diff --git a/src/pmmgr/pmmgr.cxx b/src/pmmgr/pmmgr.cxx
index 9456cd0..52b54cd 100644
--- a/src/pmmgr/pmmgr.cxx
+++ b/src/pmmgr/pmmgr.cxx
@@ -679,9 +679,7 @@ pmmgr_job_spec::note_new_hostid(const pmmgr_hostid& hid, const pcp_context_spec&
     daemons.insert(make_pair(hid, new pmmgr_pmlogger_daemon(config_directory, hid, spec)));
 
   if (get_config_exists("pmie"))
-      // PR1105 precludes pmie instances on containers
-      if (spec.find("container=") == string::npos) // ? or &
-          daemons.insert(make_pair(hid, new pmmgr_pmie_daemon(config_directory, hid, spec)));
+    daemons.insert(make_pair(hid, new pmmgr_pmie_daemon(config_directory, hid, spec)));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/qa/668 b/qa/668
index 83a7837..6523fc4 100755
--- a/qa/668
+++ b/qa/668
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# PCP QA Test No. 666
+# PCP QA Test No. 668
 # checks container-related pmmgr functionality
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ echo "QA output created by $seq"
 . ./common.filter
 . ./common.check
 
+_check_containers
+
 which pmmgr >/dev/null 2>&1 || _notrun "No pmmgr binary installed"
 echo pmmgr ok