diff --git a/container/docker/factory.go b/container/docker/factory.go
index edd1817b..ec5c26e0 100644
--- a/container/docker/factory.go
+++ b/container/docker/factory.go
@@ -134,17 +134,19 @@ func FullContainerName(dockerId string) string {
 }
 
 // Docker handles all containers under /docker
-func (self *dockerFactory) CanHandle(name string) (bool, error) {
+func (self *dockerFactory) CanHandleAndAccept(name string) (bool, bool, error) {
+	// docker factory accepts all containers it can handle.
+	canAccept := true
 	// Check if the container is known to docker and it is active.
 	id := ContainerNameToDockerId(name)
 
 	// We assume that if Inspect fails then the container is not known to docker.
 	ctnr, err := self.client.InspectContainer(id)
 	if err != nil || !ctnr.State.Running {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("error inspecting container: %v", err)
+		return false, canAccept, fmt.Errorf("error inspecting container: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	return true, nil
+	return true, canAccept, nil
 }
 
 func parseDockerVersion(full_version_string string) ([]int, error) {
diff --git a/container/factory.go b/container/factory.go
index 3b9cea1a..04a26b17 100644
--- a/container/factory.go
+++ b/container/factory.go
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ContainerHandlerFactory interface {
-	// Create a new ContainerHandler using this factory. CanHandle() must have returned true.
-	NewContainerHandler(name string) (ContainerHandler, error)
+	// Create a new ContainerHandler using this factory. CanHandleAndAccept() must have returned true.
+	NewContainerHandler(name string) (c ContainerHandler, err error)
 
-	// Returns whether this factory can handle the specified container.
-	CanHandle(name string) (bool, error)
+	// Returns whether this factory can handle and accept the specified container.
+	CanHandleAndAccept(name string) (handle bool, accept bool, err error)
 
 	// Name of the factory.
 	String() string
@@ -57,25 +57,30 @@ func HasFactories() bool {
 }
 
 // Create a new ContainerHandler for the specified container.
-func NewContainerHandler(name string) (ContainerHandler, error) {
+func NewContainerHandler(name string) (ContainerHandler, bool, error) {
 	factoriesLock.RLock()
 	defer factoriesLock.RUnlock()
 
 	// Create the ContainerHandler with the first factory that supports it.
 	for _, factory := range factories {
-		canHandle, err := factory.CanHandle(name)
+		canHandle, canAccept, err := factory.CanHandleAndAccept(name)
 		if err != nil {
-			glog.V(4).Infof("Error trying to work out if we can hande %s: %v", name, err)
+			glog.V(4).Infof("Error trying to work out if we can handle %s: %v", name, err)
 		}
 		if canHandle {
+			if !canAccept {
+				glog.V(3).Infof("Factory %q can handle container %q, but ignoring.", factory, name)
+				return nil, false, nil
+			}
 			glog.V(3).Infof("Using factory %q for container %q", factory, name)
-			return factory.NewContainerHandler(name)
+			handle, err := factory.NewContainerHandler(name)
+			return handle, canAccept, err
 		} else {
 			glog.V(4).Infof("Factory %q was unable to handle container %q", factory, name)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no known factory can handle creation of container")
+	return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("no known factory can handle creation of container")
 }
 
 // Clear the known factories.
diff --git a/container/factory_test.go b/container/factory_test.go
index 45b7945d..535fcb07 100644
--- a/container/factory_test.go
+++ b/container/factory_test.go
@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@ type mockContainerHandlerFactory struct {
 	mock.Mock
 	Name           string
 	CanHandleValue bool
+	CanAcceptValue bool
 }
 
 func (self *mockContainerHandlerFactory) String() string {
 	return self.Name
 }
 
-func (self *mockContainerHandlerFactory) CanHandle(name string) (bool, error) {
-	return self.CanHandleValue, nil
+func (self *mockContainerHandlerFactory) CanHandleAndAccept(name string) (bool, bool, error) {
+	return self.CanHandleValue, self.CanAcceptValue, nil
 }
 
 func (self *mockContainerHandlerFactory) NewContainerHandler(name string) (ContainerHandler, error) {
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ func TestNewContainerHandler_FirstMatches(t *testing.T) {
 	allwaysYes := &mockContainerHandlerFactory{
 		Name:           "yes",
 		CanHandleValue: true,
+		CanAcceptValue: true,
 	}
 	RegisterContainerHandlerFactory(allwaysYes)
 
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ func TestNewContainerHandler_FirstMatches(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	allwaysYes.On("NewContainerHandler", testContainerName).Return(mockContainer, nil)
 
-	cont, err := NewContainerHandler(testContainerName)
+	cont, _, err := NewContainerHandler(testContainerName)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
@@ -76,11 +78,13 @@ func TestNewContainerHandler_SecondMatches(t *testing.T) {
 	allwaysNo := &mockContainerHandlerFactory{
 		Name:           "no",
 		CanHandleValue: false,
+		CanAcceptValue: true,
 	}
 	RegisterContainerHandlerFactory(allwaysNo)
 	allwaysYes := &mockContainerHandlerFactory{
 		Name:           "yes",
 		CanHandleValue: true,
+		CanAcceptValue: true,
 	}
 	RegisterContainerHandlerFactory(allwaysYes)
 
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ func TestNewContainerHandler_SecondMatches(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	allwaysYes.On("NewContainerHandler", testContainerName).Return(mockContainer, nil)
 
