diff --git a/cmd/docker/daemon_none.go b/cmd/docker/daemon_none.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fbd0001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/docker/daemon_none.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// +build !daemon
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func newDaemonCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:                "daemon",
+		Hidden:             true,
+		Args:               cobra.ArbitraryArgs,
+		DisableFlagParsing: true,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return runDaemon()
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func runDaemon() error {
+	return fmt.Errorf(
+		"`docker daemon` is not supported on %s. Please run `dockerd` directly",
+		strings.Title(runtime.GOOS))
+}
diff --git a/cmd/docker/daemon_none_test.go b/cmd/docker/daemon_none_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af0fcfd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/docker/daemon_none_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// +build !daemon
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestDaemonCommand(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := newDaemonCommand()
+	cmd.SetArgs([]string{"--version"})
+	err := cmd.Execute()
+
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "Please run `dockerd`")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/docker/daemon_unit_test.go b/cmd/docker/daemon_unit_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ffd8a5e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/docker/daemon_unit_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// +build daemon
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func stubRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestDaemonCommandHelp(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := newDaemonCommand()
+	cmd.RunE = stubRun
+	cmd.SetArgs([]string{"--help"})
+	err := cmd.Execute()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestDaemonCommand(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := newDaemonCommand()
+	cmd.RunE = stubRun
+	cmd.SetArgs([]string{"--containerd", "/foo"})
+	err := cmd.Execute()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/docker/daemon_unix.go b/cmd/docker/daemon_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ec6b625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/docker/daemon_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// +build daemon
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+const daemonBinary = "dockerd"
+
+func newDaemonCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:                "daemon",
+		Hidden:             true,
+		Args:               cobra.ArbitraryArgs,
+		DisableFlagParsing: true,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return runDaemon()
+		},
+		Deprecated: "and will be removed in Docker 17.12. Please run `dockerd` directly.",
+	}
+	cmd.SetHelpFunc(helpFunc)
+	return cmd
+}
+
+// CmdDaemon execs dockerd with the same flags
+func runDaemon() error {
+	// Use os.Args[1:] so that "global" args are passed to dockerd
+	return execDaemon(stripDaemonArg(os.Args[1:]))
+}
+
+func execDaemon(args []string) error {
+	binaryPath, err := findDaemonBinary()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return syscall.Exec(
+		binaryPath,
+		append([]string{daemonBinary}, args...),
+		os.Environ())
+}
+
+func helpFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	if err := execDaemon([]string{"--help"}); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
+// findDaemonBinary looks for the path to the dockerd binary starting with
+// the directory of the current executable (if one exists) and followed by $PATH
+func findDaemonBinary() (string, error) {
+	execDirname := filepath.Dir(os.Args[0])
+	if execDirname != "" {
+		binaryPath := filepath.Join(execDirname, daemonBinary)
+		if _, err := os.Stat(binaryPath); err == nil {
+			return binaryPath, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return exec.LookPath(daemonBinary)
+}
+
+// stripDaemonArg removes the `daemon` argument from the list
+func stripDaemonArg(args []string) []string {
+	for i, arg := range args {
+		if arg == "daemon" {
+			return append(args[:i], args[i+1:]...)
+		}
+	}
+	return args
+}
diff --git a/cmd/docker/docker.go b/cmd/docker/docker.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96283deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/docker/docker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,310 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/versions"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/cli"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/cli/command"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/cli/command/commands"
+	cliconfig "github.com/docker/docker/cli/config"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/cli/debug"
+	cliflags "github.com/docker/docker/cli/flags"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/client"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/dockerversion"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/term"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+)
+
+func newDockerCommand(dockerCli *command.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {
+	opts := cliflags.NewClientOptions()
+	var flags *pflag.FlagSet
+
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:              "docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARG...]",
+		Short:            "A self-sufficient runtime for containers",
+		SilenceUsage:     true,
+		SilenceErrors:    true,
+		TraverseChildren: true,
+		Args:             noArgs,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			if opts.Version {
+				showVersion()
+				return nil
+			}
+			return dockerCli.ShowHelp(cmd, args)
+		},
+		PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			// daemon command is special, we redirect directly to another binary
+			if cmd.Name() == "daemon" {
+				return nil
+			}
+			// flags must be the top-level command flags, not cmd.Flags()
+			opts.Common.SetDefaultOptions(flags)
+			dockerPreRun(opts)
+			if err := dockerCli.Initialize(opts); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return isSupported(cmd, dockerCli)
+		},
+	}
+	cli.SetupRootCommand(cmd)
+
+	flags = cmd.Flags()
+	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.Version, "version", "v", false, "Print version information and quit")
+	flags.StringVar(&opts.ConfigDir, "config", cliconfig.Dir(), "Location of client config files")
+	opts.Common.InstallFlags(flags)
+
+	setFlagErrorFunc(dockerCli, cmd, flags, opts)
+
+	setHelpFunc(dockerCli, cmd, flags, opts)
+
+	cmd.SetOutput(dockerCli.Out())
+	cmd.AddCommand(newDaemonCommand())
+	commands.AddCommands(cmd, dockerCli)
+
+	setValidateArgs(dockerCli, cmd, flags, opts)
+
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func setFlagErrorFunc(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, cmd *cobra.Command, flags *pflag.FlagSet, opts *cliflags.ClientOptions) {
+	// When invoking `docker stack --nonsense`, we need to make sure FlagErrorFunc return appropriate
+	// output if the feature is not supported.
