diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index ede85c56e..5a3323f8c 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -342,8 +342,9 @@ func (c *Client) fingerprint() error {
 // setupDrivers is used to find the available drivers
 func (c *Client) setupDrivers() error {
 	var avail []string
+	driverCtx := driver.NewDriverContext(c.config, c.config.Node, c.logger)
 	for name := range driver.BuiltinDrivers {
-		d, err := driver.NewDriver(name, c.logger)
+		d, err := driver.NewDriver(name, driverCtx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/client/driver/docker.go b/client/driver/docker.go
index 3a4e5896b..e4f238d5e 100644
--- a/client/driver/docker.go
+++ b/client/driver/docker.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
+	docker "github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/config"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
 )
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 type DockerDriver struct {
-	logger *log.Logger
+	DriverContext
 }
 
 type dockerPID struct {
@@ -34,11 +36,8 @@ type dockerHandle struct {
 	doneCh      chan struct{}
 }
 
-func NewDockerDriver(logger *log.Logger) Driver {
-	d := &DockerDriver{
-		logger: logger,
-	}
-	return d
+func NewDockerDriver(ctx *DriverContext) Driver {
+	return &DockerDriver{*ctx}
 }
 
 func (d *DockerDriver) Fingerprint(cfg *config.Config, node *structs.Node) (bool, error) {
@@ -111,6 +110,10 @@ func (d *DockerDriver) Start(ctx *ExecContext, task *structs.Task) (DriverHandle
 	// nomad process is restarted. Also, you will need to parse the containerID
 	// out of the run command output since run combines pull, create and start
 	// into a single command.
+
+	client, err := docker.NewClient(d.config.ReadDefault("docker.endpoint", "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"))
+	client.ListImages(docker.ListImagesOptions{All: false})
+
 	startBytes, err := exec.Command("docker", "start", containerID).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		d.logger.Printf("[ERROR] driver.docker %s", strings.TrimSpace(string(startBytes)))
diff --git a/client/driver/docker_test.go b/client/driver/docker_test.go
index 1a748843b..dbff3caa7 100644
--- a/client/driver/docker_test.go
+++ b/client/driver/docker_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestDockerDriver_Handle(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDockerDriver_Fingerprint(t *testing.T) {
-	d := NewDockerDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewDockerDriver(testDriverContext())
 	node := &structs.Node{
 		Attributes: make(map[string]string),
 	}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestDockerDriver_StartOpen_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 		t.SkipNow()
 	}
 	ctx := NewExecContext()
-	d := NewDockerDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewDockerDriver(testDriverContext())
 
 	task := &structs.Task{
 		Config: map[string]string{
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestDockerDriver_Start_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 		t.SkipNow()
 	}
 	ctx := NewExecContext()
-	d := NewDockerDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewDockerDriver(testDriverContext())
 
 	task := &structs.Task{
 		Config: map[string]string{
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func TestDockerDriver_Start_Kill_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 		t.SkipNow()
 	}
 	ctx := NewExecContext()
-	d := NewDockerDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewDockerDriver(testDriverContext())
 
 	task := &structs.Task{
 		Config: map[string]string{
diff --git a/client/driver/driver.go b/client/driver/driver.go
index 6e35adcf1..63d8d827a 100644
--- a/client/driver/driver.go
+++ b/client/driver/driver.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/config"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/fingerprint"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
 )
@@ -12,14 +13,15 @@ import (
 // BuiltinDrivers contains the built in registered drivers
 // which are available for allocation handling
 var BuiltinDrivers = map[string]Factory{
-	"exec": NewExecDriver,
-	"java": NewJavaDriver,
-	"qemu": NewQemuDriver,
+	"docker": NewDockerDriver,
+	"exec":   NewExecDriver,
+	"java":   NewJavaDriver,
+	"qemu":   NewQemuDriver,
 }
 
 // NewDriver is used to instantiate and return a new driver
 // given the name and a logger
-func NewDriver(name string, logger *log.Logger) (Driver, error) {
+func NewDriver(name string, ctx *DriverContext) (Driver, error) {
 	// Lookup the factory function
 	factory, ok := BuiltinDrivers[name]
 	if !ok {
@@ -27,12 +29,12 @@ func NewDriver(name string, logger *log.Logger) (Driver, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Instantiate the driver
-	f := factory(logger)
+	f := factory(ctx)
 	return f, nil
 }
 
 // Factory is used to instantiate a new Driver
-type Factory func(*log.Logger) Driver
+type Factory func(*DriverContext) Driver
 