-	cont, err := NewContainerHandler(testContainerName)
+	cont, _, err := NewContainerHandler(testContainerName)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
@@ -107,16 +111,44 @@ func TestNewContainerHandler_NoneMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	allwaysNo1 := &mockContainerHandlerFactory{
 		Name:           "no",
 		CanHandleValue: false,
+		CanAcceptValue: true,
 	}
 	RegisterContainerHandlerFactory(allwaysNo1)
 	allwaysNo2 := &mockContainerHandlerFactory{
 		Name:           "no",
 		CanHandleValue: false,
+		CanAcceptValue: true,
 	}
 	RegisterContainerHandlerFactory(allwaysNo2)
 
-	_, err := NewContainerHandler(testContainerName)
+	_, _, err := NewContainerHandler(testContainerName)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("Expected NewContainerHandler to fail")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNewContainerHandler_Accept(t *testing.T) {
+	ClearContainerHandlerFactories()
+
+	// Register handler that can handle the container, but can't accept it.
+	cannotHandle := &mockContainerHandlerFactory{
+		Name:           "no",
+		CanHandleValue: false,
+		CanAcceptValue: true,
+	}
+	RegisterContainerHandlerFactory(cannotHandle)
+	cannotAccept := &mockContainerHandlerFactory{
+		Name:           "no",
+		CanHandleValue: true,
+		CanAcceptValue: false,
+	}
+	RegisterContainerHandlerFactory(cannotAccept)
+
+	_, accept, err := NewContainerHandler(testContainerName)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("Expected NewContainerHandler to succeed")
+	}
+	if accept == true {
+		t.Error("Expected NewContainerHandler to ignore the container.")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/container/raw/factory.go b/container/raw/factory.go
index 111e422f..27020eeb 100644
--- a/container/raw/factory.go
+++ b/container/raw/factory.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package raw
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ import (
 	info "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v1"
 )
 
+var dockerOnly = flag.Bool("docker_only", false, "Only report docker containers in addition to root stats")
+
 type rawFactory struct {
 	// Factory for machine information.
 	machineInfoFactory info.MachineInfoFactory
@@ -43,9 +46,10 @@ func (self *rawFactory) NewContainerHandler(name string) (container.ContainerHan
 	return newRawContainerHandler(name, self.cgroupSubsystems, self.machineInfoFactory, self.fsInfo)
 }
 
-// The raw factory can handle any container.
-func (self *rawFactory) CanHandle(name string) (bool, error) {
-	return true, nil
+// The raw factory can handle any container. If --docker_only is set to false, non-docker containers are ignored.
+func (self *rawFactory) CanHandleAndAccept(name string) (bool, bool, error) {
+	accept := name == "/" || !*dockerOnly
+	return true, accept, nil
 }
 
 func Register(machineInfoFactory info.MachineInfoFactory, fsInfo fs.FsInfo) error {
diff --git a/manager/manager.go b/manager/manager.go
index da458fa9..12132e12 100644
--- a/manager/manager.go
+++ b/manager/manager.go
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ type Manager interface {
 	// Get info for all requested containers based on the request options.
 	GetRequestedContainersInfo(containerName string, options v2.RequestOptions) (map[string]*info.ContainerInfo, error)
 
+	// Returns true if the named container exists.
+	Exists(containerName string) bool
+
 	// Get information about the machine.
 	GetMachineInfo() (*info.MachineInfo, error)
 
@@ -619,12 +622,32 @@ func (m *manager) GetVersionInfo() (*info.VersionInfo, error) {
 	return &m.versionInfo, nil
 }
 
+func (m *manager) Exists(containerName string) bool {
+	m.containersLock.Lock()
+	defer m.containersLock.Unlock()
+
+	namespacedName := namespacedContainerName{
+		Name: containerName,
+	}
+
+	_, ok := m.containers[namespacedName]
+	if ok {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // Create a container.
 func (m *manager) createContainer(containerName string) error {
-	handler, err := container.NewContainerHandler(containerName)
+	handler, accept, err := container.NewContainerHandler(containerName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if !accept {
+		// ignoring this container.
+		glog.V(4).Infof("ignoring container %q", containerName)
+		return nil
+	}
 	logUsage := *logCadvisorUsage && containerName == m.cadvisorContainer
 	cont, err := newContainerData(containerName, m.memoryStorage, handler, m.loadReader, logUsage)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/manager/manager_mock.go b/manager/manager_mock.go
index a74fda5f..de18a31d 100644
--- a/manager/manager_mock.go
+++ b/manager/manager_mock.go
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ func (c *ManagerMock) GetRequestedContainersInfo(containerName string, options v
 	return args.Get(0).(map[string]*info.ContainerInfo), args.Error(1)
 }
 
+func (c *ManagerMock) Exists(name string) bool {
+	args := c.Called(name)
+	return args.Get(0).(bool)
+}
+
 func (c *ManagerMock) WatchForEvents(queryuest *events.Request, passedChannel chan *info.Event) error {
 	args := c.Called(queryuest, passedChannel)
 	return args.Error(0)
diff --git a/pages/containers.go b/pages/containers.go
index d504d56f..ad083345 100644
--- a/pages/containers.go
+++ b/pages/containers.go
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ func serveContainersPage(m manager.Manager, w http.ResponseWriter, u *url.URL) e
 	// Build the links for the subcontainers.
 	subcontainerLinks := make([]link, 0, len(cont.Subcontainers))
 	for _, sub := range cont.Subcontainers {
+		if !m.Exists(sub.Name) {
+			continue
+		}
 		subcontainerLinks = append(subcontainerLinks, link{
 			Text: getContainerDisplayName(sub),
 			Link: path.Join(ContainersPage, sub.Name),