diff --git a/buildspec.yaml b/buildspec.yaml
index 7c5c8fcc14585..5dc86dd34f2e0 100644
--- a/buildspec.yaml
+++ b/buildspec.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ version: 0.2
 phases:
   install:
     commands:
+      # Start docker daemon inside the container
+      - nohup /usr/local/bin/dockerd --host=unix:///var/run/docker.sock --host=tcp://127.0.0.1:2375 --storage-driver=overlay2&
+      - timeout 15 sh -c "until docker info; do echo .; sleep 1; done"
+
       # Install yarn if it wasn't already present in the image
       - yarn --version || npm -g install yarn
   pre_build: