diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index f62fdeef20..2a6b59b84c 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -1480,18 +1480,6 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdSearch(args ...string) error {
 // Ports type - Used to parse multiple -p flags
 type ports []int
 
-// ListOpts type
-type ListOpts []string
-
-func (opts *ListOpts) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprint(*opts)
-}
-
-func (opts *ListOpts) Set(value string) error {
-	*opts = append(*opts, value)
-	return nil
-}
-
 // AttachOpts stores arguments to 'docker run -a', eg. which streams to attach to
 type AttachOpts map[string]bool
 
diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index c6899d2bc5..dfa19ab0c1 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -175,30 +175,30 @@ func ParseRun(args []string, capabilities *Capabilities) (*Config, *HostConfig,
 
 	flCpuShares := cmd.Int64("c", 0, "CPU shares (relative weight)")
 
-	var flPublish ListOpts
+	var flPublish utils.ListOpts
 	cmd.Var(&flPublish, "p", "Publish a container's port to the host (use 'docker port' to see the actual mapping)")
 
-	var flExpose ListOpts
+	var flExpose utils.ListOpts
 	cmd.Var(&flExpose, "expose", "Expose a port from the container without publishing it to your host")
 
-	var flEnv ListOpts
+	var flEnv utils.ListOpts
 	cmd.Var(&flEnv, "e", "Set environment variables")
 
-	var flDns ListOpts
+	var flDns utils.ListOpts
 	cmd.Var(&flDns, "dns", "Set custom dns servers")
 
 	flVolumes := NewPathOpts()
 	cmd.Var(flVolumes, "v", "Bind mount a volume (e.g. from the host: -v /host:/container, from docker: -v /container)")
 
-	var flVolumesFrom ListOpts
+	var flVolumesFrom utils.ListOpts
 	cmd.Var(&flVolumesFrom, "volumes-from", "Mount volumes from the specified container")
 
 	flEntrypoint := cmd.String("entrypoint", "", "Overwrite the default entrypoint of the image")
 
-	var flLxcOpts ListOpts
+	var flLxcOpts utils.ListOpts
 	cmd.Var(&flLxcOpts, "lxc-conf", "Add custom lxc options -lxc-conf=\"lxc.cgroup.cpuset.cpus = 0,1\"")
 
-	var flLinks ListOpts
+	var flLinks utils.ListOpts
 	cmd.Var(&flLinks, "link", "Add link to another container (containerid:alias)")
 
 	if err := cmd.Parse(args); err != nil {
diff --git a/docker/docker.go b/docker/docker.go
index 184b687c7c..a9c62e5534 100644
--- a/docker/docker.go
+++ b/docker/docker.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func main() {
 	flGraphPath := flag.String("g", "/var/lib/docker", "Path to graph storage base dir.")
 	flEnableCors := flag.Bool("api-enable-cors", false, "Enable CORS requests in the remote api.")
 	flDns := flag.String("dns", "", "Set custom dns servers")
-	flHosts := docker.ListOpts{fmt.Sprintf("unix://%s", docker.DEFAULTUNIXSOCKET)}
+	flHosts := utils.ListOpts{fmt.Sprintf("unix://%s", docker.DEFAULTUNIXSOCKET)}
 	flag.Var(&flHosts, "H", "tcp://host:port to bind/connect to or unix://path/to/socket to use")
 	flEnableIptables := flag.Bool("iptables", true, "Disable iptables within docker")
 	flDefaultIp := flag.String("ip", "0.0.0.0", "Default ip address to use when binding a containers ports")
diff --git a/sysinit.go b/sysinit.go
index bbd68fa75a..e93b4787a3 100644
--- a/sysinit.go
+++ b/sysinit.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func changeUser(u string) {
 }
 
 // Clear environment pollution introduced by lxc-start
-func cleanupEnv(env ListOpts) {
+func cleanupEnv(env utils.ListOpts) {
 	os.Clearenv()
 	for _, kv := range env {
 		parts := strings.SplitN(kv, "=", 2)
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func SysInit() {
 	var gw = flag.String("g", "", "gateway address")
 	var workdir = flag.String("w", "", "workdir")
 
-	var flEnv ListOpts
+	var flEnv utils.ListOpts
 	flag.Var(&flEnv, "e", "Set environment variables")
 
 	flag.Parse()
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 45949cb350..6da1c0aee6 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func MergeConfig(userConf, imageConf *Config) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func parseLxcConfOpts(opts ListOpts) ([]KeyValuePair, error) {
+func parseLxcConfOpts(opts utils.ListOpts) ([]KeyValuePair, error) {
 	out := make([]KeyValuePair, len(opts))
 	for i, o := range opts {
 		k, v, err := parseLxcOpt(o)
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 0654874089..3bf2cf05be 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+// ListOpts type
+type ListOpts []string
+
+func (opts *ListOpts) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprint(*opts)
+}
+
+func (opts *ListOpts) Set(value string) error {
+	*opts = append(*opts, value)
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Go is a basic promise implementation: it wraps calls a function in a goroutine,
 // and returns a channel which will later return the function's return value.
 func Go(f func() error) chan error {