diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
index d431ee2636..3e91a45edc 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func (r *Containerd) StopContainers(ids []string) error {
 
 // ContainerLogCmd returns the command to retrieve the log for a container based on ID
 func (r *Containerd) ContainerLogCmd(id string, len int, follow bool) string {
-	return criContainerLogCmd(id, len, follow)
+	return criContainerLogCmd(r.Runner, id, len, follow)
 }
 
 // SystemLogCmd returns the command to retrieve system logs
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cri.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cri.go
index f053c74404..75613527fe 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cri.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cri.go
@@ -331,16 +331,26 @@ plugin_dirs = [
 `
 )
 
+// getCommandPath returns the absolute path of a command
+func getCommandPath(cr CommandRunner, cmd string) string {
+	rr, err := cr.RunCmd(exec.Command("which", cmd))
+	if err != nil {
+		return cmd
+	}
+	return strings.Split(rr.Stdout.String(), "\n")[0]
+}
+
 // listCRIContainers returns a list of containers using crictl
 func listCRIContainers(cr CommandRunner, filter string) ([]string, error) {
 	var err error
 	var rr *command.RunResult
 	state := "Running"
+	crictl := getCommandPath(cr, "crictl")
 	if filter != "" {
-		c := exec.Command("sudo", "crictl", "ps", "-a", fmt.Sprintf("--name=%s", filter), fmt.Sprintf("--state=%s", state), "--quiet")
+		c := exec.Command("sudo", crictl, "ps", "-a", fmt.Sprintf("--name=%s", filter), fmt.Sprintf("--state=%s", state), "--quiet")
 		rr, err = cr.RunCmd(c)
 	} else {
-		rr, err = cr.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "crictl", "ps", "-a", fmt.Sprintf("--state=%s", state), "--quiet"))
+		rr, err = cr.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", crictl, "ps", "-a", fmt.Sprintf("--state=%s", state), "--quiet"))
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -361,7 +371,8 @@ func killCRIContainers(cr CommandRunner, ids []string) error {
 	}
 	glog.Infof("Killing containers: %s", ids)
 
-	args := append([]string{"crictl", "rm"}, ids...)
+	crictl := getCommandPath(cr, "crictl")
+	args := append([]string{crictl, "rm"}, ids...)
 	c := exec.Command("sudo", args...)
 	if _, err := cr.RunCmd(c); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "kill cri containers.")
@@ -375,7 +386,9 @@ func stopCRIContainers(cr CommandRunner, ids []string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	glog.Infof("Stopping containers: %s", ids)
-	args := append([]string{"crictl", "rm"}, ids...)
+
+	crictl := getCommandPath(cr, "crictl")
+	args := append([]string{crictl, "rm"}, ids...)
 	c := exec.Command("sudo", args...)
 	if _, err := cr.RunCmd(c); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "stop cri containers")
@@ -428,9 +441,12 @@ func generateCRIOConfig(cr CommandRunner, imageRepository string) error {
 }
 
 // criContainerLogCmd returns the command to retrieve the log for a container based on ID
-func criContainerLogCmd(id string, len int, follow bool) string {
+func criContainerLogCmd(cr CommandRunner, id string, len int, follow bool) string {
+	crictl := getCommandPath(cr, "crictl")
 	var cmd strings.Builder
-	cmd.WriteString("sudo crictl logs ")
+	cmd.WriteString("sudo ")
+	cmd.WriteString(crictl)
+	cmd.WriteString(" logs ")
 	if len > 0 {
 		cmd.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("--tail %d ", len))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
index 1b297d2e2b..2449733e12 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func (r *CRIO) StopContainers(ids []string) error {
 
 // ContainerLogCmd returns the command to retrieve the log for a container based on ID
 func (r *CRIO) ContainerLogCmd(id string, len int, follow bool) string {
-	return criContainerLogCmd(id, len, follow)
+	return criContainerLogCmd(r.Runner, id, len, follow)
 }
 
 // SystemLogCmd returns the command to retrieve system logs
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime.go
index cfc65c008c..4c0a011866 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func New(c Config) (Manager, error) {
 // ContainerStatusCommand works across container runtimes with good formatting
 func ContainerStatusCommand() string {
 	// Fallback to 'docker ps' if it fails (none driver)
-	return "sudo crictl ps -a || sudo docker ps -a"
+	return "sudo `which crictl || echo crictl` ps -a || sudo docker ps -a"
 }
 
 // disableOthers disables all other runtimes except for me.
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go
index 13ed8bdde6..971ed22d2c 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go
@@ -143,9 +143,11 @@ func (f *FakeRunner) RunCmd(cmd *exec.Cmd) (*command.RunResult, error) {
 	switch bin {
 	case "systemctl":
 		return buffer(f.systemctl(args, root))
+	case "which":
+		return buffer(f.which(args, root))
 	case "docker":
 		return buffer(f.docker(args, root))
-	case "crictl":
+	case "crictl", "/usr/bin/crictl":
 		return buffer(f.crictl(args, root))
 	case "crio":
 		return buffer(f.crio(args, root))
@@ -321,6 +323,13 @@ func (f *FakeRunner) systemctl(args []string, root bool) (string, error) { // no
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+// which is a fake implementation of which
+func (f *FakeRunner) which(args []string, root bool) (string, error) { // nolint result 0 (string) is always ""
+	command := args[0]
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("/usr/bin/%s", command)
+	return path, nil
+}
+
 func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	var tests = []struct {
 		runtime string