 // Driver is used for execution of tasks. This allows Nomad
 // to support many pluggable implementations of task drivers.
@@ -48,6 +50,27 @@ type Driver interface {
 	Open(ctx *ExecContext, handleID string) (DriverHandle, error)
 }
 
+// DriverContext is a means to inject dependencies such as loggers, configs, and
+// node attributes into a Driver without having to change the Driver interface
+// each time we do it. Used in conjection with Factory, above.
+type DriverContext struct {
+	config *config.Config
+	logger *log.Logger
+	node   *structs.Node
+}
+
+// NewDriverContext initializes a new DriverContext with the specified fields.
+// This enables other packages to create DriverContexts but keeps the fields
+// private to the driver. If we want to change this later we can gorename all of
+// the fields in DriverContext.
+func NewDriverContext(config *config.Config, node *structs.Node, logger *log.Logger) *DriverContext {
+	return &DriverContext{
+		config: config,
+		node:   node,
+		logger: logger,
+	}
+}
+
 // DriverHandle is an opaque handle into a driver used for task
 // manipulation
 type DriverHandle interface {
diff --git a/client/driver/driver_test.go b/client/driver/driver_test.go
index b3c362b78..09a87b599 100644
--- a/client/driver/driver_test.go
+++ b/client/driver/driver_test.go
@@ -3,8 +3,20 @@ package driver
 import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/config"
 )
 
 func testLogger() *log.Logger {
 	return log.New(os.Stderr, "", log.LstdFlags)
 }
+
+func testConfig() *config.Config {
+	return &config.Config{}
+}
+
+func testDriverContext() *DriverContext {
+	cfg := testConfig()
+	ctx := NewDriverContext(cfg, cfg.Node, testLogger())
+	return ctx
+}
diff --git a/client/driver/exec.go b/client/driver/exec.go
index 335817f83..5e4564923 100644
--- a/client/driver/exec.go
+++ b/client/driver/exec.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package driver
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strconv"
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 // fork/execs tasks. It should probably not be used for most things,
 // but is useful for testing purposes or for very simple tasks.
 type ExecDriver struct {
-	logger *log.Logger
+	DriverContext
 }
 
 // execHandle is returned from Start/Open as a handle to the PID
@@ -30,11 +29,8 @@ type execHandle struct {
 }
 
 // NewExecDriver is used to create a new exec driver
-func NewExecDriver(logger *log.Logger) Driver {
-	d := &ExecDriver{
-		logger: logger,
-	}
-	return d
+func NewExecDriver(ctx *DriverContext) Driver {
+	return &ExecDriver{*ctx}
 }
 
 func (d *ExecDriver) Fingerprint(cfg *config.Config, node *structs.Node) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/client/driver/exec_test.go b/client/driver/exec_test.go
index ec4f3edfb..af5533d6b 100644
--- a/client/driver/exec_test.go
+++ b/client/driver/exec_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestExecDriver_Fingerprint(t *testing.T) {
-	d := NewExecDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewExecDriver(testDriverContext())
 	node := &structs.Node{
 		Attributes: make(map[string]string),
 	}
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestExecDriver_Fingerprint(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestExecDriver_StartOpen_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := NewExecContext()
-	d := NewExecDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewExecDriver(testDriverContext())
 
 	task := &structs.Task{
 		Config: map[string]string{
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestExecDriver_StartOpen_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestExecDriver_Start_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := NewExecContext()
-	d := NewExecDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewExecDriver(testDriverContext())
 
 	task := &structs.Task{
 		Config: map[string]string{
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TestExecDriver_Start_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestExecDriver_Start_Kill_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := NewExecContext()
-	d := NewExecDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewExecDriver(testDriverContext())
 
 	task := &structs.Task{
 		Config: map[string]string{
diff --git a/client/driver/java.go b/client/driver/java.go
index c02a13521..b5e166205 100644
--- a/client/driver/java.go
+++ b/client/driver/java.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 // JavaDriver is a simple driver to execute applications packaged in Jars.
 // It literally just fork/execs tasks with the java command.
 type JavaDriver struct {
-	logger *log.Logger
+	DriverContext
 }
 
 // javaHandle is returned from Start/Open as a handle to the PID
@@ -34,11 +33,8 @@ type javaHandle struct {
 }
 
