diff --git a/src/components/ContainerSettingsAdvanced.react.js b/src/components/ContainerSettingsAdvanced.react.js
index 6120498c3c..08b8e351b1 100644
--- a/src/components/ContainerSettingsAdvanced.react.js
+++ b/src/components/ContainerSettingsAdvanced.react.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import _ from 'underscore';
 import React from 'react/addons';
 import metrics from '../utils/MetricsUtil';
 import ContainerUtil from '../utils/ContainerUtil';
@@ -11,10 +12,11 @@ var ContainerSettingsAdvanced = React.createClass({
   },
 
   getInitialState: function () {
-    let [tty, openStdin] = ContainerUtil.mode(this.props.container) || [true, true];
+    let [tty, openStdin, privileged] = ContainerUtil.mode(this.props.container) || [true, true, false];
     return {
       tty: tty,
-      openStdin: openStdin
+      openStdin: openStdin,
+      privileged: privileged
     };
   },
 
@@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ var ContainerSettingsAdvanced = React.createClass({
     metrics.track('Saved Advanced Options');
     let tty = this.state.tty;
     let openStdin = this.state.openStdin;
-    containerActions.update(this.props.container.Name, {Tty: tty, OpenStdin: openStdin});
+    let privileged = this.state.privileged;
+    let hostConfig = _.extend(this.props.container.HostConfig, {Privileged: privileged});
+    containerActions.update(this.props.container.Name, {Tty: tty, OpenStdin: openStdin, HostConfig: hostConfig});
   },
 
   handleChangeTty: function () {
@@ -37,6 +41,12 @@ var ContainerSettingsAdvanced = React.createClass({
     });
   },
 
+  handleChangePrivileged: function () {
+    this.setState({
+      privileged: !this.state.privileged
+    });
+  },
+
   render: function () {
     if (!this.props.container) {
       return false;
@@ -49,6 +59,7 @@ var ContainerSettingsAdvanced = React.createClass({
           <div className="checkboxes">
             <p><input type="checkbox" checked={this.state.tty} onChange={this.handleChangeTty}/>Allocate a TTY for this container</p>
             <p><input type="checkbox" checked={this.state.openStdin} onChange={this.handleChangeOpenStdin}/>Keep STDIN open even if not attached</p>
+            <p><input type="checkbox" checked={this.state.privileged} onChange={this.handleChangePrivileged}/>Privileged mode</p>
           </div>
           <a className="btn btn-action" disabled={this.props.container.State.Updating} onClick={this.handleSaveAdvancedOptions}>Save</a>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/utils/ContainerUtil.js b/src/utils/ContainerUtil.js
index a19576970f..5d1d2014ca 100644
--- a/src/utils/ContainerUtil.js
+++ b/src/utils/ContainerUtil.js
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ var ContainerUtil = {
 
   // Provide Foreground options
   mode: function (container) {
-    if (!container || !container.Config) {
-      return [true, true];
-    }
-    return [container.Config.Tty, container.Config.OpenStdin];
+    return [
+        (container && container.Config) ? container.Config.Tty : true,
+        (container && container.Config) ? container.Config.OpenStdin : true,
+        (container && container.HostConfig) ? container.HostConfig.Privileged : false
+    ];
   },
 
   // TODO: inject host here instead of requiring Docker