diff --git a/proxy/proxy.go b/proxy/proxy.go
index 778742d4..e5103e5c 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/weave b/weave
index 99684869..3eeb4de8 100755
--- a/weave
+++ b/weave
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ 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" \
@@ -1277,11 +1278,11 @@ host_arg() {
       exit 1
     fi
     if [ "$host" = "/var/run" ]; then
-      echo "WARNING: Proxying sockets whose immediate parent directory is /var/run is unreliable." >&2
-      echo "To work around this, put the unix socket in a subdirectory of /var/run, and symlink it into place." >&2
+      host=/var/run/weave
+      PROXY_VAR_RUN_SYMLINKS="$PROXY_VAR_RUN_SYMLINKS $(basename ${PROXY_HOST#unix://})"
     fi
     PROXY_VOLUMES="$PROXY_VOLUMES -v $host:/host$host"
-    PROXY_ARGS="$PROXY_ARGS -H unix:///host$host/$(basename ${PROXY_HOST#unix://})"
+    PROXY_ARGS="$PROXY_ARGS -H unix://$host/$(basename ${PROXY_HOST#unix://})"
   else
     PROXY_ARGS="$PROXY_ARGS -H $1"
   fi
@@ -1561,7 +1562,6 @@ launch_proxy() {
     PROXY_CONTAINER=$(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 \
@@ -1571,6 +1571,9 @@ 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() {