diff --git a/components/engine/api.go b/components/engine/api.go
index 7666b79a5f..978cd296a5 100644
--- a/components/engine/api.go
+++ b/components/engine/api.go
@@ -703,6 +703,11 @@ func postBuild(srv *Server, version float64, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 	return nil
 }
 
+func writeCorsHeaders(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.Header().Add("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
+	w.Header().Add("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept")
+}
+
 func ListenAndServe(addr string, srv *Server, logging bool) error {
 	r := mux.NewRouter()
 	log.Printf("Listening for HTTP on %s\n", addr)
@@ -773,12 +778,20 @@ func ListenAndServe(addr string, srv *Server, logging bool) error {
 					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
 					return
 				}
+				if srv.enableCors {
+					writeCorsHeaders(w, r)
+				}
 				if err := localFct(srv, version, w, r, mux.Vars(r)); err != nil {
 					httpError(w, err)
 				}
 			}
 			r.Path("/v{version:[0-9.]+}" + localRoute).Methods(localMethod).HandlerFunc(f)
 			r.Path(localRoute).Methods(localMethod).HandlerFunc(f)
+			r.Methods("OPTIONS").HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				if srv.enableCors {
+					writeCorsHeaders(w, r)
+				}
+			})
 		}
 	}
 	return http.ListenAndServe(addr, r)
diff --git a/components/engine/api_test.go b/components/engine/api_test.go
index 9121167e10..e464e51108 100644
--- a/components/engine/api_test.go
+++ b/components/engine/api_test.go
@@ -1239,6 +1239,32 @@ func TestDeleteContainers(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGetEnabledCors(t *testing.T) {
+	runtime, err := newTestRuntime()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer nuke(runtime)
+
+	srv := &Server{runtime: runtime, enableCors: true}
+
+	r := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	if err := getVersion(srv, API_VERSION, r, nil, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	allowOrigin := r.Header().Get("Access-Control-Allow-Origin")
+	allowHeaders := r.Header().Get("Access-Control-Allow-Headers")
+
+	if allowOrigin != "*" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected header Access-Control-Allow-Origin to be \"*\", %s found.", allowOrigin)
+	}
+	if allowHeaders != "Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected header Access-Control-Allow-Headers to be \"Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept\", %s found.", allowHeaders)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDeleteImages(t *testing.T) {
 	//FIXME: Implement this test
 	t.Log("Test not implemented")
diff --git a/components/engine/docker/docker.go b/components/engine/docker/docker.go
index 7b8aa7f858..dd804f81c0 100644
--- a/components/engine/docker/docker.go
+++ b/components/engine/docker/docker.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func main() {
 	bridgeName := flag.String("b", "", "Attach containers to a pre-existing network bridge")
 	pidfile := flag.String("p", "/var/run/docker.pid", "File containing process PID")
 	flHost := flag.String("H", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", host, port), "Host:port to bind/connect to")
+	flEnableCors := flag.Bool("api-enable-cors", false, "Enable CORS requests in the remote api.")
 	flag.Parse()
 	if *bridgeName != "" {
 		docker.NetworkBridgeIface = *bridgeName
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ func main() {
 			flag.Usage()
 			return
 		}
-		if err := daemon(*pidfile, host, port, *flAutoRestart); err != nil {
+		if err := daemon(*pidfile, host, port, *flAutoRestart, *flEnableCors); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 			os.Exit(-1)
 		}
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ func removePidFile(pidfile string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func daemon(pidfile, addr string, port int, autoRestart bool) error {
+func daemon(pidfile, addr string, port int, autoRestart, enableCors bool) error {
 	if addr != "127.0.0.1" {
 		log.Println("/!\\ DON'T BIND ON ANOTHER IP ADDRESS THAN 127.0.0.1 IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING /!\\")
 	}
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ func daemon(pidfile, addr string, port int, autoRestart bool) error {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}()
 
-	server, err := docker.NewServer(autoRestart)
+	server, err := docker.NewServer(autoRestart, enableCors)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/components/engine/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api.rst b/components/engine/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api.rst
index dca4599c55..e59b93d621 100644
--- a/components/engine/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api.rst
+++ b/components/engine/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api.rst
@@ -1056,3 +1056,11 @@ Here are the steps of 'docker run' :
 
 In this first version of the API, some of the endpoints, like /attach, /pull or /push uses hijacking to transport stdin,
 stdout and stderr on the same socket. This might change in the future.
+
+
+3.3 CORS Requests
+-----------------
+
+To enable cross origin requests to the remote api add the flag "-api-enable-cors" when running docker in daemon mode.
+    
+    docker -d -H="192.168.1.9:4243" -api-enable-cors
diff --git a/components/engine/server.go b/components/engine/server.go
index 08cb37a72e..d86ffe0f44 100644
--- a/components/engine/server.go
+++ b/components/engine/server.go
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ImageInspect(name string) (*Image, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("No such image: %s", name)
 }
 
-func NewServer(autoRestart bool) (*Server, error) {
+func NewServer(autoRestart, enableCors bool) (*Server, error) {
 	if runtime.GOARCH != "amd64" {
 		log.Fatalf("The docker runtime currently only supports amd64 (not %s). This will change in the future. Aborting.", runtime.GOARCH)
 	}
@@ -879,12 +879,14 @@ func NewServer(autoRestart bool) (*Server, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	srv := &Server{
-		runtime: runtime,
+		runtime:    runtime,
+		enableCors: enableCors,
 	}
 	runtime.srv = srv
 	return srv, nil
 }
 
 type Server struct {
-	runtime *Runtime
+	runtime    *Runtime
+	enableCors bool
 }