diff -u -r docker-1.4.1/contrib/init/openrc/docker.confd docker-1.4.1-patched/contrib/init/openrc/docker.confd
--- docker-1.4.1/contrib/init/openrc/docker.confd	2014-12-15 17:57:00.000000000 -0600
+++ docker-1.4.1-patched/contrib/init/openrc/docker.confd	2015-02-04 15:24:58.118258795 -0600
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@
 
 # any other random options you want to pass to docker
 DOCKER_OPTS=""
+
+# how to contact the docker daemon
+DOCKER_HOST="unix:///run/docker.unix"
+
diff -u -r docker-1.4.1/contrib/init/openrc/docker.initd docker-1.4.1-patched/contrib/init/openrc/docker.initd
--- docker-1.4.1/contrib/init/openrc/docker.initd	2014-12-15 17:57:00.000000000 -0600
+++ docker-1.4.1-patched/contrib/init/openrc/docker.initd	2015-02-04 15:25:33.328440885 -0600
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 DOCKER_PIDFILE=${DOCKER_PIDFILE:-/run/${SVCNAME}.pid}
 DOCKER_BINARY=${DOCKER_BINARY:-/usr/bin/docker}
 DOCKER_OPTS=${DOCKER_OPTS:-}
+DOCKER_HOST=${DOCKER_HOST:-unix:///run/docker.unix}
 
 start() {
 	checkpath -f -m 0644 -o root:docker "$DOCKER_LOGFILE"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 		--stdout "$DOCKER_LOGFILE" \
 		--stderr "$DOCKER_LOGFILE" \
 		-- -d -p "$DOCKER_PIDFILE" \
+		-H "$DOCKER_HOST" \
 		$DOCKER_OPTS
 	eend $?
 }