diff --git a/daemon/attach.go b/daemon/attach.go
index b6d6ac9174..36dd13fb5e 100644
--- a/daemon/attach.go
+++ b/daemon/attach.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Attach(container *Container, stdin io.ReadCloser, stdinClo
 
 	if stdin != nil && container.Config.OpenStdin {
 		nJobs++
-		if cStdin, err := container.StdConfig.StdinPipe(); err != nil {
+		if cStdin, err := container.StdinPipe(); err != nil {
 			errors <- err
 		} else {
 			go func() {
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Attach(container *Container, stdin io.ReadCloser, stdinClo
 	}
 	if stdout != nil {
 		nJobs++
-		if p, err := container.StdConfig.StdoutPipe(); err != nil {
+		if p, err := container.StdoutPipe(); err != nil {
 			errors <- err
 		} else {
 			cStdout = p
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Attach(container *Container, stdin io.ReadCloser, stdinClo
 			if stdinCloser != nil {
 				defer stdinCloser.Close()
 			}
-			if cStdout, err := container.StdConfig.StdoutPipe(); err != nil {
+			if cStdout, err := container.StdoutPipe(); err != nil {
 				log.Errorf("attach: stdout pipe: %s", err)
 			} else {
 				io.Copy(&utils.NopWriter{}, cStdout)
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Attach(container *Container, stdin io.ReadCloser, stdinClo
 	}
 	if stderr != nil {
 		nJobs++
-		if p, err := container.StdConfig.StderrPipe(); err != nil {
+		if p, err := container.StderrPipe(); err != nil {
 			errors <- err
 		} else {
 			cStderr = p
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Attach(container *Container, stdin io.ReadCloser, stdinClo
 				defer stdinCloser.Close()
 			}
 
-			if cStderr, err := container.StdConfig.StderrPipe(); err != nil {
+			if cStderr, err := container.StderrPipe(); err != nil {
 				log.Errorf("attach: stdout pipe: %s", err)
 			} else {
 				io.Copy(&utils.NopWriter{}, cStderr)
diff --git a/daemon/container.go b/daemon/container.go
index 657651fe1a..4469510b21 100644
--- a/daemon/container.go
+++ b/daemon/container.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var (
 	ErrContainerStartTimeout = errors.New("The container failed to start due to timed out.")
 )
 
-type StdConfig struct {
+type StreamConfig struct {
 	stdout    *broadcastwriter.BroadcastWriter
 	stderr    *broadcastwriter.BroadcastWriter
 	stdin     io.ReadCloser
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ type Container struct {
 	Driver         string
 	ExecDriver     string
 
-	command   *execdriver.Command
-	StdConfig StdConfig
+	command *execdriver.Command
+	StreamConfig
 
 	daemon                   *Daemon
 	MountLabel, ProcessLabel string
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ func (container *Container) Run() error {
 }
 
 func (container *Container) Output() (output []byte, err error) {
-	pipe, err := container.StdConfig.StdoutPipe()
+	pipe, err := container.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ func (container *Container) Output() (output []byte, err error) {
 	return output, err
 }
 
-// StdConfig.StdinPipe returns a WriteCloser which can be used to feed data
+// StreamConfig.StdinPipe returns a WriteCloser which can be used to feed data
 // to the standard input of the container's active process.
 // Container.StdoutPipe and Container.StderrPipe each return a ReadCloser
 // which can be used to retrieve the standard output (and error) generated
@@ -359,31 +359,31 @@ func (container *Container) Output() (output []byte, err error) {
 // copied and delivered to all StdoutPipe and StderrPipe consumers, using
 // a kind of "broadcaster".
 
