diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/cloud-config.yml b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/cloud-config.yml
index be265b5d5c..9a1df701b0 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/cloud-config.yml
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/cloud-config.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,6 @@ write_files:
     permissions: 0644
     content: |
         #!/bin/sh
-        alias gcloud="(docker images google/cloud-sdk || docker pull google/cloud-sdk) > /dev/null;docker run -t -i --net="host" -v $HOME/.config:/.config google/cloud-sdk gcloud"
+        alias gcloud="(docker images google/cloud-sdk || docker pull google/cloud-sdk) > /dev/null;docker run -t -i --net="host" -v $HOME/.config:/.config -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock google/cloud-sdk gcloud"
         alias gcutil="(docker images google/cloud-sdk || docker pull google/cloud-sdk) > /dev/null;docker run -t -i --net="host" -v $HOME/.config:/.config google/cloud-sdk gcutil"
         alias gsutil="(docker images google/cloud-sdk || docker pull google/cloud-sdk) > /dev/null;docker run -t -i --net="host" -v $HOME/.config:/.config google/cloud-sdk gsutil"