diff --git a/cli/connhelper/commandconn/commandconn.go b/cli/connhelper/commandconn/commandconn.go
index 7e03741fad..4c5783fb3b 100644
--- a/cli/connhelper/commandconn/commandconn.go
+++ b/cli/connhelper/commandconn/commandconn.go
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, cmd string, args ...string) (net.Conn, error) {
 	// we assume that args never contains sensitive information
 	logrus.Debugf("commandconn: starting %s with %v", cmd, args)
 	c.cmd.Env = os.Environ()
+	c.cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{}
 	setPdeathsig(c.cmd)
+	createSession(c.cmd)
 	c.stdin, err = c.cmd.StdinPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/cli/connhelper/commandconn/commandconn_linux.go b/cli/connhelper/commandconn/pdeathsig_linux.go
similarity index 55%
rename from cli/connhelper/commandconn/commandconn_linux.go
rename to cli/connhelper/commandconn/pdeathsig_linux.go
index 7d8b122e32..1cdd788cc0 100644
--- a/cli/connhelper/commandconn/commandconn_linux.go
+++ b/cli/connhelper/commandconn/pdeathsig_linux.go
@@ -6,7 +6,5 @@ import (
 )
 
 func setPdeathsig(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
-	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
-		Pdeathsig: syscall.SIGKILL,
-	}
+	cmd.SysProcAttr.Pdeathsig = syscall.SIGKILL
 }
diff --git a/cli/connhelper/commandconn/commandconn_nolinux.go b/cli/connhelper/commandconn/pdeathsig_nolinux.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/connhelper/commandconn/commandconn_nolinux.go
rename to cli/connhelper/commandconn/pdeathsig_nolinux.go
diff --git a/cli/connhelper/commandconn/session_unix.go b/cli/connhelper/commandconn/session_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6448500d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/connhelper/commandconn/session_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+package commandconn
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+func createSession(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
+	// for supporting ssh connection helper with ProxyCommand
+	// https://github.com/docker/cli/issues/1707
+	cmd.SysProcAttr.Setsid = true
+}
diff --git a/cli/connhelper/commandconn/session_windows.go b/cli/connhelper/commandconn/session_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b926074500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/connhelper/commandconn/session_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package commandconn
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+func createSession(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
+}