: ", c.Backend)
 	fmt.Println("BackendConfig")
+	fmt.Println("\tDocker Host ", c.BackendConfig.DockerHost)
 	fmt.Println("\tTLSCACert ", c.BackendConfig.TLSCACert)
 	fmt.Println("\tTLSCert ", c.BackendConfig.TLSCert)
 	fmt.Println("\tTLSKey ", c.BackendConfig.TLSKey)
diff --git a/container/backend/docker/docker.go b/container/backend/docker/docker.go
index 5d3f0ef..626b8ef 100644
--- a/container/backend/docker/docker.go
+++ b/container/backend/docker/docker.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	DockerAPI        = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
 	DockerAPIVersion = "v1.23"
 )
 
@@ -35,6 +34,13 @@ func NewDockerBackend(c config.BackendConfig) (*Docker, error) {
 	httpHeaders := map[string]string{
 		"User-Agent": fmt.Sprintf("kappa/%s", version.Version),
 	}
+
+	dockerHost := "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
+
+	if c.DockerHost != "" {
+		dockerHost = c.DockerHost
+	}
+
 	if c.TLSCert != "" && c.TLSKey != "" {
 		tlsOptions := tlsconfig.Options{
 			CAFile:             c.TLSCACert,
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@ func NewDockerBackend(c config.BackendConfig) (*Docker, error) {
 			KeyFile:            c.TLSKey,
 			InsecureSkipVerify: c.AllowInsecure,
 		}
+
 		config, err := tlsconfig.Client(tlsOptions)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -49,7 +56,7 @@ func NewDockerBackend(c config.BackendConfig) (*Docker, error) {
 		tr := &http.Transport{
 			TLSClientConfig: config,
 		}
-		proto, addr, _, err := client.ParseHost(DockerAPI)
+		proto, addr, _, err := client.ParseHost(dockerHost)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -59,7 +66,7 @@ func NewDockerBackend(c config.BackendConfig) (*Docker, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	client, err := client.NewClient(DockerAPI, DockerAPIVersion, httpClient, httpHeaders)
+	client, err := client.NewClient(dockerHost, DockerAPIVersion, httpClient, httpHeaders)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/docs/examples/config.yml b/docs/examples/config.yml
index 98b0faf..4fd7cce 100644
--- a/docs/examples/config.yml
+++ b/docs/examples/config.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 ---
 backend: docker
 backend_config:
-  TLSCACert: "/etc/docker/ca.crt"
-  TLSCert: "/etc/docker/server.pem"
-  TLSKey: "/etc/docker/server.key"
-  AllowInsecure: false
+  DockerHost: "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
 metrics:
   queue_length: "/usr/local/bin/queue_length.sh"
   reqsec:  "/usr/local/bin/reqsec.sh"