diff --git a/test/690_proxy_autoconfig_test.sh b/test/690_proxy_autoconfig_test.sh
index 5e645735..981e690e 100755
--- a/test/690_proxy_autoconfig_test.sh
+++ b/test/690_proxy_autoconfig_test.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ assert_raises "DOCKER_CLIENT_ARGS='--tls' weave_on $HOST1 launch-proxy" 1
 assert_raises "DOCKER_CERT_PATH='./tls' DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY=1 weave_on $HOST1 launch-proxy" 1
 
 # Booting it with a specific -H overrides defaults
-weave_on $HOST1 launch-proxy -H unix:///var/run/weave2.sock
-assert_raises "run_on $HOST1 sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/weave2.sock ps"
+weave_on $HOST1 launch-proxy -H tcp://0.0.0.0:12345
+assert_raises "run_on $HOST1 sudo docker -H tcp://$HOST1:12345 ps"
 assert_raises "proxy docker_on $HOST1 ps" 1
 weave_on $HOST1 stop-proxy
 
diff --git a/weave b/weave
index dc7734c4..db2d3fef 100755
--- a/weave
+++ b/weave
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ usage() {
 
 exec_remote() {
     docker $DOCKER_CLIENT_ARGS run --rm --privileged --net=host \
-        -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
+        -v /var/run:/var/run \
         -v /proc:/hostproc \
         -e PROCFS=/hostproc \
         -e DOCKERHUB_USER="$DOCKERHUB_USER" \
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ proxy_args() {
     if [ -z "$PROXY_HOST" ] ; then
       case "$DOCKER_CLIENT_HOST" in
         ""|unix://*)
-          PROXY_HOST="unix:///var/run/weave.sock"
+          PROXY_HOST="unix:///var/run/weave/weave.sock"
           ;;
         *)
           PROXY_HOST="tcp://0.0.0.0:12375"
@@ -1204,7 +1204,8 @@ launch_proxy() {
     PROXY_CONTAINER=$(docker run --privileged -d --name=$PROXY_CONTAINER_NAME --net=host \
         $PROXY_VOLUMES \
         -v "$CONTAINERS_PATH":"$CONTAINERS_PATH" \
-        -v /var/run:/var/run \
+        -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 \
@@ -1212,6 +1213,8 @@ 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
+    # backward compatibility
+    ln -sf -T /var/run/weave/weave.sock /var/run/weave.sock
 }
 
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