diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/rootfs-overlay/etc/sysctl.d/11-tcp-mtu-probing.conf b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/rootfs-overlay/etc/sysctl.d/11-tcp-mtu-probing.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c34569dd8111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/rootfs-overlay/etc/sysctl.d/11-tcp-mtu-probing.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Turn on MTU probing to avoid network hangs when the Docker MTU is larger than
+# the host or upstream network MTU.
+net.ipv4.tcp_mtu_probing=1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/11-tcp-mtu-probing.conf b/deploy/kicbase/11-tcp-mtu-probing.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c34569dd8111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/11-tcp-mtu-probing.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Turn on MTU probing to avoid network hangs when the Docker MTU is larger than
+# the host or upstream network MTU.
+net.ipv4.tcp_mtu_probing=1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
index 13b32a36294b..88b3034b15f3 100644
--- a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:focal-20200423
 
 # copy in static files (configs, scripts)
 COPY 10-network-security.conf /etc/sysctl.d/10-network-security.conf
+COPY 11-tcp-mtu-probing.conf /etc/sysctl.d/11-tcp-mtu-probing.conf
 COPY clean-install /usr/local/bin/clean-install
 COPY entrypoint /usr/local/bin/entrypoint