diff --git a/cadvisor.go b/cadvisor.go
index 33de78e4..ca5dd1de 100644
--- a/cadvisor.go
+++ b/cadvisor.go
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ var whitelistedContainerLabels = flag.String("whitelisted_container_labels", "",
 
 var urlBasePrefix = flag.String("url_base_prefix", "", "prefix path that will be prepended to all paths to support some reverse proxies")
 
+var rawCgroupPrefixWhiteList = flag.String("raw_cgroup_prefix_whitelist", "", "A comma-separated list of cgroup path prefix that needs to be collected even when -docker_only is specified")
+
 var (
 	// Metrics to be ignored.
 	// Tcp metrics are ignored by default.
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	collectorHttpClient := createCollectorHttpClient(*collectorCert, *collectorKey)
 
-	containerManager, err := manager.New(memoryStorage, sysFs, *maxHousekeepingInterval, *allowDynamicHousekeeping, includedMetrics, &collectorHttpClient, []string{"/"})
+	containerManager, err := manager.New(memoryStorage, sysFs, *maxHousekeepingInterval, *allowDynamicHousekeeping, includedMetrics, &collectorHttpClient, strings.Split(*rawCgroupPrefixWhiteList,","))
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Fatalf("Failed to create a Container Manager: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/container/raw/factory.go b/container/raw/factory.go
index 7863da50..c42e473f 100644
--- a/container/raw/factory.go
+++ b/container/raw/factory.go
@@ -63,17 +63,20 @@ func (self *rawFactory) NewContainerHandler(name string, inHostNamespace bool) (
 	return newRawContainerHandler(name, self.cgroupSubsystems, self.machineInfoFactory, self.fsInfo, self.watcher, rootFs, self.includedMetrics)
 }
 
-// The raw factory can handle any container. If --docker_only is set to false, non-docker containers are ignored.
+// The raw factory can handle any container. If --docker_only is set to true, non-docker containers are ignored except for "/" and those whitelisted by raw_cgroup_prefix_whitelist flag.
 func (self *rawFactory) CanHandleAndAccept(name string) (bool, bool, error) {
-	accept := name == "/" || !*dockerOnly
-
+	if name == "/" {
+		return true, true, nil
+	}
+	if *dockerOnly && self.rawPrefixWhiteList[0] == "" {
+		return true, false, nil
+	}
 	for _, prefix := range self.rawPrefixWhiteList {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(name, prefix) {
-			accept = true
-			break
+			return true, true, nil
 		}
 	}
-	return true, accept, nil
+	return true, false, nil
 }
 
 func (self *rawFactory) DebugInfo() map[string][]string {