diff --git a/api/server/server.go b/api/server/server.go
index 1cce7060a4794..3874a56ce5775 100644
--- a/api/server/server.go
+++ b/api/server/server.go
@@ -126,7 +126,11 @@ func (s *Server) makeHTTPHandler(handler httputils.APIFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
 		// apply to all requests. Data that is specific to the
 		// immediate function being called should still be passed
 		// as 'args' on the function call.
-		ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), dockerversion.UAStringKey, r.Header.Get("User-Agent"))
+
+		// use intermediate variable to prevent "should not use basic type
+		// string as key in context.WithValue" golint errors
+		var ki interface{} = dockerversion.UAStringKey
+		ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), ki, r.Header.Get("User-Agent"))
 		handlerFunc := s.handlerWithGlobalMiddlewares(handler)
 
 		vars := mux.Vars(r)
diff --git a/builder/fscache/fscache.go b/builder/fscache/fscache.go
index e80f3d5bce3d9..92c3ea4adbeb1 100644
--- a/builder/fscache/fscache.go
+++ b/builder/fscache/fscache.go
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ func (s sortableCacheSources) Swap(i, j int) {
 }
 
 func newTarsumHash(stat *fsutil.Stat) (hash.Hash, error) {
-	fi := &fsutil.StatInfo{stat}
+	fi := &fsutil.StatInfo{Stat: stat}
 	p := stat.Path
 	if fi.IsDir() {
 		p += string(os.PathSeparator)
diff --git a/client/swarm_unlock_test.go b/client/swarm_unlock_test.go
index 93d5d69815966..b3bcc5d922cc2 100644
--- a/client/swarm_unlock_test.go
+++ b/client/swarm_unlock_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func TestSwarmUnlockError(t *testing.T) {
 		client: newMockClient(errorMock(http.StatusInternalServerError, "Server error")),
 	}
 
-	err := client.SwarmUnlock(context.Background(), swarm.UnlockRequest{"SWMKEY-1-y6guTZNTwpQeTL5RhUfOsdBdXoQjiB2GADHSRJvbXeU"})
+	err := client.SwarmUnlock(context.Background(), swarm.UnlockRequest{UnlockKey: "SWMKEY-1-y6guTZNTwpQeTL5RhUfOsdBdXoQjiB2GADHSRJvbXeU"})
 	if err == nil || err.Error() != "Error response from daemon: Server error" {
 		t.Fatalf("expected a Server Error, got %v", err)
 	}
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestSwarmUnlock(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}
 
-	err := client.SwarmUnlock(context.Background(), swarm.UnlockRequest{"SWMKEY-1-y6guTZNTwpQeTL5RhUfOsdBdXoQjiB2GADHSRJvbXeU"})
+	err := client.SwarmUnlock(context.Background(), swarm.UnlockRequest{UnlockKey: "SWMKEY-1-y6guTZNTwpQeTL5RhUfOsdBdXoQjiB2GADHSRJvbXeU"})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/daemon_unix.go b/cmd/dockerd/daemon_unix.go
index 6ab2ada485433..af16fa4e1b7fc 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/daemon_unix.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/daemon_unix.go
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ func allocateDaemonPort(addr string) error {
 func wrapListeners(proto string, ls []net.Listener) []net.Listener {
 	switch proto {
 	case "unix":
-		ls[0] = &hack.MalformedHostHeaderOverride{ls[0]}
+		ls[0] = &hack.MalformedHostHeaderOverride{Listener: ls[0]}
 	case "fd":
 		for i := range ls {
-			ls[i] = &hack.MalformedHostHeaderOverride{ls[i]}
+			ls[i] = &hack.MalformedHostHeaderOverride{Listener: ls[i]}
 		}
 	}
 	return ls
diff --git a/daemon/graphdriver/overlay/overlay.go b/daemon/graphdriver/overlay/overlay.go
index 6932e4df814ef..62dc26a87189e 100644
--- a/daemon/graphdriver/overlay/overlay.go
+++ b/daemon/graphdriver/overlay/overlay.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func Init(home string, options []string, uidMaps, gidMaps []idtools.IDMap) (grap
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// Create the driver home dir
-	if err := idtools.MkdirAllAndChown(home, 0700, idtools.IDPair{rootUID, rootGID}); err != nil {
+	if err := idtools.MkdirAllAndChown(home, 0700, idtools.IDPair{UID: rootUID, GID: rootGID}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Get(id, mountLabel string) (_ containerfs.ContainerFS, err erro
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := idtools.MkdirAndChown(mergedDir, 0700, idtools.IDPair{rootUID, rootGID}); err != nil {
+	if err := idtools.MkdirAndChown(mergedDir, 0700, idtools.IDPair{UID: rootUID, GID: rootGID}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	var (
diff --git a/daemon/graphdriver/overlay2/overlay.go b/daemon/graphdriver/overlay2/overlay.go
index 39b9a8b38970d..2b52adb858de7 100644
--- a/daemon/graphdriver/overlay2/overlay.go
+++ b/daemon/graphdriver/overlay2/overlay.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func Init(home string, options []string, uidMaps, gidMaps []idtools.IDMap) (grap
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// Create the driver home dir
-	if err := idtools.MkdirAllAndChown(path.Join(home, linkDir), 0700, idtools.IDPair{rootUID, rootGID}); err != nil {
+	if err := idtools.MkdirAllAndChown(path.Join(home, linkDir), 0700, idtools.IDPair{UID: rootUID, GID: rootGID}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Get(id, mountLabel string) (_ containerfs.ContainerFS, retErr e
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := idtools.MkdirAndChown(mergedDir, 0700, idtools.IDPair{rootUID, rootGID}); err != nil {
+	if err := idtools.MkdirAndChown(mergedDir, 0700, idtools.IDPair{UID: rootUID, GID: rootGID}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/daemon/graphdriver/zfs/zfs.go b/daemon/graphdriver/zfs/zfs.go
index 39d606fb9fcfb..eeceb4d3b8c1c 100644
--- a/daemon/graphdriver/zfs/zfs.go
+++ b/daemon/graphdriver/zfs/zfs.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func Init(base string, opt []string, uidMaps, gidMaps []idtools.IDMap) (graphdri
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to get root uid/guid: %v", err)
 	}
-	if err := idtools.MkdirAllAndChown(base, 0700, idtools.IDPair{rootUID, rootGID}); err != nil {
+	if err := idtools.MkdirAllAndChown(base, 0700, idtools.IDPair{UID: rootUID, GID: rootGID}); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to create '%s': %v", base, err)
 	}
 
