diff --git a/hack/images/kicbase.Dockerfile b/hack/images/kicbase.Dockerfile
index 35be4fde1d..1df3b5c934 100644
--- a/hack/images/kicbase.Dockerfile
+++ b/hack/images/kicbase.Dockerfile
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ RUN mkdir /var/run/sshd
 RUN echo 'root:root' |chpasswd
 RUN sed -ri 's/^#?PermitRootLogin\s+.*/PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 RUN sed -ri 's/UsePAM yes/#UsePAM yes/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+# Add set -x to entrypoint file
+RUN sed -i "20i set -x" /usr/local/bin/entrypoint
+
 EXPOSE 22
 # create docker user for minikube ssh. to match VM using "docker" as username
 RUN adduser --ingroup docker --disabled-password --gecos '' docker