diff --git a/prog/weaveutil/docker_tls_args.go b/prog/weaveutil/docker_tls_args.go
index 83dff5ec..01afe805 100644
--- a/prog/weaveutil/docker_tls_args.go
+++ b/prog/weaveutil/docker_tls_args.go
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ func dockerTLSArgs(args []string) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if comm, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(procRoot, dirName, "comm")); err != nil || string(comm) != "docker\n" {
+		isDaemon := false
+		if comm, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(procRoot, dirName, "comm")); err != nil {
+			continue
+		} else if string(comm) == "dockerd\n" {
+			isDaemon = true
+		} else if string(comm) != "docker\n" {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -35,7 +40,6 @@ func dockerTLSArgs(args []string) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		isDaemon := false
 		tlsArgs := []string{}
 		args := bytes.Split(cmdline, []byte{'\000'})
 		for i := 0; i < len(args); i++ {