diff --git a/proxy/proxy.go b/proxy/proxy.go
index d6fdaa13..63bf4fed 100644
--- a/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -283,15 +284,16 @@ func (proxy *Proxy) listen(protoAndAddr string) (net.Listener, string, error) {
 		}
 
 	case "unix":
+		localAddr := filepath.Join("/host", addr)
 		// remove socket from last invocation
-		if err := os.Remove(addr); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if err := os.Remove(localAddr); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			return nil, "", err
 		}
-		listener, err = net.Listen(proto, addr)
+		listener, err = net.Listen(proto, localAddr)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, "", err
 		}
-		if err = copyOwnerAndPermissions(dockerSock, addr); err != nil {
+		if err = copyOwnerAndPermissions(dockerSock, localAddr); err != nil {
 			return nil, "", err
 		}
 
diff --git a/test/650_proxy_env_test.sh b/test/650_proxy_env_test.sh
index 593f3d6d..345f661e 100755
--- a/test/650_proxy_env_test.sh
+++ b/test/650_proxy_env_test.sh
@@ -28,4 +28,10 @@ weave_on $HOST1 stop
 weave_on $HOST1 launch-proxy -H tcp://0.0.0.0:12375 -H unix:///var/run/weave/weave.sock
 check
 
+# Check we can use weave env/config with unix -Hs specified
+weave_on $HOST1 stop
+weave_on $HOST1 launch-proxy -H unix:///var/run/weave/weave.sock
+assert_raises "run_on $HOST1 'eval \$(weave env) ; docker $CMD'"
+assert_raises "run_on $HOST1 'docker \$(weave config) $CMD'"
+
 end_suite
diff --git a/test/690_proxy_autoconfig_test.sh b/test/690_proxy_config_test.sh
similarity index 81%
rename from test/690_proxy_autoconfig_test.sh
rename to test/690_proxy_config_test.sh
index ce6e18b2..6293a3f5 100755
--- a/test/690_proxy_autoconfig_test.sh
+++ b/test/690_proxy_config_test.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 . ./config.sh
 
-start_suite "Boot the proxy should only listen on client's interface"
+start_suite "Various launch-proxy configurations"
 
 # Booting it over unix socket listens on unix socket
 run_on $HOST1 COVERAGE=$COVERAGE sudo -E weave launch-proxy
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ assert_raises "run_on $HOST1 sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/weave/weave.sock ps"
 assert_raises "proxy docker_on $HOST1 ps"
 weave_on $HOST1 stop-proxy
 
+# Booting it with -H outside /var/run/weave, still works
+socket="$(mktemp -d)/weave.sock"
+weave_on $HOST1 launch-proxy -H unix://$socket
+assert_raises "run_on $HOST1 sudo docker -H unix:///$socket ps" 0
+weave_on $HOST1 stop-proxy
 
 # Booting it over tls errors
 assert_raises "DOCKER_CLIENT_ARGS='--tls' weave_on $HOST1 launch-proxy" 1
diff --git a/test/gce.sh b/test/gce.sh
index b1cc7cca..ae22739a 100755
--- a/test/gce.sh
+++ b/test/gce.sh
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function hosts {
 		hosts="$hostname $hosts"
 		args="--add-host=$hostname:$(internal_ip $json $name) $args"
 	done
-	echo export SSH=ssh
+	echo export SSH=\"ssh -l vagrant\"
 	echo export HOSTS=\"$hosts\"
 	echo export ADD_HOST_ARGS=\"$args\"
 	rm $json
diff --git a/weave b/weave
index 460936d6..987c9c2e 100755
--- a/weave
+++ b/weave
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ usage() {
 exec_remote() {
     docker $DOCKER_CLIENT_ARGS run --rm --privileged --net=host \
         -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
+        -v /var/run:/host/var/run \
         -v /proc:/hostproc \
         -e PROCFS=/hostproc \
         -e DOCKERHUB_USER="$DOCKERHUB_USER" \
@@ -1261,17 +1262,36 @@ tls_arg() {
     PROXY_ARGS="$PROXY_ARGS $1 /home/weave/tls/$3.pem"
 }
 
+# TODO: Handle relative paths for args
+# TODO: Handle args with spaces
+host_arg() {
+  PROXY_HOST="$1"
+  if [ "$PROXY_HOST" != "${PROXY_HOST#unix://}" ]; then
+    host=$(dirname ${PROXY_HOST#unix://})
+    if [ "$host" = "${host#/}" ]; then
+      echo "When launching the proxy, unix sockets must be specified as an absolute path." >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ "$host" = "/var/run" ]; then
+      host=/var/run/weave
+      PROXY_VAR_RUN_SYMLINKS="$PROXY_VAR_RUN_SYMLINKS $(basename ${PROXY_HOST#unix://})"
+    fi
+    PROXY_VOLUMES="$PROXY_VOLUMES -v $host:/host$host"
+    PROXY_ARGS="$PROXY_ARGS -H unix://$host/$(basename ${PROXY_HOST#unix://})"
+  else
+    PROXY_ARGS="$PROXY_ARGS -H $1"
+  fi
+}
+
 proxy_parse_args() {
     while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
         case "$1" in
           -H)
-            PROXY_HOST="$2"
-            PROXY_ARGS="$PROXY_ARGS $1 $2"
+            host_arg "$2"
             shift
             ;;
           -H=*)
-            PROXY_HOST="${1#*=}"
-            PROXY_ARGS="$PROXY_ARGS $1"
+            host_arg "${1#*=}"
             ;;
           -no-detect-tls|--no-detect-tls)
             PROXY_TLS_DETECTION_DISABLED=1
@@ -1332,7 +1352,7 @@ proxy_args() {
           PROXY_HOST="tcp://0.0.0.0:12375"
           ;;
       esac
-      PROXY_ARGS="$PROXY_ARGS -H $PROXY_HOST"
+      host_arg "$PROXY_HOST"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -1537,7 +1557,6 @@ launch_proxy() {
     PROXY_CONTAINER=$(docker run --privileged -d --name=$PROXY_CONTAINER_NAME --net=host \
         $PROXY_VOLUMES \
         -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-        -v /var/run/weave:/var/run/weave \
         -v /proc:/hostproc \
         -e PROCFS=/hostproc \
         -e WEAVE_CIDR=none \
@@ -1547,6 +1566,9 @@ launch_proxy() {
         --entrypoint=/home/weave/weaveproxy \
         $WEAVEPROXY_DOCKER_ARGS $EXEC_IMAGE $COVERAGE_ARGS $PROXY_ARGS)
     wait_for_status $PROXY_CONTAINER_NAME http_call_unix $PROXY_CONTAINER_NAME status.sock
+    for sock in $PROXY_VAR_RUN_SYMLINKS; do
+      ln -sf -T "/var/run/weave/$sock" "/host/var/run/$sock"
+    done
 }
 
 stop_proxy() {