diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/docker/client.go b/pkg/skaffold/docker/client.go
index 71294c92c6f..9b38463c1c5 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/docker/client.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/docker/client.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -164,22 +163,8 @@ func getUserAgentHeader() map[string]string {
 	}
 }
 
-func detectWsl() (bool, error) {
-	if _, err := os.Stat("/proc/version"); err == nil {
-		b, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/proc/version")
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("read /proc/version: %w", err)
-		}
-		str := strings.ToLower(string(b))
-		if strings.Contains(str, "microsoft") {
-			return true, nil
-		}
-	}
-	return false, nil
-}
-
 func getMiniKubeFilename() (string, error) {
-	if found, _ := detectWsl(); found {
+	if found, _ := util.DetectWSL(); found {
 		filename, err := exec.LookPath("minikube.exe")
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", errors.New("unable to find minikube.exe. Please add it to PATH environment variable")
@@ -221,7 +206,8 @@ func getMinikubeDockerEnv(minikubeProfile string) (map[string]string, error) {
 		env[kv[0]] = kv[1]
 	}
 
-	if found, _ := detectWsl(); found {
+	if found, _ := util.DetectWSL(); found {
+		// rewrite Unix path to Windows
 		cmd := exec.Command("wslpath", env["DOCKER_CERT_PATH"])
 		out, err := util.RunCmdOut(cmd)
 		if err == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/util/wsl.go b/pkg/skaffold/util/wsl.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..30f07ba1088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/util/wsl.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Skaffold Authors
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// DetectWSL checks for Windows Subsystem for Linux
+func DetectWSL() (bool, error) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat("/proc/version"); err == nil {
+		b, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/proc/version")
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("read /proc/version: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		// Microsoft changed the case between WSL1 and WSL2
+		str := strings.ToLower(string(b))
+		if strings.Contains(str, "microsoft") {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}