-func (stdConfig *StdConfig) StdinPipe() (io.WriteCloser, error) {
-	return stdConfig.stdinPipe, nil
+func (streamConfig *StreamConfig) StdinPipe() (io.WriteCloser, error) {
+	return streamConfig.stdinPipe, nil
 }
 
-func (stdConfig *StdConfig) StdoutPipe() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+func (streamConfig *StreamConfig) StdoutPipe() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	reader, writer := io.Pipe()
-	stdConfig.stdout.AddWriter(writer, "")
+	streamConfig.stdout.AddWriter(writer, "")
 	return utils.NewBufReader(reader), nil
 }
 
-func (stdConfig *StdConfig) StderrPipe() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+func (streamConfig *StreamConfig) StderrPipe() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	reader, writer := io.Pipe()
-	stdConfig.stderr.AddWriter(writer, "")
+	streamConfig.stderr.AddWriter(writer, "")
 	return utils.NewBufReader(reader), nil
 }
 
-func (container *Container) StdoutLogPipe() io.ReadCloser {
+func (streamConfig *StreamConfig) StdoutLogPipe() io.ReadCloser {
 	reader, writer := io.Pipe()
-	container.StdConfig.stdout.AddWriter(writer, "stdout")
+	streamConfig.stdout.AddWriter(writer, "stdout")
 	return utils.NewBufReader(reader)
 }
 
-func (container *Container) StderrLogPipe() io.ReadCloser {
+func (streamConfig *StreamConfig) StderrLogPipe() io.ReadCloser {
 	reader, writer := io.Pipe()
-	container.StdConfig.stderr.AddWriter(writer, "stderr")
+	streamConfig.stderr.AddWriter(writer, "stderr")
 	return utils.NewBufReader(reader)
 }
 
@@ -1092,11 +1092,11 @@ func (container *Container) startLoggingToDisk() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := container.daemon.LogToDisk(container.StdConfig.stdout, pth, "stdout"); err != nil {
+	if err := container.daemon.LogToDisk(container.stdout, pth, "stdout"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := container.daemon.LogToDisk(container.StdConfig.stderr, pth, "stderr"); err != nil {
+	if err := container.daemon.LogToDisk(container.stderr, pth, "stderr"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index 14fa1a6c0f..8e948c3f57 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -195,13 +195,13 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) register(container *Container, updateSuffixarray bool) err
 	container.daemon = daemon
 
 	// Attach to stdout and stderr
-	container.StdConfig.stderr = broadcastwriter.New()
-	container.StdConfig.stdout = broadcastwriter.New()
+	container.stderr = broadcastwriter.New()
+	container.stdout = broadcastwriter.New()
 	// Attach to stdin
 	if container.Config.OpenStdin {
-		container.StdConfig.stdin, container.StdConfig.stdinPipe = io.Pipe()
+		container.stdin, container.stdinPipe = io.Pipe()
 	} else {
-		container.StdConfig.stdinPipe = utils.NopWriteCloser(ioutil.Discard) // Silently drop stdin
+		container.stdinPipe = utils.NopWriteCloser(ioutil.Discard) // Silently drop stdin
 	}
 	// done
 	daemon.containers.Add(container.ID, container)
diff --git a/daemon/execdriver/driver.go b/daemon/execdriver/driver.go
index 98bad90dea..94cb1632ab 100644
--- a/daemon/execdriver/driver.go
+++ b/daemon/execdriver/driver.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var (
 	ErrDriverNotFound          = errors.New("The requested docker init has not been found")
 )
 
-type StartCallback func(*ProcessConfig)
+type StartCallback func(*ProcessConfig, int)
 
 // Driver specific information based on
 // processes registered with the driver
@@ -84,14 +84,13 @@ type Mount struct {
 type ProcessConfig struct {
 	exec.Cmd `json:"-"`
 
-	Privileged   bool     `json:"privileged"`
-	User         string   `json:"user"`
-	Tty          bool     `json:"tty"`
-	Entrypoint   string   `json:"entrypoint"`
-	Arguments    []string `json:"arguments"`
-	Terminal     Terminal `json:"-"`             // standard or tty terminal
-	ContainerPid int      `json:"container_pid"` // the pid for the process inside a container
-	Console      string   `json:"-"`             // dev/console path
+	Privileged bool     `json:"privileged"`
+	User       string   `json:"user"`
+	Tty        bool     `json:"tty"`
+	Entrypoint string   `json:"entrypoint"`
+	Arguments  []string `json:"arguments"`
+	Terminal   Terminal `json:"-"` // standard or tty terminal
+	Console    string   `json:"-"` // dev/console path
 }
 
