diff --git a/p2p/simulations/adapters/docker.go b/p2p/simulations/adapters/docker.go
index eb20ac3318..894057256e 100644
--- a/p2p/simulations/adapters/docker.go
+++ b/p2p/simulations/adapters/docker.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/reexec"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/discover"
 )
 
 // DockerAdapter is a NodeAdapter which runs nodes inside Docker containers.
@@ -20,7 +21,9 @@ import (
 // A Docker image is built which contains the current binary at /bin/p2p-node
 // which when executed runs the underlying service (see the description
 // of the execP2PNode function for more details)
-type DockerAdapter struct{}
+type DockerAdapter struct {
+	ExecAdapter
+}
 
 // NewDockerAdapter builds the p2p-node Docker image containing the current
 // binary and returns a DockerAdapter
@@ -33,7 +36,11 @@ func NewDockerAdapter() (*DockerAdapter, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return &DockerAdapter{}, nil
+	return &DockerAdapter{
+		ExecAdapter{
+			nodes: make(map[discover.NodeID]*ExecNode),
+		},
+	}, nil
 }
 
 // Name returns the name of the adapter for logging purpoeses
@@ -58,17 +65,22 @@ func (d *DockerAdapter) NewNode(config *NodeConfig) (Node, error) {
 		Node:  config,
 	}
 	conf.Stack.DataDir = "/data"
+	conf.Stack.WSHost = "0.0.0.0"
+	conf.Stack.WSOrigins = []string{"*"}
+	conf.Stack.WSExposeAll = true
 	conf.Stack.P2P.EnableMsgEvents = true
 	conf.Stack.P2P.NoDiscovery = true
 	conf.Stack.P2P.NAT = nil
 
 	node := &DockerNode{
 		ExecNode: ExecNode{
-			ID:     config.ID,
-			Config: conf,
+			ID:      config.ID,
+			Config:  conf,
+			adapter: &d.ExecAdapter,
 		},
 	}
 	node.newCmd = node.dockerCommand
+	d.ExecAdapter.nodes[node.ID] = &node.ExecNode
 	return node, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/p2p/simulations/adapters/exec.go b/p2p/simulations/adapters/exec.go
index 81267e097b..f7f047ef51 100644
--- a/p2p/simulations/adapters/exec.go
+++ b/p2p/simulations/adapters/exec.go
@@ -347,17 +347,24 @@ func execP2PNode() {
 	conf.Stack.P2P.PrivateKey = conf.Node.PrivateKey
 
 	// use explicit IP address in ListenAddr so that Enode URL is usable
-	if strings.HasPrefix(conf.Stack.P2P.ListenAddr, ":") {
+	externalIP := func() string {
 		addrs, err := net.InterfaceAddrs()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Crit("error getting IP address", "err", err)
 		}
 		for _, addr := range addrs {
 			if ip, ok := addr.(*net.IPNet); ok && !ip.IP.IsLoopback() {
-				conf.Stack.P2P.ListenAddr = ip.IP.String() + conf.Stack.P2P.ListenAddr
-				break
+				return ip.IP.String()
 			}
 		}
+		log.Crit("unable to determine explicit IP address")
+		return ""
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(conf.Stack.P2P.ListenAddr, ":") {
+		conf.Stack.P2P.ListenAddr = externalIP() + conf.Stack.P2P.ListenAddr
+	}
+	if conf.Stack.WSHost == "0.0.0.0" {
+		conf.Stack.WSHost = externalIP()
 	}
 
 	// initialize the devp2p stack