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Get(id, mountLabel string) (_ containerfs.ContainerFS, retErr e
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// Create the target directories if they don't exist
-	if err := idtools.MkdirAllAndChown(mountpoint, 0755, idtools.IDPair{rootUID, rootGID}); err != nil {
+	if err := idtools.MkdirAllAndChown(mountpoint, 0755, idtools.IDPair{UID: rootUID, GID: rootGID}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/daemon/volumes_windows.go b/daemon/volumes_windows.go
index 3d63d02e1c0ed..a2fb5152d1494 100644
--- a/daemon/volumes_windows.go
+++ b/daemon/volumes_windows.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) setupMounts(c *container.Container) ([]container.Mount, er
 		if err := daemon.lazyInitializeVolume(c.ID, mount); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		s, err := mount.Setup(c.MountLabel, idtools.IDPair{0, 0}, nil)
+		s, err := mount.Setup(c.MountLabel, idtools.IDPair{UID: 0, GID: 0}, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/integration/service/network_test.go b/integration/service/network_test.go
index 09f663b3235d1..d69aeb91f6cff 100644
--- a/integration/service/network_test.go
+++ b/integration/service/network_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func TestDockerNetworkConnectAlias(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cID1 := container.Create(t, ctx, client, func(c *container.TestContainerConfig) {
 		c.NetworkingConfig = &network.NetworkingConfig{
-			map[string]*network.EndpointSettings{
+			EndpointsConfig: map[string]*network.EndpointSettings{
 				name: {},
 			},
 		}
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func TestDockerNetworkConnectAlias(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cID2 := container.Create(t, ctx, client, func(c *container.TestContainerConfig) {
 		c.NetworkingConfig = &network.NetworkingConfig{
-			map[string]*network.EndpointSettings{
+			EndpointsConfig: map[string]*network.EndpointSettings{
 				name: {},
 			},
 		}
diff --git a/libcontainerd/client_daemon_linux.go b/libcontainerd/client_daemon_linux.go
index 53349def386fe..a2237dc9f5ee0 100644
--- a/libcontainerd/client_daemon_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainerd/client_daemon_linux.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func getSpecUser(ociSpec *specs.Spec) (int, int) {
 func prepareBundleDir(bundleDir string, ociSpec *specs.Spec) (string, error) {
 	uid, gid := getSpecUser(ociSpec)
 	if uid == 0 && gid == 0 {
-		return bundleDir, idtools.MkdirAllAndChownNew(bundleDir, 0755, idtools.IDPair{0, 0})
+		return bundleDir, idtools.MkdirAllAndChownNew(bundleDir, 0755, idtools.IDPair{UID: 0, GID: 0})
 	}
 
 	p := string(filepath.Separator)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func prepareBundleDir(bundleDir string, ociSpec *specs.Spec) (string, error) {
 		}
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) || fi.Mode()&1 == 0 {
 			p = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d.%d", p, uid, gid)
-			if err := idtools.MkdirAndChown(p, 0700, idtools.IDPair{uid, gid}); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+			if err := idtools.MkdirAndChown(p, 0700, idtools.IDPair{UID: uid, GID: gid}); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
 				return "", err
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive_windows.go b/pkg/archive/archive_windows.go
index e75bfc9b623f4..69aadd823c8aa 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/archive_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/archive_windows.go
@@ -73,5 +73,5 @@ func handleLChmod(hdr *tar.Header, path string, hdrInfo os.FileInfo) error {
 
 func getFileUIDGID(stat interface{}) (idtools.IDPair, error) {
 	// no notion of file ownership mapping yet on Windows
-	return idtools.IDPair{0, 0}, nil
+	return idtools.IDPair{UID: 0, GID: 0}, nil
 }
diff --git a/plugin/manager_linux.go b/plugin/manager_linux.go
index 4988f74244a50..25297d077f5ae 100644
--- a/plugin/manager_linux.go
+++ b/plugin/manager_linux.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (pm *Manager) enable(p *v2.Plugin, c *controller, force bool) error {
 	}
 
 	rootFS := containerfs.NewLocalContainerFS(filepath.Join(pm.config.Root, p.PluginObj.ID, rootFSFileName))
-	if err := initlayer.Setup(rootFS, idtools.IDPair{0, 0}); err != nil {
+	if err := initlayer.Setup(rootFS, idtools.IDPair{UID: 0, GID: 0}); err != nil {
 		return errors.WithStack(err)
 	}