diff --git a/api/client/formatter/formatter.go b/api/client/formatter/formatter.go
index bc3d50c948..a52ec8eb10 100644
--- a/api/client/formatter/formatter.go
+++ b/api/client/formatter/formatter.go
@@ -114,35 +114,27 @@ type ImageContext struct {
 func (ctx ContainerContext) Write() {
 	switch ctx.Format {
 	case tableFormatKey:
-		ctx.Format = defaultContainerTableFormat
 		if ctx.Quiet {
 			ctx.Format = defaultQuietFormat
+		} else {
+			ctx.Format = defaultContainerTableFormat
+			if ctx.Size {
+				ctx.Format += `\t{{.Size}}`
+			}
 		}
 	case rawFormatKey:
 		if ctx.Quiet {
 			ctx.Format = `container_id: {{.ID}}`
 		} else {
-			ctx.Format = `container_id: {{.ID}}
-image: {{.Image}}
-command: {{.Command}}
-created_at: {{.CreatedAt}}
-status: {{.Status}}
-names: {{.Names}}
-labels: {{.Labels}}
-ports: {{.Ports}}
-`
+			ctx.Format = `container_id: {{.ID}}\nimage: {{.Image}}\ncommand: {{.Command}}\ncreated_at: {{.CreatedAt}}\nstatus: {{.Status}}\nnames: {{.Names}}\nlabels: {{.Labels}}\nports: {{.Ports}}\n`
 			if ctx.Size {
-				ctx.Format += `size: {{.Size}}
-`
+				ctx.Format += `size: {{.Size}}\n`
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	ctx.buffer = bytes.NewBufferString("")
 	ctx.preformat()
-	if ctx.table && ctx.Size {
-		ctx.finalFormat += "\t{{.Size}}"
-	}
 
 	tmpl, err := ctx.parseFormat()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/api/client/formatter/formatter_test.go b/api/client/formatter/formatter_test.go
index 223cab970a..7dd5a68fcd 100644
--- a/api/client/formatter/formatter_test.go
+++ b/api/client/formatter/formatter_test.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ containerID2        ubuntu              ""                  24 hours ago
 				},
 				Size: true,
 			},
-			"IMAGE               SIZE\nubuntu              0 B\nubuntu              0 B\n",
+			"IMAGE\nubuntu\nubuntu\n",
 		},
 		{
 			ContainerContext{
@@ -230,6 +230,25 @@ func TestContainerContextWriteWithNoContainers(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				Size: true,
 			},
+			"IMAGE\n",
+		},
+		{
+			ContainerContext{
+				Context: Context{
+					Format: "table {{.Image}}\t{{.Size}}",
+					Output: out,
+				},
+			},
+			"IMAGE               SIZE\n",
+		},
+		{
+			ContainerContext{
+				Context: Context{
+					Format: "table {{.Image}}\t{{.Size}}",
+					Output: out,
+				},
+				Size: true,
+			},
 			"IMAGE               SIZE\n",
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/api/client/ps.go b/api/client/ps.go
index f44d80635f..0cab9b519f 100644
--- a/api/client/ps.go
+++ b/api/client/ps.go
@@ -2,15 +2,27 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+	"io/ioutil"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/client/formatter"
 	Cli "github.com/docker/docker/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/opts"
 	flag "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/mflag"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/utils/templates"
 	"github.com/docker/engine-api/types"
 	"github.com/docker/engine-api/types/filters"
 )
 
+type preProcessor struct {
+	opts *types.ContainerListOptions
+}
+
+// Size sets the size option when called by a template execution.
+func (p *preProcessor) Size() bool {
+	p.opts.Size = true
+	return true
+}
+
 // CmdPs outputs a list of Docker containers.
 //
 // Usage: docker ps [OPTIONS]
@@ -54,6 +66,14 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdPs(args ...string) error {
 		Filter: psFilterArgs,
 	}
 
+	pre := &preProcessor{opts: &options}
+	tmpl, err := templates.Parse(*format)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_ = tmpl.Execute(ioutil.Discard, pre)
+
 	containers, err := cli.client.ContainerList(context.Background(), options)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_ps_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_ps_test.go
index 3fe8ecf96e..6e0ce2b392 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_ps_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_ps_test.go
@@ -787,3 +787,20 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestPsShowMounts(c *check.C) {
 	out, _ = dockerCmd(c, "ps", "--format", "{{.Names}} {{.Mounts}}", "--filter", "volume="+prefix+slash+"this-path-was-never-mounted")
 	c.Assert(strings.TrimSpace(string(out)), checker.HasLen, 0)
 }
+
+func (s *DockerSuite) TestPsFormatSize(c *check.C) {
+	testRequires(c, DaemonIsLinux)
+	runSleepingContainer(c)
+
+	out, _ := dockerCmd(c, "ps", "--format", "table {{.Size}}")
+	lines := strings.Split(out, "\n")
+	c.Assert(lines[1], checker.Not(checker.Equals), "0 B", check.Commentf("Should not display a size of 0 B"))
+
+	out, _ = dockerCmd(c, "ps", "--size", "--format", "table {{.Size}}")
+	lines = strings.Split(out, "\n")
+	c.Assert(lines[0], checker.Equals, "SIZE", check.Commentf("Should only have one size column"))
+
+	out, _ = dockerCmd(c, "ps", "--size", "--format", "raw")
+	lines = strings.Split(out, "\n")
+	c.Assert(lines[8], checker.HasPrefix, "size:", check.Commentf("Size should be appended on a newline"))
+}