diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index 90347a3212..f801302154 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ func (container *Container) Start() (err error) {
 		Network:    en,
 		Tty:        container.Config.Tty,
 		User:       container.Config.User,
+		WaitLock:   make(chan struct{}),
 	}
 	container.process.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{Setsid: true}
 
@@ -754,8 +755,6 @@ func (container *Container) Start() (err error) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Init the lock
-	container.waitLock = make(chan struct{})
 	go container.monitor()
 
 	if container.Config.Tty {
@@ -1143,10 +1142,17 @@ func (container *Container) releaseNetwork() {
 }
 
 func (container *Container) monitor() {
-	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 	// Wait for the program to exit
 	fmt.Printf("--->Before WAIT %s\n", container.ID)
-	if err := container.runtime.Wait(container, time.Duration(0)); err != nil {
+	if container.process == nil {
+		if err := container.runtime.Wait(container, 0); err != nil {
+			utils.Debugf("monitor: cmd.Wait reported exit status %s for container %s", err, container.ID)
+		}
+	} else {
+		<-container.process.WaitLock
+	}
+
+	if err := container.process.WaitError; err != nil {
 		// Since non-zero exit status and signal terminations will cause err to be non-nil,
 		// we have to actually discard it. Still, log it anyway, just in case.
 		utils.Debugf("monitor: cmd.Wait reported exit status %s for container %s", err, container.ID)
@@ -1167,9 +1173,6 @@ func (container *Container) monitor() {
 	exitCode := container.process.GetExitCode()
 	container.State.SetStopped(exitCode)
 
-	// Release the lock
-	close(container.waitLock)
-
 	if err := container.ToDisk(); err != nil {
 		// FIXME: there is a race condition here which causes this to fail during the unit tests.
 		// If another goroutine was waiting for Wait() to return before removing the container's root
@@ -1283,8 +1286,8 @@ func (container *Container) Restart(seconds int) error {
 
 // Wait blocks until the container stops running, then returns its exit code.
 func (container *Container) Wait() int {
-	<-container.waitLock
-	return container.State.GetExitCode()
+	<-container.process.WaitLock
+	return container.process.GetExitCode()
 }
 
 func (container *Container) Resize(h, w int) error {
diff --git a/execdriver/driver.go b/execdriver/driver.go
index eb468f3ef6..4a0f72dd08 100644
--- a/execdriver/driver.go
+++ b/execdriver/driver.go
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 package execdriver
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"os/exec"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 )
 
-var (
-	ErrCommandIsNil = errors.New("Process's cmd is nil")
-)
-
 type Driver interface {
 	Start(c *Process) error
 	Kill(c *Process, sig int) error
-	Wait(c *Process, duration time.Duration) error
+	Wait(id string, duration time.Duration) error // Wait on an out of process option - lxc ghosts
 }
 
 // Network settings of the container
@@ -40,6 +35,8 @@ type Process struct {
 	ConfigPath string
 	Tty        bool
 	Network    *Network // if network is nil then networking is disabled
+	WaitLock   chan struct{}
+	WaitError  error
 }
 
 func (c *Process) Pid() int {
diff --git a/execdriver/lxc/driver.go b/execdriver/lxc/driver.go
index f6306b4e16..64e89c5c21 100644
--- a/execdriver/lxc/driver.go
+++ b/execdriver/lxc/driver.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/execdriver"
-	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -78,11 +77,17 @@ func (d *driver) Start(c *execdriver.Process) error {
 	c.Path = aname
 	c.Args = append([]string{name}, arg...)
 
-	fmt.Printf("-->%s\n-->%v\n", name, arg)
 	if err := c.Start(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	go func() {
+		if err := c.Wait(); err != nil {
+			c.WaitError = err
+		}
+		close(c.WaitLock)
+	}()
+
 	// Poll for running
 	if err := d.waitForStart(c); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -94,37 +99,22 @@ func (d *driver) Kill(c *execdriver.Process, sig int) error {
 	return d.kill(c, sig)
 }
 
-func (d *driver) Wait(c *execdriver.Process, duration time.Duration) error {
-	return d.wait(c, duration)
-}
-
-// If seconds < 0 then wait forever
-func (d *driver) wait(c *execdriver.Process, duration time.Duration) error {
+func (d *driver) Wait(id string, duration time.Duration) error {
 	var (
 		killer bool
-		done   = d.waitCmd(c)
+		done   = d.waitLxc(id, &killer)
 	)
-begin:
+
 	if duration > 0 {
 		select {
 		case err := <-done:
-			if err != nil && err == execdriver.ErrCommandIsNil {
-				done = d.waitLxc(c, &killer)
-				goto begin
-			}
 			return err
 		case <-time.After(duration):
 			killer = true
 			return ErrWaitTimeoutReached
 		}
 	} else {
-		if err := <-done; err != nil {
-			if err == execdriver.ErrCommandIsNil {
-				done = d.waitLxc(c, &killer)
-				goto begin
-			}
-			return err
-		}
+		return <-done
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -160,29 +150,14 @@ func (d *driver) waitForStart(c *execdriver.Process) error {
 		}
 		time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("-->%s\n", string(output))
-
-	os.Exit(1)
 	return ErrNotRunning
 }
 
-func (d *driver) waitCmd(c *execdriver.Process) <-chan error {
-	done := make(chan error)
-	go func() {
-		if c == nil {
-			done <- execdriver.ErrCommandIsNil
-			return
-		}
-		done <- c.Wait()
-	}()
-	return done
-}
-
-func (d *driver) waitLxc(c *execdriver.Process, kill *bool) <-chan error {
+func (d *driver) waitLxc(id string, kill *bool) <-chan error {
 	done := make(chan error)
 	go func() {
 		for *kill {
-			output, err := exec.Command("lxc-info", "-n", c.ID).CombinedOutput()
+			output, err := exec.Command("lxc-info", "-n", id).CombinedOutput()
 			if err != nil {
 				done <- err
 				return
diff --git a/runtime.go b/runtime.go
index d302c9c217..432e28ea01 100644
--- a/runtime.go
+++ b/runtime.go
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ func (runtime *Runtime) Kill(c *Container, sig int) error {
 }
 
 func (runtime *Runtime) Wait(c *Container, duration time.Duration) error {
-	return runtime.execDriver.Wait(c.process, duration)
+	return runtime.execDriver.Wait(c.ID, duration)
 }
 
 // Nuke kills all containers then removes all content