diff --git a/.github/workflows/master.yml b/.github/workflows/master.yml
index 031b32250c..cba0aaad24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master.yml
@@ -701,7 +701,8 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p report
           mkdir -p testhome
           chmod a+x e2e-*
-          chmod a+x minikube-*
+          cp minikube-darwin-amd64 minikube
+          chmod a+x minikube*
           START_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
           KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-darwin-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--vm-driver=virtualbox  -test.run "(TestAddons|TestCertOptions|TestSkaffold)" -test.timeout=15m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=3 -binary=./minikube-darwin-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
           END_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index a068cfc6ee..3b7dd2f3d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -697,7 +697,8 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p report
           mkdir -p testhome
           chmod a+x e2e-*
-          chmod a+x minikube-*
+          cp minikube-darwin-amd64 minikube
+          chmod a+x minikube*
           START_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
           KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-darwin-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--vm-driver=virtualbox  -test.run "(TestAddons|TestCertOptions|TestSkaffold)" -test.timeout=15m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=3 -binary=./minikube-darwin-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
           END_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
diff --git a/test/integration/skaffold_test.go b/test/integration/skaffold_test.go
index 6a513b09a8..04c3bc550d 100644
--- a/test/integration/skaffold_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/skaffold_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -56,6 +57,12 @@ func TestSkaffold(t *testing.T) {
 	// make sure "skaffold run" exits without failure
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, tf.Name(), "run", "--kube-context", profile, "--status-check=true", "--port-forward=false")
 	cmd.Dir = "testdata/skaffold"
+	// make sure minikube binary is in path so that skaffold can access it
+	abs, err := filepath.Abs(Target())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("absolute path to minikube binary: %v", err)
+	}
+	os.Setenv("PATH", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", os.Getenv("PATH"), filepath.Dir(abs)))
 	rr, err = Run(t, cmd)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("error running skaffold: %v\n%s", err, rr.Output())