diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/docker-env.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/docker-env.go
index 9be9583bde11..83858724b600 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/docker-env.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/docker-env.go
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ var dockerEnvCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 		cname := ClusterFlagValue()
 		co := mustload.Running(cname)
+
 		driverName := co.CP.Host.DriverName
 
 		if driverName == driver.None {
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/status.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/status.go
index 617876173f3a..710990297ba0 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/status.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/status.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/cluster"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/constants"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/driver"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/exit"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/kubeconfig"
@@ -136,6 +137,8 @@ type Status struct {
 	Kubeconfig string
 	Worker     bool
 	TimeToStop string
+	DockerEnv  string `json:",omitempty"`
+	PodManEnv  string `json:",omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ClusterState holds a cluster state representation
@@ -183,6 +186,12 @@ kubelet: {{.Kubelet}}
 apiserver: {{.APIServer}}
 kubeconfig: {{.Kubeconfig}}
 timeToStop: {{.TimeToStop}}
+{{- if .DockerEnv }}
+docker-env: {{.DockerEnv}}
+{{- end }}
+{{- if .PodManEnv }}
+podman-env: {{.PodManEnv}}
+{{- end }}
 
 `
 	workerStatusFormat = `{{.Name}}
@@ -374,6 +383,12 @@ func nodeStatus(api libmachine.API, cc config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node) (*St
 		initiationTime := time.Unix(cc.ScheduledStop.InitiationTime, 0)
 		st.TimeToStop = time.Until(initiationTime.Add(cc.ScheduledStop.Duration)).String()
 	}
+	if os.Getenv(constants.MinikubeActiveDockerdEnv) != "" {
+		st.DockerEnv = "in-use"
+	}
+	if os.Getenv(constants.MinikubeActivePodmanEnv) != "" {
+		st.PodManEnv = "in-use"
+	}
 	// Early exit for worker nodes
 	if !controlPlane {
 		return st, nil
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a5c8313f3538..ae446773c437 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@ github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.3.1-0.20190929122143-5215b1806f52/go.mod h1
 github.com/otiai10/copy v1.5.0 h1:SoXDGnlTUZoqB/wSuj/Y5L6T5i6iN4YRAcMCd+JnLNU=
 github.com/otiai10/copy v1.5.0/go.mod h1:XWfuS3CrI0R6IE0FbgHsEazaXO8G0LpMp9o8tos0x4E=
 github.com/otiai10/curr v0.0.0-20150429015615-9b4961190c95/go.mod h1:9qAhocn7zKJG+0mI8eUu6xqkFDYS2kb2saOteoSB3cE=
+github.com/otiai10/curr v1.0.0 h1:TJIWdbX0B+kpNagQrjgq8bCMrbhiuX73M2XwgtDMoOI=
 github.com/otiai10/curr v1.0.0/go.mod h1:LskTG5wDwr8Rs+nNQ+1LlxRjAtTZZjtJW4rMXl6j4vs=
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.0/go.mod h1:F5AjcsTsWUqX+Na9fpHb52P8pcRX2CI6A3ctIT91xUo=
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.2 h1:VYWnrP5fXmz1MXvjuUvcBrXSjGE6xjON+axB/UrpO3E=
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/commands/status.md b/site/content/en/docs/commands/status.md
index e964c2529dd9..992691f07469 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/commands/status.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/commands/status.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ minikube status [flags]
 
 ```
   -f, --format string         Go template format string for the status output.  The format for Go templates can be found here: https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/
-                              For the list accessible variables for the template, see the struct values here: https://godoc.org/k8s.io/minikube/cmd/minikube/cmd#Status (default "{{.Name}}\ntype: Control Plane\nhost: {{.Host}}\nkubelet: {{.Kubelet}}\napiserver: {{.APIServer}}\nkubeconfig: {{.Kubeconfig}}\ntimeToStop: {{.TimeToStop}}\n\n")
+                              For the list accessible variables for the template, see the struct values here: https://godoc.org/k8s.io/minikube/cmd/minikube/cmd#Status (default "{{.Name}}\ntype: Control Plane\nhost: {{.Host}}\nkubelet: {{.Kubelet}}\napiserver: {{.APIServer}}\nkubeconfig: {{.Kubeconfig}}\ntimeToStop: {{.TimeToStop}}\n{{- if .DockerEnv }}\ndocker-env: {{.DockerEnv}}\n{{- end }}\n{{- if .PodManEnv }}\npodman-env: {{.PodManEnv}}\n{{- end }}\n\n")
   -l, --layout string         output layout (EXPERIMENTAL, JSON only): 'nodes' or 'cluster' (default "nodes")
   -n, --node string           The node to check status for. Defaults to control plane. Leave blank with default format for status on all nodes.
   -o, --output string         minikube status --output OUTPUT. json, text (default "text")
diff --git a/test/integration/functional_test.go b/test/integration/functional_test.go
index 7a54b317635c..f4d8a7924706 100644
--- a/test/integration/functional_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/functional_test.go
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ func validateDockerEnv(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
 	if !strings.Contains(rr.Output(), "Running") {
 		t.Fatalf("expected status output to include 'Running' after eval docker-env but got: *%s*", rr.Output())
 	}
+	if !strings.Contains(rr.Output(), "in-use") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected status output to include `in-use` after eval docker-env but got *%s*", rr.Output())
+	}
 
 	mctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, Seconds(60))
 	defer cancel()