diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/kubectl.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/kubectl.go
index 61e5f2ffdb22..64fbc7978833 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/kubectl.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/kubectl.go
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ minikube kubectl -- get pods --namespace kube-system`,
 		co := mustload.Healthy(ClusterFlagValue())
 
 		version := co.Config.KubernetesConfig.KubernetesVersion
+
+		cluster := []string{"--cluster", ClusterFlagValue()}
+		args = append(args, cluster...)
+
 		c, err := KubectlCommand(version, args...)
 		if err != nil {
 			out.ErrLn("Error caching kubectl: %v", err)