diff --git a/cli/command/container/opts.go b/cli/command/container/opts.go
index b8ff5e4a4a..97906b6722 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/opts.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/opts.go
@@ -370,9 +370,24 @@ func parse(flags *pflag.FlagSet, copts *containerOptions) (*containerConfig, err
 		entrypoint = []string{""}
 	}
 
-	ports, portBindings, err := nat.ParsePortSpecs(copts.publish.GetAll())
+	publishOpts := copts.publish.GetAll()
+	var ports map[nat.Port]struct{}
+	var portBindings map[nat.Port][]nat.PortBinding
+
+	ports, portBindings, err = nat.ParsePortSpecs(publishOpts)
+
+	// If simple port parsing fails try to parse as long format
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		publishOpts, err = parsePortOpts(publishOpts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		ports, portBindings, err = nat.ParsePortSpecs(publishOpts)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Merge in exposed ports to the map of published ports
@@ -661,6 +676,23 @@ func parse(flags *pflag.FlagSet, copts *containerOptions) (*containerConfig, err
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func parsePortOpts(publishOpts []string) ([]string, error) {
+	optsList := []string{}
+	for _, publish := range publishOpts {
+		params := map[string]string{"protocol": "tcp"}
+		for _, param := range strings.Split(publish, ",") {
+			opt := strings.Split(param, "=")
+			if len(opt) < 2 {
+				return optsList, errors.Errorf("invalid publish opts format (should be name=value but got '%s')", param)
+			}
+
+			params[opt[0]] = opt[1]
+		}
+		optsList = append(optsList, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s/%s", params["target"], params["published"], params["protocol"]))
+	}
+	return optsList, nil
+}
+
 func parseLoggingOpts(loggingDriver string, loggingOpts []string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	loggingOptsMap := opts.ConvertKVStringsToMap(loggingOpts)
 	if loggingDriver == "none" && len(loggingOpts) > 0 {
diff --git a/opts/port.go b/opts/port.go
index 201aefafc8..a4a91b1d5d 100644
--- a/opts/port.go
+++ b/opts/port.go
@@ -151,17 +151,22 @@ func ConvertPortToPortConfig(
 		if binding.HostIP != "" && binding.HostIP != "0.0.0.0" {
 			logrus.Warnf("ignoring IP-address (%s:%s:%s) service will listen on '0.0.0.0'", binding.HostIP, binding.HostPort, port)
 		}
-		hostPort, err := strconv.ParseUint(binding.HostPort, 10, 16)
+
+		startHostPort, endHostPort, err := nat.ParsePortRange(binding.HostPort)
+
 		if err != nil && binding.HostPort != "" {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid hostport binding (%s) for port (%s)", binding.HostPort, port.Port())
 		}
-		ports = append(ports, swarm.PortConfig{
-			//TODO Name: ?
-			Protocol:      swarm.PortConfigProtocol(strings.ToLower(port.Proto())),
-			TargetPort:    uint32(port.Int()),
-			PublishedPort: uint32(hostPort),
-			PublishMode:   swarm.PortConfigPublishModeIngress,
-		})
+
+		for i := startHostPort; i <= endHostPort; i++ {
+			ports = append(ports, swarm.PortConfig{
+				//TODO Name: ?
+				Protocol:      swarm.PortConfigProtocol(strings.ToLower(port.Proto())),
+				TargetPort:    uint32(port.Int()),
+				PublishedPort: uint32(i),
+				PublishMode:   swarm.PortConfigPublishModeIngress,
+			})
+		}
 	}
 	return ports, nil
 }
diff --git a/opts/port_test.go b/opts/port_test.go
index fb3498f7c5..1f6b994dfc 100644
--- a/opts/port_test.go
+++ b/opts/port_test.go
@@ -96,6 +96,40 @@ func TestPortOptValidSimpleSyntax(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			value: "80-82:8080/udp",
+			expected: []swarm.PortConfig{
+				{
+					Protocol:      "udp",
+					TargetPort:    8080,
+					PublishedPort: 80,
+					PublishMode:   swarm.PortConfigPublishModeIngress,
+				},
+				{
+					Protocol:      "udp",
+					TargetPort:    8080,
+					PublishedPort: 81,
+					PublishMode:   swarm.PortConfigPublishModeIngress,
+				},
+				{
+					Protocol:      "udp",
+					TargetPort:    8080,
+					PublishedPort: 82,
+					PublishMode:   swarm.PortConfigPublishModeIngress,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			value: "80-80:8080/tcp",
+			expected: []swarm.PortConfig{
+				{
+					Protocol:      "tcp",
+					TargetPort:    8080,
+					PublishedPort: 80,
+					PublishMode:   swarm.PortConfigPublishModeIngress,
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		var port PortOpt