diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DefaultDockerClientConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DefaultDockerClientConfig.java
index 8517d89a9..1ccee82c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DefaultDockerClientConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DefaultDockerClientConfig.java
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public String getDockerConfigPath() {
     public DockerConfigFile getDockerConfig() {
         if (dockerConfig == null) {
             try {
-                dockerConfig = DockerConfigFile.loadConfig(new File(getDockerConfigPath()));
+                dockerConfig = DockerConfigFile.loadConfig(new File(System.getProperty("user.home")), new File(getDockerConfigPath()));
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new DockerClientException("Failed to parse docker configuration file", e);
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerConfigFile.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerConfigFile.java
index 01cacb5c8..24e7a70c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerConfigFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerConfigFile.java
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ public String toString() {
         return "DockerConfigFile [auths=" + auths + "]";
     }
 
-    public static DockerConfigFile loadConfig(File dockerConfigPath) throws IOException {
+    public static DockerConfigFile loadConfig(File userHome, File dockerConfigPath) throws IOException {
         //parse new docker config file format
         DockerConfigFile dockerConfig = loadCurrentConfig(dockerConfigPath);
 
         //parse old auth config file format
         if (dockerConfig == null) {
-            dockerConfig = loadLegacyConfig(dockerConfigPath);
+            dockerConfig = loadLegacyConfig(userHome);
         }
 
         //otherwise create default config
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ private static DockerConfigFile loadCurrentConfig(File dockerConfigPath) throws
         }
     }
 
-    private static DockerConfigFile loadLegacyConfig(File dockerConfigPath) throws IOException {
-        File dockerLegacyCfgFile = new File(dockerConfigPath, File.separator + DOCKER_LEGACY_CFG);
+    private static DockerConfigFile loadLegacyConfig(File userHome) throws IOException {
+        File dockerLegacyCfgFile = new File(userHome, DOCKER_LEGACY_CFG);
 
         if (!dockerLegacyCfgFile.exists() || !dockerLegacyCfgFile.isFile()) {
             return null;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DefaultDockerClientConfigTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DefaultDockerClientConfigTest.java
index 037a82690..6e7770186 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DefaultDockerClientConfigTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DefaultDockerClientConfigTest.java
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ public void withDockerTlsVerify() throws Exception {
     @Test
     public void testGetAuthConfigurationsFromDockerCfg() throws URISyntaxException {
         File cfgFile = new File(Resources.getResource("com.github.dockerjava.core/registry.v1").toURI());
+        System.setProperty("user.home", cfgFile.getAbsolutePath());
         DefaultDockerClientConfig clientConfig = new DefaultDockerClientConfig(URI.create(
             "unix://foo"), cfgFile.getAbsolutePath(), "apiVersion", "registryUrl", "registryUsername", "registryPassword",
             "registryEmail", null);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerConfigFileTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerConfigFileTest.java
index 7f121c69a..9dc52674d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerConfigFileTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerConfigFileTest.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public void nonExistent() throws IOException {
     }
 
     private DockerConfigFile runTest(String testFileName) throws IOException {
-        return DockerConfigFile.loadConfig(new File(FILESROOT, testFileName));
+        return DockerConfigFile.loadConfig(new File(FILESROOT, testFileName), new File(FILESROOT, testFileName));
     }
 
 }