 // NewJavaDriver is used to create a new exec driver
-func NewJavaDriver(logger *log.Logger) Driver {
-	d := &JavaDriver{
-		logger: logger,
-	}
-	return d
+func NewJavaDriver(ctx *DriverContext) Driver {
+	return &JavaDriver{*ctx}
 }
 
 func (d *JavaDriver) Fingerprint(cfg *config.Config, node *structs.Node) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/client/driver/java_test.go b/client/driver/java_test.go
index afa2bad3d..b7e5dbaa8 100644
--- a/client/driver/java_test.go
+++ b/client/driver/java_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestJavaDriver_Fingerprint(t *testing.T) {
-	d := NewJavaDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewJavaDriver(testDriverContext())
 	node := &structs.Node{
 		Attributes: make(map[string]string),
 	}
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestJavaDriver_Fingerprint(t *testing.T) {
 func TestJavaDriver_StartOpen_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := NewExecContext()
 	ctx.AllocDir = os.TempDir()
-	d := NewJavaDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewJavaDriver(testDriverContext())
 
 	task := &structs.Task{
 		Config: map[string]string{
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TestJavaDriver_StartOpen_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 func TestJavaDriver_Start_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := NewExecContext()
 	ctx.AllocDir = os.TempDir()
-	d := NewJavaDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewJavaDriver(testDriverContext())
 
 	task := &structs.Task{
 		Config: map[string]string{
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func TestJavaDriver_Start_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 func TestJavaDriver_Start_Kill_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := NewExecContext()
 	ctx.AllocDir = os.TempDir()
-	d := NewJavaDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewJavaDriver(testDriverContext())
 
 	task := &structs.Task{
 		Config: map[string]string{
diff --git a/client/driver/qemu.go b/client/driver/qemu.go
index e97bfa7d9..e4dff2696 100644
--- a/client/driver/qemu.go
+++ b/client/driver/qemu.go
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	reQemuVersion = regexp.MustCompile("QEMU emulator version ([\\d\\.]+),.+")
+	reQemuVersion = regexp.MustCompile("QEMU emulator version ([\\d\\.]+).+")
 )
 
 // QemuDriver is a driver for running images via Qemu
 // We attempt to chose sane defaults for now, with more configuration available
 // planned in the future
 type QemuDriver struct {
-	logger *log.Logger
+	DriverContext
 }
 
 // qemuHandle is returned from Start/Open as a handle to the PID
@@ -47,11 +47,8 @@ type qemuPID struct {
 }
 
 // NewQemuDriver is used to create a new exec driver
-func NewQemuDriver(logger *log.Logger) Driver {
-	d := &QemuDriver{
-		logger: logger,
-	}
-	return d
+func NewQemuDriver(ctx *DriverContext) Driver {
+	return &QemuDriver{*ctx}
 }
 
 func (d *QemuDriver) Fingerprint(cfg *config.Config, node *structs.Node) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/client/driver/qemu_test.go b/client/driver/qemu_test.go
index c60b3e2dc..23a5cf206 100644
--- a/client/driver/qemu_test.go
+++ b/client/driver/qemu_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func TestQemuDriver_Handle(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestQemuDriver_Fingerprint(t *testing.T) {
-	d := NewQemuDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewQemuDriver(testDriverContext())
 	node := &structs.Node{
 		Attributes: make(map[string]string),
 	}
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestQemuDriver_Fingerprint(t *testing.T) {
 func TestQemuDriver_Start(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := NewExecContext()
 	ctx.AllocDir = os.TempDir()
-	d := NewQemuDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewQemuDriver(testDriverContext())
 
 	// TODO: use test server to load from a fixture
 	task := &structs.Task{
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func TestQemuDriver_Start(t *testing.T) {
 func TestQemuDriver_RequiresMemory(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := NewExecContext()
 	ctx.AllocDir = os.TempDir()
-	d := NewQemuDriver(testLogger())
+	d := NewQemuDriver(testDriverContext())
 
 	// TODO: use test server to load from a fixture
 	task := &structs.Task{
diff --git a/client/task_runner.go b/client/task_runner.go
index b168720d9..6bdb6e5e1 100644
--- a/client/task_runner.go
+++ b/client/task_runner.go
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ func (r *TaskRunner) setStatus(status, desc string) {
 
 // createDriver makes a driver for the task
 func (r *TaskRunner) createDriver() (driver.Driver, error) {
-	driver, err := driver.NewDriver(r.task.Driver, r.logger)
+	driverCtx := driver.NewDriverContext(r.config, r.config.Node, r.logger)
+	driver, err := driver.NewDriver(r.task.Driver, driverCtx)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to create driver '%s' for alloc %s: %v",
 			r.task.Driver, r.allocID, err)