diff --git a/internal/services/docker/client/docker_config.go b/internal/services/docker/client/docker_config.go
index 697955a2c..47de024c2 100644
--- a/internal/services/docker/client/docker_config.go
+++ b/internal/services/docker/client/docker_config.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func NewDockerClient() *docker.Client {
-	dockerClient, err := docker.NewClientWithOpts(docker.WithAPIVersionNegotiation())
+	dockerClient, err := docker.NewClientWithOpts(docker.FromEnv, docker.WithAPIVersionNegotiation())
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.LogPanicWithLevel(messages.MsgPanicNotConnectDocker, err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/services/docker/client/docker_config_test.go b/internal/services/docker/client/docker_config_test.go
index 4c651b93b..0725d2709 100644
--- a/internal/services/docker/client/docker_config_test.go
+++ b/internal/services/docker/client/docker_config_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -30,6 +31,15 @@ func TestNewDockerAPI(t *testing.T) {
 			NewDockerClient()
 		})
 	})
+
+	t.Run("Should use docker host from environment variable", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dockerHost := "unix:///path/docker/socket"
+		os.Setenv("DOCKER_HOST", dockerHost)
+
+		c := NewDockerClient()
+
+		assert.Equal(t, dockerHost, c.DaemonHost())
+	})
 }
 
 func TestMock(t *testing.T) {