 // Process wrapps an os/exec.Cmd to add more metadata
@@ -109,12 +108,6 @@ type Command struct {
 	AutoCreatedDevices []*devices.Device   `json:"autocreated_devices"`
 	CapAdd             []string            `json:"cap_add"`
 	CapDrop            []string            `json:"cap_drop"`
-
-	ProcessConfig ProcessConfig `json:"process_config"` // Describes the init process of the container.
-}
-
-// Return the pid of the process
-// If the process is nil -1 will be returned
-func (processConfig *ProcessConfig) Pid() int {
-	return processConfig.ContainerPid
+	ContainerPid       int                 `json:"container_pid"`  // the pid for the process inside a container
+	ProcessConfig      ProcessConfig       `json:"process_config"` // Describes the init process of the container.
 }
diff --git a/daemon/execdriver/lxc/driver.go b/daemon/execdriver/lxc/driver.go
index 127dc63141..023f4b4d7d 100644
--- a/daemon/execdriver/lxc/driver.go
+++ b/daemon/execdriver/lxc/driver.go
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ func (d *driver) Run(c *execdriver.Command, pipes *execdriver.Pipes, startCallba
 		return -1, err
 	}
 
-	c.ProcessConfig.ContainerPid = pid
+	c.ContainerPid = pid
 
 	if startCallback != nil {
-		startCallback(&c.ProcessConfig)
+		startCallback(&c.ProcessConfig, pid)
 	}
 
 	<-waitLock
diff --git a/daemon/execdriver/lxc/lxc_template_unit_test.go b/daemon/execdriver/lxc/lxc_template_unit_test.go
index da3553499f..2aa4bf6f9e 100644
--- a/daemon/execdriver/lxc/lxc_template_unit_test.go
+++ b/daemon/execdriver/lxc/lxc_template_unit_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func TestLXCConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			Interface: nil,
 		},
 		AllowedDevices: make([]*devices.Device, 0),
+		ProcessConfig:  execdriver.ProcessConfig{},
 	}
 	p, err := driver.generateLXCConfig(command)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/daemon/execdriver/native/driver.go b/daemon/execdriver/native/driver.go
index f75a0ec00c..1d20de73ea 100644
--- a/daemon/execdriver/native/driver.go
+++ b/daemon/execdriver/native/driver.go
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ func (d *driver) Run(c *execdriver.Command, pipes *execdriver.Pipes, startCallba
 		return &c.ProcessConfig.Cmd
 	}, func() {
 		if startCallback != nil {
-			c.ProcessConfig.ContainerPid = c.ProcessConfig.Process.Pid
-			startCallback(&c.ProcessConfig)
+			c.ContainerPid = c.ProcessConfig.Process.Pid
+			startCallback(&c.ProcessConfig, c.ContainerPid)
 		}
 	})
 }
diff --git a/daemon/monitor.go b/daemon/monitor.go
index a51f42243a..e47245a86f 100644
--- a/daemon/monitor.go
+++ b/daemon/monitor.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (m *containerMonitor) Start() error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		pipes := execdriver.NewPipes(m.container.StdConfig.stdin, m.container.StdConfig.stdout, m.container.StdConfig.stderr, m.container.Config.OpenStdin)
+		pipes := execdriver.NewPipes(m.container.stdin, m.container.stdout, m.container.stderr, m.container.Config.OpenStdin)
 
 		m.container.LogEvent("start")
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (m *containerMonitor) shouldRestart(exitStatus int) bool {
 
 // callback ensures that the container's state is properly updated after we
 // received ack from the execution drivers
-func (m *containerMonitor) callback(processConfig *execdriver.ProcessConfig) {
+func (m *containerMonitor) callback(processConfig *execdriver.ProcessConfig, pid int) {
 	if processConfig.Tty {
 		// The callback is called after the process Start()
 		// so we are in the parent process. In TTY mode, stdin/out/err is the PtySlace
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func (m *containerMonitor) callback(processConfig *execdriver.ProcessConfig) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	m.container.State.setRunning(processConfig.Pid())
+	m.container.State.setRunning(pid)
 
