diff --git a/config/plugins/interactive_environments/ipython/config/ipython.ini.sample b/config/plugins/interactive_environments/ipython/config/ipython.ini.sample
index 154f5a54e12..f75400fbfc2 100644
--- a/config/plugins/interactive_environments/ipython/config/ipython.ini.sample
+++ b/config/plugins/interactive_environments/ipython/config/ipython.ini.sample
@@ -7,9 +7,16 @@
 #ssl = False
 
 [docker]
+
+# Command to execute docker. For example `sudo docker` or `docker-lxc`.
 command = docker
+
+# The docker image name that should be started.
 image = bgruening/docker-ipython-notebook
 
+# Additional arguments that are passed to the `docker run` command.
+command_inject = --sig-proxy=true
+
 # URL to access the Galaxy API with from the spawn Docker containter, if empty
 # this falls back to galaxy.ini's galaxy_infrastructure_url and finally to the
 # Docker host of the spawned container if that is also not set.
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/web/base/interactive_environments.py b/lib/galaxy/web/base/interactive_environments.py
index 041f6b0ee8b..19465cf31e0 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/web/base/interactive_environments.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/web/base/interactive_environments.py
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ class InteractiveEnviornmentRequest(object):
         """
             Generate and return the docker command to execute
         """
-        return '%s run -d -u %s --sig-proxy=true -p %s:%s -v "%s:/import/" %s' % \
-            (self.attr.viz_config.get("docker", "command"), os.geteuid(),
-             self.attr.PORT, self.attr.docker_port,
-             temp_dir, self.attr.viz_config.get("docker", "image"))
+        return '%s run -d %s -p %s:%s -v "%s:/import/" %s' % \
+            (self.attr.viz_config.get("docker", "command"),
+            self.attr.viz_config.get("docker", "command_inject"),
+            self.attr.PORT, self.attr.docker_port,
+            temp_dir, self.attr.viz_config.get("docker", "image"))