diff --git a/srcpkgs/docker/files/docker/run b/srcpkgs/docker/files/docker/run
index ed42f5fa72f..9922e2f6196 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/docker/files/docker/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/docker/files/docker/run
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ mountpoint -q /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd || {
     mkdir -p /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd;
     mount -t cgroup -o none,name=systemd cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd;
 }
+[ -n "$OPTS" ] || OPTS="-s=overlay2"
 exec chpst -o 1048576 -p 1048576 dockerd $OPTS 2>&1