diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibConfig.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibConfig.java
index 8ffa9ce8b0e42..23e4fabb07033 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibConfig.java
@@ -162,4 +162,11 @@ public class JibConfig {
      */
     @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "false")
     public boolean offlineMode;
+
+    /**
+     * Name of binary used to execute the docker commands. This is only used by Jib
+     * when the container image is being built locally.
+     */
+    @ConfigItem
+    public Optional<String> dockerExecutableName;
 }
diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java
index ab11cca3cf94c..631fb799bb175 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.ConfigProvider;
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
 import com.google.cloud.tools.jib.api.Containerizer;
@@ -210,7 +211,16 @@ private Containerizer createContainerizer(ContainerImageConfig containerImageCon
                     containerImageConfig.password);
             containerizer = Containerizer.to(registryImage);
         } else {
-            containerizer = Containerizer.to(DockerDaemonImage.named(imageReference));
+            DockerDaemonImage dockerDaemonImage = DockerDaemonImage.named(imageReference);
+            Optional<String> dockerConfigExecutableName = ConfigProvider.getConfig()
+                    .getOptionalValue("quarkus.docker.executable-name", String.class);
+            Optional<String> jibConfigExecutableName = jibConfig.dockerExecutableName;
+            if (jibConfigExecutableName.isPresent()) {
+                dockerDaemonImage.setDockerExecutable(Paths.get(jibConfigExecutableName.get()));
+            } else if (dockerConfigExecutableName.isPresent()) {
+                dockerDaemonImage.setDockerExecutable(Paths.get(dockerConfigExecutableName.get()));
+            }
+            containerizer = Containerizer.to(dockerDaemonImage);
         }
         containerizer.setToolName("Quarkus");
         containerizer.setToolVersion(Version.getVersion());