diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index a5e0c9fe4f..02321c88ae 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -241,6 +241,15 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNFTNL_XML
 ###############################################################################
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2018.08"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_STATIC_CLIENT
+	bool "docker-engine static client option renamed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CLI_STATIC
+	help
+	  BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_STATIC_CLIENT has been renamed to
+	  BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CLI_STATIC, following the package split of
+	  docker-engine and docker-cli.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_V_1_19
 	bool "Modular X.org server was updated to version 1.20.0"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 0339ec77d7..912d31d6b8 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -2118,6 +2118,7 @@ menu "System tools"
 	source "package/dcron/Config.in"
 	source "package/ddrescue/Config.in"
 	source "package/debianutils/Config.in"
+	source "package/docker-cli/Config.in"
 	source "package/docker-compose/Config.in"
 	source "package/docker-containerd/Config.in"
 	source "package/docker-engine/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/docker-cli/Config.in b/package/docker-cli/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82c35c453d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/docker-cli/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CLI
+	bool "docker-cli"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_CGO_LINKING_SUPPORTS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	help
+	  Docker is a platform to build, ship,
+	  and run applications as lightweight containers.
+
+	  https://github.com/docker/cli
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CLI
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CLI_STATIC
+	bool "build static client"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	help
+	  Build a static docker client.
+
+endif
+
+comment "docker-cli needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_CGO_LINKING_SUPPORTS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/docker-cli/docker-cli.hash b/package/docker-cli/docker-cli.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03322a4f6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/docker-cli/docker-cli.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256	3e578406dead2fc72c4b52f77db39dc779fa8b460352116c06f1ae29219bd8c2  docker-cli-v18.09.0.tar.gz
+sha256	2d81ea060825006fc8f3fe28aa5dc0ffeb80faf325b612c955229157b8c10dc0  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/docker-cli/docker-cli.mk b/package/docker-cli/docker-cli.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb8ce41bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/docker-cli/docker-cli.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+###############################################################################
+#
+# docker-cli
+#
+################################################################################
+
+DOCKER_CLI_VERSION = v18.09.0
+DOCKER_CLI_SITE = $(call github,docker,cli,$(DOCKER_CLI_VERSION))
+DOCKER_CLI_WORKSPACE = gopath
+
+DOCKER_CLI_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
+DOCKER_CLI_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+DOCKER_CLI_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+
+DOCKER_CLI_TAGS = autogen
+DOCKER_CLI_BUILD_TARGETS = cmd/docker
+
+DOCKER_CLI_LDFLAGS = \
+	-X github.com/docker/cli/cli.GitCommit=$(DOCKER_CLI_VERSION) \
+	-X github.com/docker/cli/cli.Version=$(DOCKER_CLI_VERSION)
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CLI_STATIC),y)
+DOCKER_CLI_LDFLAGS += -extldflags '-static'
+DOCKER_CLI_TAGS += osusergo netgo
+DOCKER_CLI_GO_ENV = CGO_ENABLED=no
+endif
+
+DOCKER_CLI_INSTALL_BINS = $(notdir $(DOCKER_CLI_BUILD_TARGETS))
+
+$(eval $(golang-package))
diff --git a/package/docker-engine/Config.in b/package/docker-engine/Config.in
index 8feb11b48c..11f17820a7 100644
--- a/package/docker-engine/Config.in
+++ b/package/docker-engine/Config.in
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_DAEMON
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_EXPERIMENTAL
 	bool "build experimental features"
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_STATIC_CLIENT
-	bool "build static client"
-	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
-	help
-	  Build a static docker client.
-
 if BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_DAEMON
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_DRIVER_BTRFS
diff --git a/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.hash b/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.hash
index 6c0ed338a5..1e3939f240 100644
--- a/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.hash
+++ b/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256	4716df117d867b82ddab2e82395cd40aa3d0925a689eedcec8919729e4c9f121	docker-engine-v17.05.0-ce.tar.gz
+sha256	b5278b3f2b460ea61f47833abd2a844f348b4518e73f309294ad178c205a48e1  docker-engine-v18.09.0.tar.gz
+sha256	2d81ea060825006fc8f3fe28aa5dc0ffeb80faf325b612c955229157b8c10dc0  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk b/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
index ba84b4cf0a..f19c1d995c 100644
--- a/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
+++ b/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
@@ -4,25 +4,21 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-DOCKER_ENGINE_VERSION = v17.05.0-ce
-DOCKER_ENGINE_COMMIT = 89658bed64c2a8fe05a978e5b87dbec409d57a0f
-DOCKER_ENGINE_SITE = $(call github,docker,docker,$(DOCKER_ENGINE_VERSION))
+DOCKER_ENGINE_VERSION = v18.09.0
+DOCKER_ENGINE_SITE = $(call github,docker,engine,$(DOCKER_ENGINE_VERSION))
 
 DOCKER_ENGINE_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 DOCKER_ENGINE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
-DOCKER_ENGINE_DEPENDENCIES = host-go host-pkgconf
+DOCKER_ENGINE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+DOCKER_ENGINE_SRC_SUBDIR = github.com/docker/docker
 
 DOCKER_ENGINE_LDFLAGS = \
 	-X main.GitCommit=$(DOCKER_ENGINE_VERSION) \
 	-X main.Version=$(DOCKER_ENGINE_VERSION)
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_STATIC_CLIENT),y)
-DOCKER_ENGINE_LDFLAGS += -extldflags '-static'
-endif
-
 DOCKER_ENGINE_TAGS = cgo exclude_graphdriver_zfs autogen
-DOCKER_ENGINE_BUILD_TARGETS = cmd/docker
+DOCKER_ENGINE_BUILD_TARGETS = cmd/dockerd
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSECCOMP),y)
 DOCKER_ENGINE_TAGS += seccomp
@@ -30,15 +26,9 @@ DOCKER_ENGINE_DEPENDENCIES += libseccomp
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD),y)
-DOCKER_ENGINE_TAGS += journald
 DOCKER_ENGINE_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
+DOCKER_ENGINE_TAGS += systemd journald
 endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_DAEMON),y)
-DOCKER_ENGINE_TAGS += daemon
-DOCKER_ENGINE_BUILD_TARGETS += cmd/dockerd
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_EXPERIMENTAL),y)
 DOCKER_ENGINE_TAGS += experimental
 endif
@@ -65,7 +55,6 @@ DOCKER_ENGINE_INSTALL_BINS = $(notdir $(DOCKER_ENGINE_BUILD_TARGETS))
 
 define DOCKER_ENGINE_RUN_AUTOGEN
 	cd $(@D) && \
-		GITCOMMIT="$$(echo $(DOCKER_ENGINE_COMMIT) | head -c7)" \
 		BUILDTIME="$$(date)" \
 		VERSION="$(patsubst v%,%,$(DOCKER_ENGINE_VERSION))" \
 		PKG_CONFIG="$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY)" $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) \
@@ -74,8 +63,6 @@ endef
 
 DOCKER_ENGINE_POST_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += DOCKER_ENGINE_RUN_AUTOGEN
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_DAEMON),y)
-
 define DOCKER_ENGINE_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/docker.service
@@ -90,6 +77,4 @@ define DOCKER_ENGINE_USERS
 	- - docker -1 * - - - Docker Application Container Framework
 endef
 
-endif
-
 $(eval $(golang-package))