diff --git a/docs/contributors/releasing_minikube.md b/docs/contributors/releasing_minikube.md
index 8d40bcab6347..650e79967555 100644
--- a/docs/contributors/releasing_minikube.md
+++ b/docs/contributors/releasing_minikube.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Send a PR for the Makefile change and wait until it is merged.  Once the commit
 Run this command:
 
 ```shell
-make cross checksum
+BUILD_IN_DOCKER=y make cross checksum
 ```
 
 ## Add the version to the releases.json file
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/minikube_cross_build_and_upload.sh b/hack/jenkins/minikube_cross_build_and_upload.sh
index d01d80feee3b..19b8abffb075 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/minikube_cross_build_and_upload.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/minikube_cross_build_and_upload.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fi
 export GOPATH=~/go
 
 # Build all platforms (Windows, Linux, OSX)
-make cross
+BUILD_IN_DOCKER=y make cross
 
 # Build the e2e test target for Darwin and Linux. We don't run tests on Windows yet.
 # We build these on Linux, but run the tests on different platforms.
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/release_build_and_upload.sh b/hack/jenkins/release_build_and_upload.sh
index 75e178735847..33af576668e4 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/release_build_and_upload.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/release_build_and_upload.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ cat Makefile | grep "VERSION_MINOR ?=" | grep $VERSION_MINOR
 cat Makefile | grep "VERSION_BUILD ?=" | grep $VERSION_BUILD
 
 # Build and upload
-make cross checksum
+BUILD_IN_DOCKER=y make cross checksum
 
 gsutil cp out/minikube-linux-amd64 gs://$BUCKET/releases/$TAGNAME/
 gsutil cp out/minikube-linux-amd64.sha256 gs://$BUCKET/releases/$TAGNAME/