diff --git a/parsers/parsers.go b/parsers/parsers.go
index 30b1932..75d54c5 100644
--- a/parsers/parsers.go
+++ b/parsers/parsers.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func PartParser(template, data string) (map[string]string, error) {
 		out           = make(map[string]string, len(templateParts))
 	)
 	if len(parts) != len(templateParts) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid format to parse.  %s should match template %s", data, template)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid format to parse. %s should match template %s", data, template)
 	}
 
 	for i, t := range templateParts {
@@ -196,3 +196,53 @@ func ParseLink(val string) (string, string, error) {
 	}
 	return arr[0], arr[1], nil
 }
+
+// ParseUintList parses and validates the specified string as the value
+// found in some cgroup file (e.g. `cpuset.cpus`, `cpuset.mems`), which could be
+// one of the formats below. Note that duplicates are actually allowed in the
+// input string. It returns a `map[int]bool` with available elements from `val`
+// set to `true`.
+// Supported formats:
+//     7
+//     1-6
+//     0,3-4,7,8-10
+//     0-0,0,1-7
+//     03,1-3      <- this is gonna get parsed as [1,2,3]
+//     3,2,1
+//     0-2,3,1
+func ParseUintList(val string) (map[int]bool, error) {
+	if val == "" {
+		return map[int]bool{}, nil
+	}
+
+	availableInts := make(map[int]bool)
+	split := strings.Split(val, ",")
+	errInvalidFormat := fmt.Errorf("invalid format: %s", val)
+
+	for _, r := range split {
+		if !strings.Contains(r, "-") {
+			v, err := strconv.Atoi(r)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, errInvalidFormat
+			}
+			availableInts[v] = true
+		} else {
+			split := strings.SplitN(r, "-", 2)
+			min, err := strconv.Atoi(split[0])
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, errInvalidFormat
+			}
+			max, err := strconv.Atoi(split[1])
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, errInvalidFormat
+			}
+			if max < min {
+				return nil, errInvalidFormat
+			}
+			for i := min; i <= max; i++ {
+				availableInts[i] = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return availableInts, nil
+}
diff --git a/parsers/parsers_test.go b/parsers/parsers_test.go
index d83722e..49cbdb1 100644
--- a/parsers/parsers_test.go
+++ b/parsers/parsers_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package parsers
 
 import (
+	"reflect"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -238,3 +239,40 @@ func TestParseLink(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected error 'bad format for links: link:alias:wrong' but got: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParseUintList(t *testing.T) {
+	valids := map[string]map[int]bool{
+		"":             {},
+		"7":            {7: true},
+		"1-6":          {1: true, 2: true, 3: true, 4: true, 5: true, 6: true},
+		"0-7":          {0: true, 1: true, 2: true, 3: true, 4: true, 5: true, 6: true, 7: true},
+		"0,3-4,7,8-10": {0: true, 3: true, 4: true, 7: true, 8: true, 9: true, 10: true},
+		"0-0,0,1-4":    {0: true, 1: true, 2: true, 3: true, 4: true},
+		"03,1-3":       {1: true, 2: true, 3: true},
+		"3,2,1":        {1: true, 2: true, 3: true},
+		"0-2,3,1":      {0: true, 1: true, 2: true, 3: true},
+	}
+	for k, v := range valids {
+		out, err := ParseUintList(k)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected not to fail, got %v", err)
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(out, v) {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected %v, got %v", v, out)
+		}
+	}
+
+	invalids := []string{
+		"this",
+		"1--",
+		"1-10,,10",
+		"10-1",
+		"-1",
+		"-1,0",
+	}
+	for _, v := range invalids {
+		if out, err := ParseUintList(v); err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected failure with %s but got %v", v, out)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/sysinfo/sysinfo.go b/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
index e62eadf..851d176 100644
--- a/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
+++ b/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package sysinfo
 
+import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/parsers"
+
 // SysInfo stores information about which features a kernel supports.
 // TODO Windows: Factor out platform specific capabilities.
 type SysInfo struct {
@@ -63,4 +65,41 @@ type cgroupBlkioInfo struct {
 type cgroupCpusetInfo struct {
 	// Whether Cpuset is supported or not
 	Cpuset bool
+
+	// Available Cpuset's cpus
+	Cpus string
+
+	// Available Cpuset's memory nodes
+	Mems string
+}
+
+// IsCpusetCpusAvailable returns `true` if the provided string set is contained
+// in cgroup's cpuset.cpus set, `false` otherwise.
+// If error is not nil a parsing error occurred.
+func (c cgroupCpusetInfo) IsCpusetCpusAvailable(provided string) (bool, error) {
+	return isCpusetListAvailable(provided, c.Cpus)
+}
+
+// IsCpusetMemsAvailable returns `true` if the provided string set is contained
+// in cgroup's cpuset.mems set, `false` otherwise.
+// If error is not nil a parsing error occurred.
+func (c cgroupCpusetInfo) IsCpusetMemsAvailable(provided string) (bool, error) {
+	return isCpusetListAvailable(provided, c.Mems)
+}
+
+func isCpusetListAvailable(provided, available string) (bool, error) {
+	parsedProvided, err := parsers.ParseUintList(provided)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	parsedAvailable, err := parsers.ParseUintList(available)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	for k := range parsedProvided {
+		if !parsedAvailable[k] {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return true, nil
 }
diff --git a/sysinfo/sysinfo_linux.go b/sysinfo/sysinfo_linux.go
index 44f10fa..0ef3fbd 100644
--- a/sysinfo/sysinfo_linux.go
+++ b/sysinfo/sysinfo_linux.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func checkCgroupBlkioInfo(quiet bool) cgroupBlkioInfo {
 
 // checkCgroupCpusetInfo reads the cpuset information from the cpuset cgroup mount point.
 func checkCgroupCpusetInfo(quiet bool) cgroupCpusetInfo {
-	_, err := cgroups.FindCgroupMountpoint("cpuset")
+	mountPoint, err := cgroups.FindCgroupMountpoint("cpuset")
 	if err != nil {
 		if !quiet {
 			logrus.Warn(err)
@@ -134,7 +134,21 @@ func checkCgroupCpusetInfo(quiet bool) cgroupCpusetInfo {
 		return cgroupCpusetInfo{}
 	}
 
-	return cgroupCpusetInfo{Cpuset: true}
+	cpus, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(mountPoint, "cpuset.cpus"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return cgroupCpusetInfo{}
+	}
+
+	mems, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(mountPoint, "cpuset.mems"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return cgroupCpusetInfo{}
+	}
+
+	return cgroupCpusetInfo{
+		Cpuset: true,
+		Cpus:   strings.TrimSpace(string(cpus)),
+		Mems:   strings.TrimSpace(string(mems)),
+	}
 }
 
 func cgroupEnabled(mountPoint, name string) bool {
diff --git a/sysinfo/sysinfo_test.go b/sysinfo/sysinfo_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b61fbcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysinfo/sysinfo_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package sysinfo
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestIsCpusetListAvailable(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		provided  string
+		available string
+		res       bool
+		err       bool
+	}{
+		{"1", "0-4", true, false},
+		{"01,3", "0-4", true, false},
+		{"", "0-7", true, false},
+		{"1--42", "0-7", false, true},
+		{"1-42", "00-1,8,,9", false, true},
+		{"1,41-42", "43,45", false, false},
+		{"0-3", "", false, false},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		r, err := isCpusetListAvailable(c.provided, c.available)
+		if (c.err && err == nil) && r != c.res {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected pair: %v, %v for %s, %s. Got %v, %v instead", c.res, c.err, c.provided, c.available, (c.err && err == nil), r)
+		}
+	}
+}