diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/e2e/README.md b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/e2e/README.md
index 058c46dcb7893..e218daa175c79 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/e2e/README.md
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/e2e/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ The Jenkins CI uses a shell script to prepare Kibana:
 # Prepare and run Kibana locally
 $ x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/e2e/ci/prepare-kibana.sh
 # Build Docker image for Kibana
-$ docker build --tag cypress x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/e2e/ci 
+$ docker build --tag cypress --build-arg NODE_VERSION=$(cat .node-version) x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/e2e/ci 
 # Run Docker image
 $ docker run --rm -t --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
     -v `pwd`:/app --network="host" \