diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 62e9461c1..5500dca75 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+- Add method of overriding the /sys/fs/cgroup hierarchy, for reading cgroup metrics inside Docker [#148](https://github.com/elastic/gosigar/pull/148)
+
 ### Fixed
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/cgroup/reader.go b/cgroup/reader.go
index 894061d12..ebb2d7275 100644
--- a/cgroup/reader.go
+++ b/cgroup/reader.go
@@ -31,33 +31,63 @@ type mount struct {
 type Reader struct {
 	// Mountpoint of the root filesystem. Defaults to / if not set. This can be
 	// useful for example if you mount / as /rootfs inside of a container.
-	rootfsMountpoint  string
-	ignoreRootCgroups bool              // Ignore a cgroup when its path is "/".
-	cgroupMountpoints map[string]string // Mountpoints for each subsystem (e.g. cpu, cpuacct, memory, blkio).
+	rootfsMountpoint         string
+	ignoreRootCgroups        bool // Ignore a cgroup when its path is "/".
+	cgroupsHierarchyOverride string
+	cgroupMountpoints        map[string]string // Mountpoints for each subsystem (e.g. cpu, cpuacct, memory, blkio).
+}
+
+// ReaderOptions holds options for NewReaderOptions.
+type ReaderOptions struct {
+	// RootfsMountpoint holds the mountpoint of the root filesystem.
+	//
+	// If unspecified, "/" is assumed.
+	RootfsMountpoint string
+
+	// IgnoreRootCgroups ignores cgroup subsystem with the path "/".
+	IgnoreRootCgroups bool
+
+	// CgroupsHierarchyOverride is an optional path override for cgroup
+	// subsystem paths. If non-empty, this will be used instead of the
+	// paths specified in /proc/<pid>/cgroup.
+	//
+	// This should be set to "/" when running within a Docker container,
+	// where the paths in /proc/<pid>/cgroup do not correspond to any
+	// paths under /sys/fs/cgroup.
+	CgroupsHierarchyOverride string
 }
 
 // NewReader creates and returns a new Reader.
 func NewReader(rootfsMountpoint string, ignoreRootCgroups bool) (*Reader, error) {
-	if rootfsMountpoint == "" {
-		rootfsMountpoint = "/"
+	return NewReaderOptions(ReaderOptions{
+		RootfsMountpoint:  rootfsMountpoint,
+		IgnoreRootCgroups: ignoreRootCgroups,
+	})
+}
+
+// NewReaderOptions creates and returns a new Reader with the given options.
+func NewReaderOptions(opts ReaderOptions) (*Reader, error) {
+	if opts.RootfsMountpoint == "" {
+		opts.RootfsMountpoint = "/"
 	}
 
 	// Determine what subsystems are supported by the kernel.
-	subsystems, err := SupportedSubsystems(rootfsMountpoint)
+	subsystems, err := SupportedSubsystems(opts.RootfsMountpoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	// Locate the mountpoints of those subsystems.
-	mountpoints, err := SubsystemMountpoints(rootfsMountpoint, subsystems)
+	mountpoints, err := SubsystemMountpoints(opts.RootfsMountpoint, subsystems)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return &Reader{
-		rootfsMountpoint:  rootfsMountpoint,
-		ignoreRootCgroups: ignoreRootCgroups,
-		cgroupMountpoints: mountpoints,
+		rootfsMountpoint:         opts.RootfsMountpoint,
+		ignoreRootCgroups:        opts.IgnoreRootCgroups,
+		cgroupsHierarchyOverride: opts.CgroupsHierarchyOverride,
+		cgroupMountpoints:        mountpoints,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -86,11 +116,15 @@ func (r *Reader) GetStatsForProcess(pid int) (*Stats, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		id := filepath.Base(path)
+		if r.cgroupsHierarchyOverride != "" {
+			path = r.cgroupsHierarchyOverride
+		}
 		mounts[interestedSubsystem] = mount{
 			subsystem:  interestedSubsystem,
 			mountpoint: subsystemMount,
+			id:         id,
 			path:       path,
-			id:         filepath.Base(path),
 			fullPath:   filepath.Join(subsystemMount, path),
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cgroup/reader_test.go b/cgroup/reader_test.go
index c8e702581..0a8b9a09e 100644
--- a/cgroup/reader_test.go
+++ b/cgroup/reader_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -45,3 +46,33 @@ func TestReaderGetStats(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Log(string(json))
 }
+
+func TestReaderGetStatsHierarchyOverride(t *testing.T) {
+	// In testdata/docker, process 1's cgroup paths have
+	// no corresponding paths under /sys/fs/cgroup/<subsystem>.
+	//
+	// Setting CgroupsHierarchyOverride means that we use
+	// the root cgroup path instead. This is intended to test
+	// the scenario where we're reading cgroup metrics from
+	// within a Docker container.
+
+	reader, err := NewReaderOptions(ReaderOptions{
+		RootfsMountpoint:         "testdata/docker",
+		IgnoreRootCgroups:        true,
+		CgroupsHierarchyOverride: "/",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	stats, err := reader.GetStatsForProcess(1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if stats == nil {
+		t.Fatal("no cgroup stats found")
+	}
+
+	require.NotNil(t, stats.CPU)
+	assert.NotZero(t, stats.CPU.CFS.Shares)
+}
diff --git a/cgroup/testdata/docker/proc/1/cgroup b/cgroup/testdata/docker/proc/1/cgroup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..591542917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cgroup/testdata/docker/proc/1/cgroup
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+10:net_prio:/docker/123
+9:perf_event:/docker/123
+8:net_cls:/docker/123
+7:freezer:/docker/123
+6:devices:/docker/123
+5:memory:/docker/123
+4:blkio:/docker/123
+3:cpuacct:/docker/123
+2:cpu:/docker/123
+1:cpuset:/docker/123