+	// As above cli.SetupRootCommand(cmd) have already setup the FlagErrorFunc, we will add a pre-check before the FlagErrorFunc
+	// is called.
+	flagErrorFunc := cmd.FlagErrorFunc()
+	cmd.SetFlagErrorFunc(func(cmd *cobra.Command, err error) error {
+		initializeDockerCli(dockerCli, flags, opts)
+		if err := isSupported(cmd, dockerCli); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return flagErrorFunc(cmd, err)
+	})
+}
+
+func setHelpFunc(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, cmd *cobra.Command, flags *pflag.FlagSet, opts *cliflags.ClientOptions) {
+	cmd.SetHelpFunc(func(ccmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		initializeDockerCli(dockerCli, flags, opts)
+		if err := isSupported(ccmd, dockerCli); err != nil {
+			ccmd.Println(err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		hideUnsupportedFeatures(ccmd, dockerCli)
+
+		if err := ccmd.Help(); err != nil {
+			ccmd.Println(err)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func setValidateArgs(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, cmd *cobra.Command, flags *pflag.FlagSet, opts *cliflags.ClientOptions) {
+	// The Args is handled by ValidateArgs in cobra, which does not allows a pre-hook.
+	// As a result, here we replace the existing Args validation func to a wrapper,
+	// where the wrapper will check to see if the feature is supported or not.
+	// The Args validation error will only be returned if the feature is supported.
+	visitAll(cmd, func(ccmd *cobra.Command) {
+		// if there is no tags for a command or any of its parent,
+		// there is no need to wrap the Args validation.
+		if !hasTags(ccmd) {
+			return
+		}
+
+		if ccmd.Args == nil {
+			return
+		}
+
+		cmdArgs := ccmd.Args
+		ccmd.Args = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			initializeDockerCli(dockerCli, flags, opts)
+			if err := isSupported(cmd, dockerCli); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return cmdArgs(cmd, args)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func initializeDockerCli(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, flags *pflag.FlagSet, opts *cliflags.ClientOptions) {
+	if dockerCli.Client() == nil { // when using --help, PersistentPreRun is not called, so initialization is needed.
+		// flags must be the top-level command flags, not cmd.Flags()
+		opts.Common.SetDefaultOptions(flags)
+		dockerPreRun(opts)
+		dockerCli.Initialize(opts)
+	}
+}
+
+// visitAll will traverse all commands from the root.
+// This is different from the VisitAll of cobra.Command where only parents
+// are checked.
+func visitAll(root *cobra.Command, fn func(*cobra.Command)) {
+	for _, cmd := range root.Commands() {
+		visitAll(cmd, fn)
+	}
+	fn(root)
+}
+
+func noArgs(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf(
+		"docker: '%s' is not a docker command.\nSee 'docker --help'", args[0])
+}
+
+func main() {
+	// Set terminal emulation based on platform as required.
