diff --git a/deploy/Dockerfile b/deploy/Dockerfile
index ec7fdb219..03f9bb9c1 100644
--- a/deploy/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/Dockerfile
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ COPY --from=0 /usr/local/bin/docker-credential-gcr /kaniko/docker-credential-gcr
 COPY --from=0 /go/src/github.com/awslabs/amazon-ecr-credential-helper/bin/linux-amd64/docker-credential-ecr-login /kaniko/docker-credential-ecr-login
 COPY --from=0 /usr/local/bin/docker-credential-acr-linux /kaniko/docker-credential-acr
 COPY files/ca-certificates.crt /kaniko/ssl/certs/
+# Add .docker config dir
+RUN mkdir /kaniko/.docker
 ENV HOME /root
 ENV USER /root
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:/kaniko
diff --git a/deploy/Dockerfile_debug b/deploy/Dockerfile_debug
index afec3d477..474549a75 100644
--- a/deploy/Dockerfile_debug
+++ b/deploy/Dockerfile_debug
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ COPY --from=1 /distroless/bazel-bin/experimental/busybox/busybox/ /busybox/
 # Declare /busybox as a volume to get it automatically whitelisted
 VOLUME /busybox
 COPY files/ca-certificates.crt /kaniko/ssl/certs/
+# Add .docker config dir
+RUN mkdir /kaniko/.docker
 ENV HOME /root
 ENV USER /root
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:/kaniko:/busybox
diff --git a/deploy/Dockerfile_warmer b/deploy/Dockerfile_warmer
index f5ce66203..1d0ebbadd 100644
--- a/deploy/Dockerfile_warmer
+++ b/deploy/Dockerfile_warmer
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ COPY --from=0 /usr/local/bin/docker-credential-gcr /kaniko/docker-credential-gcr
 COPY --from=0 /go/src/github.com/awslabs/amazon-ecr-credential-helper/bin/linux-amd64/docker-credential-ecr-login /kaniko/docker-credential-ecr-login
 COPY --from=0 /usr/local/bin/docker-credential-acr-linux /kaniko/docker-credential-acr
 COPY files/ca-certificates.crt /kaniko/ssl/certs/
+# Add .docker config dir
+RUN mkdir /kaniko/.docker
 ENV HOME /root
 ENV USER /root
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:/kaniko