diff --git a/pkg/minikube/config/config.go b/pkg/minikube/config/config.go
index ff202726a9..3200342edb 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/config/config.go
@@ -76,14 +76,18 @@ func get(name string, config MinikubeConfig) (string, error) {
 
 // WriteConfig writes a minikube config to the JSON file
 func WriteConfig(m MinikubeConfig) error {
-	f, err := os.Create(constants.ConfigFile)
+	return writeConfig(constants.ConfigFile, m)
+}
+
+func writeConfig(configFile string, m MinikubeConfig) error {
+	f, err := os.Create(configFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("create %s: %s", constants.ConfigFile, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("create %s: %s", configFile, err)
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 	err = encode(f, m)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("encode %s: %s", constants.ConfigFile, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("encode %s: %s", configFile, err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/config/config_test.go b/pkg/minikube/config/config_test.go
index 5ffdaab035..e8dfea7dae 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/config/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/config/config_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -142,6 +143,32 @@ func Test_readConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func Test_writeConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	configFile := "./testdata/configTest"
+	cfg := map[string]interface{}{
+		"vm-driver":            constants.DriverKvm2,
+		"cpus":                 4,
+		"disk-size":            "20g",
+		"show-libmachine-logs": true,
+		"log_dir":              "/etc/hosts",
+	}
+
+	err := writeConfig(configFile, cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error not expected but got %v", err)
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(configFile)
+
+	mkConfig, err := readConfig("./testdata/.minikube/config/valid_config.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error not expected but got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if reflect.DeepEqual(cfg, mkConfig) || err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Did not read config correctly,\n\n wanted %+v, \n\n got %+v", cfg, mkConfig)
+	}
+}
+
 func Test_encode(t *testing.T) {
 	var b bytes.Buffer
 	for _, tt := range configTestCases {