From 607f7214b569a479cddb50c0566c732a5ce40516 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitchell Hashimoto <mitchell.hashimoto@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:49:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] builder/docker: allow DOCKER_HOST

---
 CHANGELOG.md                    | 2 ++
 builder/docker/driver_docker.go | 5 -----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fb8a82794..1be3fc525 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ FEATURES:
 IMPROVEMENTS:
 
   * builder/amazon/all: Support new AWS Frankfurt region.
+  * builder/docker: Allow remote `DOCKER_HOST`, which works as long as
+      volumes work. [GH-1594]
 
 BUG FIXES:
 
diff --git a/builder/docker/driver_docker.go b/builder/docker/driver_docker.go
index bfba23c14..f724e37ec 100644
--- a/builder/docker/driver_docker.go
+++ b/builder/docker/driver_docker.go
@@ -258,10 +258,5 @@ func (d *DockerDriver) Verify() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if v := os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST"); v != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf(
-			"DOCKER_HOST cannot be set with the Packer Docker builder.")
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }