diff --git a/daemon/container.go b/daemon/container.go
index d9c809cee..5b4143868 100644
--- a/daemon/container.go
+++ b/daemon/container.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ type Container struct {
 	Args []string
 
 	Config *runconfig.Config
-	State  State
+	State  *State
 	Image  string
 
 	NetworkSettings *NetworkSettings
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ type Container struct {
 	daemon                   *Daemon
 	MountLabel, ProcessLabel string
 
-	waitLock chan struct{}
-	Volumes  map[string]string
+	Volumes map[string]string
 	// Store rw/ro in a separate structure to preserve reverse-compatibility on-disk.
 	// Easier than migrating older container configs :)
 	VolumesRW  map[string]bool
@@ -284,7 +283,6 @@ func (container *Container) Start() (err error) {
 	if err := container.startLoggingToDisk(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	container.waitLock = make(chan struct{})
 
 	return container.waitForStart()
 }
@@ -293,7 +291,7 @@ func (container *Container) Run() error {
 	if err := container.Start(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	container.Wait()
+	container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -307,7 +305,7 @@ func (container *Container) Output() (output []byte, err error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	output, err = ioutil.ReadAll(pipe)
-	container.Wait()
+	container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 	return output, err
 }
 
@@ -467,6 +465,7 @@ func (container *Container) monitor(callback execdriver.StartCallback) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		utils.Errorf("Error running container: %s", err)
 	}
+	container.State.SetStopped(exitCode)
 
 	// Cleanup
 	container.cleanup()
@@ -475,28 +474,17 @@ func (container *Container) monitor(callback execdriver.StartCallback) error {
 	if container.Config.OpenStdin {
 		container.stdin, container.stdinPipe = io.Pipe()
 	}
-
 	if container.daemon != nil && container.daemon.srv != nil {
 		container.daemon.srv.LogEvent("die", container.ID, container.daemon.repositories.ImageName(container.Image))
 	}
-
-	close(container.waitLock)
-
 	if container.daemon != nil && container.daemon.srv != nil && container.daemon.srv.IsRunning() {
-		container.State.SetStopped(exitCode)
-
-		// FIXME: there is a race condition here which causes this to fail during the unit tests.
-		// If another goroutine was waiting for Wait() to return before removing the container's root
-		// from the filesystem... At this point it may already have done so.
-		// This is because State.setStopped() has already been called, and has caused Wait()
-		// to return.
-		// FIXME: why are we serializing running state to disk in the first place?
-		//log.Printf("%s: Failed to dump configuration to the disk: %s", container.ID, err)
+		// FIXME: here is race condition between two RUN instructions in Dockerfile
+		// because they share same runconfig and change image. Must be fixed
+		// in server/buildfile.go
 		if err := container.ToDisk(); err != nil {
-			utils.Errorf("Error dumping container state to disk: %s\n", err)
+			utils.Errorf("Error dumping container %s state to disk: %s\n", container.ID, err)
 		}
 	}
-
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -532,6 +520,7 @@ func (container *Container) cleanup() {
 }
 
 func (container *Container) KillSig(sig int) error {
+	utils.Debugf("Sending %d to %s", sig, container.ID)
 	container.Lock()
 	defer container.Unlock()
 
@@ -577,9 +566,9 @@ func (container *Container) Kill() error {
 	}
 
 	// 2. Wait for the process to die, in last resort, try to kill the process directly
-	if err := container.WaitTimeout(10 * time.Second); err != nil {
+	if _, err := container.State.WaitStop(10 * time.Second); err != nil {
 		// Ensure that we don't kill ourselves
-		if pid := container.State.Pid; pid != 0 {
+		if pid := container.State.GetPid(); pid != 0 {
 			log.Printf("Container %s failed to exit within 10 seconds of kill - trying direct SIGKILL", utils.TruncateID(container.ID))
 			if err := syscall.Kill(pid, 9); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -587,7 +576,7 @@ func (container *Container) Kill() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	container.Wait()
+	container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -605,11 +594,11 @@ func (container *Container) Stop(seconds int) error {
 	}
 
 	// 2. Wait for the process to exit on its own
-	if err := container.WaitTimeout(time.Duration(seconds) * time.Second); err != nil {
+	if _, err := container.State.WaitStop(time.Duration(seconds) * time.Second); err != nil {
 		log.Printf("Container %v failed to exit within %d seconds of SIGTERM - using the force", container.ID, seconds)
 		// 3. If it doesn't, then send SIGKILL
 		if err := container.Kill(); err != nil {
-			container.Wait()
+			container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -630,12 +619,6 @@ func (container *Container) Restart(seconds int) error {
 	return container.Start()
 }
 
-// Wait blocks until the container stops running, then returns its exit code.
-func (container *Container) Wait() int {
-	<-container.waitLock
-	return container.State.GetExitCode()
-}
-
 func (container *Container) Resize(h, w int) error {
 	return container.command.Terminal.Resize(h, w)
 }
@@ -678,21 +661,6 @@ func (container *Container) Export() (archive.Archive, error) {
 		nil
 }
 
-func (container *Container) WaitTimeout(timeout time.Duration) error {
-	done := make(chan bool, 1)
-	go func() {
-		container.Wait()
-		done <- true
-	}()
-
-	select {
-	case <-time.After(timeout):
-		return fmt.Errorf("Timed Out")
-	case <-done:
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
 func (container *Container) Mount() error {
 	return container.daemon.Mount(container)
 }
@@ -1103,9 +1071,7 @@ func (container *Container) startLoggingToDisk() error {
 }
 
 func (container *Container) waitForStart() error {
-	callbackLock := make(chan struct{})
 	callback := func(command *execdriver.Command) {
-		container.State.SetRunning(command.Pid())
 		if command.Tty {
 			// The callback is called after the process Start()
 			// so we are in the parent process. In TTY mode, stdin/out/err is the PtySlace
@@ -1117,16 +1083,23 @@ func (container *Container) waitForStart() error {
 		if err := container.ToDisk(); err != nil {
 			utils.Debugf("%s", err)
 		}
-		close(callbackLock)
+		container.State.SetRunning(command.Pid())
 	}
 
 	// We use a callback here instead of a goroutine and an chan for
 	// syncronization purposes
 	cErr := utils.Go(func() error { return container.monitor(callback) })
 
+	waitStart := make(chan struct{})
+
+	go func() {
+		container.State.WaitRunning(-1 * time.Second)
+		close(waitStart)
+	}()
+
 	// Start should not return until the process is actually running
 	select {
-	case <-callbackLock:
+	case <-waitStart:
 	case err := <-cErr:
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index 3536678d2..aa8d2bad3 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) containerRoot(id string) string {
 // Load reads the contents of a container from disk
 // This is typically done at startup.
 func (daemon *Daemon) load(id string) (*Container, error) {
-	container := &Container{root: daemon.containerRoot(id)}
+	container := &Container{root: daemon.containerRoot(id), State: NewState()}
 	if err := container.FromDisk(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -236,12 +236,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) register(container *Container, updateSuffixarray bool, con
 				}
 			}
 		}
-	} else {
-		// When the container is not running, we still initialize the waitLock
-		// chan and close it. Receiving on nil chan blocks whereas receiving on a
-		// closed chan does not. In this case we do not want to block.
-		container.waitLock = make(chan struct{})
-		close(container.waitLock)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -588,6 +582,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) newContainer(name string, config *runconfig.Config, img *i
 		Name:            name,
 		Driver:          daemon.driver.String(),
 		ExecDriver:      daemon.execDriver.Name(),
+		State:           NewState(),
 	}
 	container.root = daemon.containerRoot(container.ID)
 
@@ -900,7 +895,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) shutdown() error {
 				if err := c.KillSig(15); err != nil {
 					utils.Debugf("kill 15 error for %s - %s", c.ID, err)
 				}
-				c.Wait()
+				c.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 				utils.Debugf("container stopped %s", c.ID)
 			}()
 		}
diff --git a/daemon/state.go b/daemon/state.go
index b9ef35056..3f904d782 100644
--- a/daemon/state.go
+++ b/daemon/state.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (s *State) WaitRunning(timeout time.Duration) (int, error) {
 
 // WaitStop waits until state is stopped. If state already stopped it returns
 // immediatly. If you want wait forever you must supply negative timeout.
-// Returns exit code, that was passed to SetRunning
+// Returns exit code, that was passed to SetStopped
 func (s *State) WaitStop(timeout time.Duration) (int, error) {
 	s.RLock()
 	if !s.Running {
diff --git a/integration/commands_test.go b/integration/commands_test.go
index 55c822bbe..47e986005 100644
--- a/integration/commands_test.go
+++ b/integration/commands_test.go
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func TestRunDisconnect(t *testing.T) {
 	// cause /bin/cat to exit.
 	setTimeout(t, "Waiting for /bin/cat to exit timed out", 2*time.Second, func() {
 		container := globalDaemon.List()[0]
-		container.Wait()
+		container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 		if container.State.IsRunning() {
 			t.Fatalf("/bin/cat is still running after closing stdin")
 		}
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func TestRunDisconnectTty(t *testing.T) {
 	// In tty mode, we expect the process to stay alive even after client's stdin closes.
 
