diff --git a/dev/docker-clients/README.md b/dev/docker-clients/README.md
index 4798dd3ec..6443097a6 100644
--- a/dev/docker-clients/README.md
+++ b/dev/docker-clients/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ directory:
 ## Non-persistent server
 
 ```
-nomad agent -dev -config docker-privileged.conf
+nomad agent -dev -config docker-privileged.hcl
 ```
 
 The configuration allows the Docker driver to start containers with
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The configuration allows the Docker driver to start containers with
 To start a server that can be shutdown and restarted run the following:
 
 ```
-nomad agent -config persistent-server.conf 
+nomad agent -config persistent.hcl
 ```
 
 # Clients
diff --git a/dev/docker-clients/docker-privileged.conf b/dev/docker-clients/docker-privileged.hcl
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/docker-clients/docker-privileged.conf
rename to dev/docker-clients/docker-privileged.hcl
diff --git a/dev/docker-clients/persistent.hcl b/dev/docker-clients/persistent.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50d2897cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/docker-clients/persistent.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+log_level = "DEBUG"
+data_dir = "/tmp/server"
+
+server {
+    enabled = true
+
+    # Self-elect, should be 3 or 5 for production
+    bootstrap_expect = 1
+}
+
+client {
+    enabled = true
+    options {
+        "docker.privileged.enabled" = "true"
+    }
+}