diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index f38fb8b146..ca9a6c7f50 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -827,6 +827,8 @@ function start_nova_compute {
         run_process n-cpu "$NOVA_BIN_DIR/nova-compute --config-file $compute_cell_conf" $LIBVIRT_GROUP
     elif [[ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'lxd' ]]; then
         run_process n-cpu "$NOVA_BIN_DIR/nova-compute --config-file $compute_cell_conf" $LXD_GROUP
+    elif [[ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'docker' ]]; then
+        run_process n-cpu "$NOVA_BIN_DIR/nova-compute --config-file $compute_cell_conf" $DOCKER_GROUP
     elif [[ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'fake' ]]; then
         local i
         for i in `seq 1 $NUMBER_FAKE_NOVA_COMPUTE`; do
diff --git a/stackrc b/stackrc
index 8210eb9ad2..31f07594ad 100644
--- a/stackrc
+++ b/stackrc
@@ -589,6 +589,9 @@ case "$VIRT_DRIVER" in
     lxd)
         LXD_GROUP=${LXD_GROUP:-"lxd"}
         ;;
+    docker)
+        DOCKER_GROUP=${DOCKER_GROUP:-"docker"}
+        ;;
     fake)
         NUMBER_FAKE_NOVA_COMPUTE=${NUMBER_FAKE_NOVA_COMPUTE:-1}
         ;;