 	// signal that the process has started
 	// close channel only if not closed
@@ -269,16 +269,16 @@ func (m *containerMonitor) resetContainer(lock bool) {
 	}
 
 	if container.Config.OpenStdin {
-		if err := container.StdConfig.stdin.Close(); err != nil {
+		if err := container.stdin.Close(); err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("%s: Error close stdin: %s", container.ID, err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := container.StdConfig.stdout.Clean(); err != nil {
+	if err := container.stdout.Clean(); err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("%s: Error close stdout: %s", container.ID, err)
 	}
 
-	if err := container.StdConfig.stderr.Clean(); err != nil {
+	if err := container.stderr.Clean(); err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("%s: Error close stderr: %s", container.ID, err)
 	}
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func (m *containerMonitor) resetContainer(lock bool) {
 
 	// Re-create a brand new stdin pipe once the container exited
 	if container.Config.OpenStdin {
-		container.StdConfig.stdin, container.StdConfig.stdinPipe = io.Pipe()
+		container.stdin, container.stdinPipe = io.Pipe()
 	}
 
 	c := container.command.ProcessConfig.Cmd
diff --git a/integration/commands_test.go b/integration/commands_test.go
index cc9c2d36f2..a4422a4c46 100644
--- a/integration/commands_test.go
+++ b/integration/commands_test.go
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ func TestAttachDisconnect(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Try to avoid the timeout in destroy. Best effort, don't check error
-	cStdin, _ := container.StdConfig.StdinPipe()
+	cStdin, _ := container.StdinPipe()
 	cStdin.Close()
 	container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 }
diff --git a/integration/container_test.go b/integration/container_test.go
index 8d4e5dfa11..60f3e55bc5 100644
--- a/integration/container_test.go
+++ b/integration/container_test.go
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ func TestRestartStdin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer daemon.Destroy(container)
 
-	stdin, err := container.StdConfig.StdinPipe()
+	stdin, err := container.StdinPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	stdout, err := container.StdConfig.StdoutPipe()
+	stdout, err := container.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ func TestRestartStdin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Restart and try again
-	stdin, err = container.StdConfig.StdinPipe()
+	stdin, err = container.StdinPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	stdout, err = container.StdConfig.StdoutPipe()
+	stdout, err = container.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ func TestStdin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer daemon.Destroy(container)
 
-	stdin, err := container.StdConfig.StdinPipe()
+	stdin, err := container.StdinPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	stdout, err := container.StdConfig.StdoutPipe()
+	stdout, err := container.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ func TestTty(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer daemon.Destroy(container)
 
-	stdin, err := container.StdConfig.StdinPipe()
+	stdin, err := container.StdinPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	stdout, err := container.StdConfig.StdoutPipe()
+	stdout, err := container.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/integration/runtime_test.go b/integration/runtime_test.go
index 20b1776c09..d81a13d8a9 100644
--- a/integration/runtime_test.go
+++ b/integration/runtime_test.go
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ func TestRestore(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Simulate a crash/manual quit of dockerd: process dies, states stays 'Running'
-	cStdin, _ := container2.StdConfig.StdinPipe()
+	cStdin, _ := container2.StdinPipe()
 	cStdin.Close()
 	if _, err := container2.State.WaitStop(2 * time.Second); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/integration/utils_test.go b/integration/utils_test.go
index a752bf2ded..7962886d2e 100644
--- a/integration/utils_test.go
+++ b/integration/utils_test.go
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ func containerFileExists(eng *engine.Engine, id, dir string, t log.Fataler) bool
 
 func containerAttach(eng *engine.Engine, id string, t log.Fataler) (io.WriteCloser, io.ReadCloser) {
 	c := getContainer(eng, id, t)
-	i, err := c.StdConfig.StdinPipe()
+	i, err := c.StdinPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	o, err := c.StdConfig.StdoutPipe()
+	o, err := c.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func runContainer(eng *engine.Engine, r *daemon.Daemon, args []string, t *testin
 		return "", err
 	}
 	defer r.Destroy(container)
-	stdout, err := container.StdConfig.StdoutPipe()
+	stdout, err := container.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}