+	stdin, stdout, stderr := term.StdStreams()
+	logrus.SetOutput(stderr)
+
+	dockerCli := command.NewDockerCli(stdin, stdout, stderr)
+	cmd := newDockerCommand(dockerCli)
+
+	if err := cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		if sterr, ok := err.(cli.StatusError); ok {
+			if sterr.Status != "" {
+				fmt.Fprintln(stderr, sterr.Status)
+			}
+			// StatusError should only be used for errors, and all errors should
+			// have a non-zero exit status, so never exit with 0
+			if sterr.StatusCode == 0 {
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+			os.Exit(sterr.StatusCode)
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintln(stderr, err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func showVersion() {
+	fmt.Printf("Docker version %s, build %s\n", dockerversion.Version, dockerversion.GitCommit)
+}
+
+func dockerPreRun(opts *cliflags.ClientOptions) {
+	cliflags.SetLogLevel(opts.Common.LogLevel)
+
+	if opts.ConfigDir != "" {
+		cliconfig.SetDir(opts.ConfigDir)
+	}
+
+	if opts.Common.Debug {
+		debug.Enable()
+	}
+}
+
+type versionDetails interface {
+	Client() client.APIClient
+	ServerInfo() command.ServerInfo
+}
+
+func hideUnsupportedFeatures(cmd *cobra.Command, details versionDetails) {
+	clientVersion := details.Client().ClientVersion()
+	osType := details.ServerInfo().OSType
+	hasExperimental := details.ServerInfo().HasExperimental
+
+	cmd.Flags().VisitAll(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
+		// hide experimental flags
+		if !hasExperimental {
+			if _, ok := f.Annotations["experimental"]; ok {
+				f.Hidden = true
+			}
+		}
+
+		// hide flags not supported by the server
+		if !isOSTypeSupported(f, osType) || !isVersionSupported(f, clientVersion) {
+			f.Hidden = true
+		}
+	})
+
+	for _, subcmd := range cmd.Commands() {
+		// hide experimental subcommands
+		if !hasExperimental {
+			if _, ok := subcmd.Tags["experimental"]; ok {
+				subcmd.Hidden = true
+			}
+		}
+
+		// hide subcommands not supported by the server
+		if subcmdVersion, ok := subcmd.Tags["version"]; ok && versions.LessThan(clientVersion, subcmdVersion) {
+			subcmd.Hidden = true
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func isSupported(cmd *cobra.Command, details versionDetails) error {
+	clientVersion := details.Client().ClientVersion()
+	osType := details.ServerInfo().OSType
+	hasExperimental := details.ServerInfo().HasExperimental
+
+	// Check recursively so that, e.g., `docker stack ls` returns the same output as `docker stack`
+	for curr := cmd; curr != nil; curr = curr.Parent() {
+		if cmdVersion, ok := curr.Tags["version"]; ok && versions.LessThan(clientVersion, cmdVersion) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s requires API version %s, but the Docker daemon API version is %s", cmd.CommandPath(), cmdVersion, clientVersion)
+		}
+		if _, ok := curr.Tags["experimental"]; ok && !hasExperimental {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s is only supported on a Docker daemon with experimental features enabled", cmd.CommandPath())
+		}
+	}
+
+	errs := []string{}
+
+	cmd.Flags().VisitAll(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
+		if f.Changed {
+			if !isVersionSupported(f, clientVersion) {
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Sprintf("\"--%s\" requires API version %s, but the Docker daemon API version is %s", f.Name, getFlagAnnotation(f, "version"), clientVersion))
+				return
+			}
+			if !isOSTypeSupported(f, osType) {
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Sprintf("\"--%s\" requires the Docker daemon to run on %s, but the Docker daemon is running on %s", f.Name, getFlagAnnotation(f, "ostype"), osType))
+				return
+			}
+			if _, ok := f.Annotations["experimental"]; ok && !hasExperimental {
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Sprintf("\"--%s\" is only supported on a Docker daemon with experimental features enabled", f.Name))
+			}
+		}
+	})
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		return errors.New(strings.Join(errs, "\n"))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func getFlagAnnotation(f *pflag.Flag, annotation string) string {
+	if value, ok := f.Annotations[annotation]; ok && len(value) == 1 {
+		return value[0]
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func isVersionSupported(f *pflag.Flag, clientVersion string) bool {
+	if v := getFlagAnnotation(f, "version"); v != "" {
+		return versions.GreaterThanOrEqualTo(clientVersion, v)
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func isOSTypeSupported(f *pflag.Flag, osType string) bool {
+	if v := getFlagAnnotation(f, "ostype"); v != "" && osType != "" {
+		return osType == v
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// hasTags return true if any of the command's parents has tags
+func hasTags(cmd *cobra.Command) bool {
+	for curr := cmd; curr != nil; curr = curr.Parent() {
+		if len(curr.Tags) > 0 {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/cmd/docker/docker_test.go b/cmd/docker/docker_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88afb41e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/docker/docker_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/cli/command"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/cli/debug"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestClientDebugEnabled(t *testing.T) {
+	defer debug.Disable()
+
+	cmd := newDockerCommand(&command.DockerCli{})
+	cmd.Flags().Set("debug", "true")
+
+	err := cmd.PersistentPreRunE(cmd, []string{})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "1", os.Getenv("DEBUG"))
+	assert.Equal(t, logrus.DebugLevel, logrus.GetLevel())
+}
+
+func TestExitStatusForInvalidSubcommandWithHelpFlag(t *testing.T) {
+	discard := ioutil.Discard
+	cmd := newDockerCommand(command.NewDockerCli(os.Stdin, discard, discard))
+	cmd.SetArgs([]string{"help", "invalid"})
+	err := cmd.Execute()
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "unknown help topic: invalid")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/docker/docker_windows.go b/cmd/docker/docker_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bc507e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/docker/docker_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"sync/atomic"
+
+	_ "github.com/docker/docker/autogen/winresources/docker"
+)
+
+//go:cgo_import_dynamic main.dummy CommandLineToArgvW%2 "shell32.dll"
+
+var dummy uintptr
+
+func init() {
+	// Ensure that this import is not removed by the linker. This is used to
+	// ensure that shell32.dll is loaded by the system loader, preventing
+	// go#15286 from triggering on Nano Server TP5.
+	atomic.LoadUintptr(&dummy)
+}