diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index 0248fe0392..19cd9c9274 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	minikubeISO string
-	memory      int
-	cpus        int
-	disk        = newUnitValue(20 * units.GB)
-	vmDriver    string
-	dockerEnv   []string
+	minikubeISO      string
+	memory           int
+	cpus             int
+	disk             = newUnitValue(20 * units.GB)
+	vmDriver         string
+	dockerEnv        []string
+	insecureRegistry []string
 )
 
 // startCmd represents the start command
@@ -58,12 +59,13 @@ func runStart(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	defer api.Close()
 
 	config := cluster.MachineConfig{
-		MinikubeISO: minikubeISO,
-		Memory:      memory,
-		CPUs:        cpus,
-		DiskSize:    int(*disk / units.MB),
-		VMDriver:    vmDriver,
-		DockerEnv:   dockerEnv,
+		MinikubeISO:      minikubeISO,
+		Memory:           memory,
+		CPUs:             cpus,
+		DiskSize:         int(*disk / units.MB),
+		VMDriver:         vmDriver,
+		DockerEnv:        dockerEnv,
+		InsecureRegistry: insecureRegistry,
 	}
 
 	var host *host.Host
@@ -163,5 +165,6 @@ func init() {
 	diskFlag.DefValue = constants.DefaultDiskSize
 
 	startCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&dockerEnv, "docker-env", nil, "Environment variables to pass to the Docker daemon. (format: key=value)")
+	startCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&insecureRegistry, "insecure-registry", nil, "Insecure Docker registries to pass to the Docker daemon")
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(startCmd)
 }
diff --git a/docs/minikube_start.md b/docs/minikube_start.md
index 5aa16f8011..3e086524e5 100644
--- a/docs/minikube_start.md
+++ b/docs/minikube_start.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ minikube start
       --cpus=1: Number of CPUs allocated to the minikube VM
       --disk-size=20g: Disk size allocated to the minikube VM (format: <number>[<unit>], where unit = b, k, m or g)
       --docker-env=[]: Environment variables to pass to the Docker daemon. (format: key=value)
+      --insecure-registry=[]: Insecure Docker registries to pass to the Docker daemon
       --iso-url="https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/minikube-0.5.iso": Location of the minikube iso
       --memory=1024: Amount of RAM allocated to the minikube VM
       --vm-driver="virtualbox": VM driver is one of: [virtualbox vmwarefusion kvm xhyve]
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
index 265910033f..8330850038 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -169,12 +169,13 @@ type sshAble interface {
 
 // MachineConfig contains the parameters used to start a cluster.
 type MachineConfig struct {
-	MinikubeISO string
-	Memory      int
-	CPUs        int
-	DiskSize    int
-	VMDriver    string
-	DockerEnv   []string // Each entry is formatted as KEY=VALUE.
+	MinikubeISO      string
+	Memory           int
+	CPUs             int
+	DiskSize         int
+	VMDriver         string
+	DockerEnv        []string // Each entry is formatted as KEY=VALUE.
+	InsecureRegistry []string
 }
 
 // StartCluster starts a k8s cluster on the specified Host.
@@ -290,7 +291,8 @@ func SetupCerts(d drivers.Driver) error {
 func engineOptions(config MachineConfig) *engine.Options {
 
 	o := engine.Options{
-		Env: config.DockerEnv,
+		Env:              config.DockerEnv,
+		InsecureRegistry: config.InsecureRegistry,
 	}
 	return &o
 }