diff --git a/pkg/configurer/linux.go b/pkg/configurer/linux.go
index 67815cd4..3a0ece3f 100644
--- a/pkg/configurer/linux.go
+++ b/pkg/configurer/linux.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (c LinuxConfigurer) ResolveInternalIP(h os.Host, privateInterface, publicIP
 // DockerCommandf accepts a printf-like template string and arguments
 // and builds a command string for running the docker cli on the host.
 func (c LinuxConfigurer) DockerCommandf(template string, args ...interface{}) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("docker %s", fmt.Sprintf(template, args...))
+	return fmt.Sprintf("/usr/bin/docker %s", fmt.Sprintf(template, args...))
 }
 
 // ValidateLocalhost returns an error if "localhost" is not a local address.
diff --git a/pkg/product/mke/api/host.go b/pkg/product/mke/api/host.go
index 195700bd..d6cf7107 100644
--- a/pkg/product/mke/api/host.go
+++ b/pkg/product/mke/api/host.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func (h *Host) IsLocal() bool {
 
 // IsSudoCommand is a particluar string command supposed to use Sudo.
 func (h *Host) IsSudoCommand(cmd string) bool {
-	if h.SudoDocker && strings.HasPrefix(cmd, "docker") {
+	if h.SudoDocker && (strings.HasPrefix(cmd, "docker") || strings.HasPrefix(cmd, "/usr/bin/docker")) {
 		return true
 	}
 	return false