diff --git a/api/server/httputils/httputils.go b/api/server/httputils/httputils.go
index 46ad571778..2a0418f9bd 100644
--- a/api/server/httputils/httputils.go
+++ b/api/server/httputils/httputils.go
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ func ParseForm(r *http.Request) error {
 func WriteJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, code int, v interface{}) error {
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	w.WriteHeader(code)
-	return json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(v)
+	enc := json.NewEncoder(w)
+	enc.SetEscapeHTML(false)
+	return enc.Encode(v)
 }
 
 // VersionFromContext returns an API version from the context using APIVersionKey.
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_inspect_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_inspect_test.go
index d28bb074ba..d99ae6d091 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_inspect_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_inspect_test.go
@@ -407,3 +407,13 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestInspectRootFS(c *check.C) {
 
 	c.Assert(len(imageJSON[0].RootFS.Layers), checker.GreaterOrEqualThan, 1)
 }
+
+func (s *DockerSuite) TestInspectAmpersand(c *check.C) {
+	testRequires(c, DaemonIsLinux)
+
+	name := "test"
+	out, _ := dockerCmd(c, "run", "--name", name, "--env", `TEST_ENV="soanni&rtr"`, "busybox", "env")
+	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, `soanni&rtr`)
+	out, _ = dockerCmd(c, "inspect", name)
+	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, `soanni&rtr`)
+}