 	// Give some time to monitor to do his thing
-	container.WaitTimeout(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	container.State.WaitStop(500 * time.Millisecond)
 	if !container.State.IsRunning() {
 		t.Fatalf("/bin/cat should  still be running after closing stdin (tty mode)")
 	}
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ func TestAttachDisconnect(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// We closed stdin, expect /bin/cat to still be running
 	// Wait a little bit to make sure container.monitor() did his thing
-	err := container.WaitTimeout(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	_, err := container.State.WaitStop(500 * time.Millisecond)
 	if err == nil || !container.State.IsRunning() {
 		t.Fatalf("/bin/cat is not running after closing stdin")
 	}
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ func TestAttachDisconnect(t *testing.T) {
 	// Try to avoid the timeout in destroy. Best effort, don't check error
 	cStdin, _ := container.StdinPipe()
 	cStdin.Close()
-	container.Wait()
+	container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 }
 
 // Expected behaviour: container gets deleted automatically after exit
diff --git a/integration/container_test.go b/integration/container_test.go
index 8fe52a3cd..31a57df77 100644
--- a/integration/container_test.go
+++ b/integration/container_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package docker
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/runconfig"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -10,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/runconfig"
 )
 
 func TestKillDifferentUser(t *testing.T) {
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func TestKillDifferentUser(t *testing.T) {
 	if container.State.IsRunning() {
 		t.Errorf("Container shouldn't be running")
 	}
-	container.Wait()
+	container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 	if container.State.IsRunning() {
 		t.Errorf("Container shouldn't be running")
 	}
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ func TestRestartStdin(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := stdin.Close(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	container.Wait()
+	container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 	output, err := ioutil.ReadAll(stdout)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ func TestRestartStdin(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := stdin.Close(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	container.Wait()
+	container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 	output, err = ioutil.ReadAll(stdout)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ func TestStdin(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := stdin.Close(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	container.Wait()
+	container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 	output, err := ioutil.ReadAll(stdout)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ func TestTty(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := stdin.Close(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	container.Wait()
+	container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 	output, err := ioutil.ReadAll(stdout)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ func BenchmarkRunParallel(b *testing.B) {
 				complete <- err
 				return
 			}
-			if err := container.WaitTimeout(15 * time.Second); err != nil {
+			if _, err := container.State.WaitStop(15 * time.Second); err != nil {
 				complete <- err
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/integration/runtime_test.go b/integration/runtime_test.go
index 96df15be6..754146c5f 100644
--- a/integration/runtime_test.go
+++ b/integration/runtime_test.go
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ func startEchoServerContainer(t *testing.T, proto string) (*daemon.Daemon, *daem
 	})
 
 	// Even if the state is running, lets give some time to lxc to spawn the process
-	container.WaitTimeout(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	container.State.WaitStop(500 * time.Millisecond)
 
 	strPort = container.NetworkSettings.Ports[p][0].HostPort
 	return daemon, container, strPort
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ func TestRestore(t *testing.T) {
 	// Simulate a crash/manual quit of dockerd: process dies, states stays 'Running'
 	cStdin, _ := container2.StdinPipe()
 	cStdin.Close()
-	if err := container2.WaitTimeout(2 * time.Second); err != nil {
+	if _, err := container2.State.WaitStop(2 * time.Second); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	container2.State.SetRunning(42)
diff --git a/integration/utils_test.go b/integration/utils_test.go
index d8101dfb1..7be7f13ee 100644
--- a/integration/utils_test.go
+++ b/integration/utils_test.go
@@ -96,11 +96,13 @@ func containerAttach(eng *engine.Engine, id string, t utils.Fataler) (io.WriteCl
 }
 
 func containerWait(eng *engine.Engine, id string, t utils.Fataler) int {
-	return getContainer(eng, id, t).Wait()
+	ex, _ := getContainer(eng, id, t).State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
+	return ex
 }
 
 func containerWaitTimeout(eng *engine.Engine, id string, t utils.Fataler) error {
-	return getContainer(eng, id, t).WaitTimeout(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	_, err := getContainer(eng, id, t).State.WaitStop(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	return err
 }
 
 func containerKill(eng *engine.Engine, id string, t utils.Fataler) {
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ func runContainer(eng *engine.Engine, r *daemon.Daemon, args []string, t *testin
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	container.Wait()
+	container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(stdout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
diff --git a/server/buildfile.go b/server/buildfile.go
index f10cc0dbc..f5ef6e0d2 100644
--- a/server/buildfile.go
+++ b/server/buildfile.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/archive"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/daemon"
@@ -696,7 +697,7 @@ func (b *buildFile) run(c *daemon.Container) error {
 	}
 
 	// Wait for it to finish
-	if ret := c.Wait(); ret != 0 {
+	if ret, _ := c.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second); ret != 0 {
 		err := &utils.JSONError{
 			Message: fmt.Sprintf("The command %v returned a non-zero code: %d", b.config.Cmd, ret),
 			Code:    ret,
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index fa695adfe..164102317 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -2123,7 +2123,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ContainerWait(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 	}
 	name := job.Args[0]
 	if container := srv.daemon.Get(name); container != nil {
-		status := container.Wait()
+		status, _ := container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 		job.Printf("%d\n", status)
 		return engine.StatusOK
 	}
@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ContainerAttach(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 		// If we are in stdinonce mode, wait for the process to end
 		// otherwise, simply return
 		if container.Config.StdinOnce && !container.Config.Tty {
-			container.Wait()
+			container.State.WaitStop(-1 * time.Second)
 		}
 	}
 	return engine.StatusOK