diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
index c9b8c246ec..4849a3c7a6 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 	)
 	t := time.Now()
 	glog.Infof("Starting creating preloaded images volume")
-	volumeName, err := oci.CreatePreloadedImagesVolume(d.NodeConfig.KubernetesVersion, BaseImage, viper.GetString(config.MachineProfile))
+	volumeName, err := oci.CreatePreloadedImagesVolume(d.NodeConfig.KubernetesVersion, d.NodeConfig.ContainerRuntime, BaseImage, viper.GetString(config.MachineProfile))
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Infof("Unable to create preloaded images volume: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go
index 342fe12b33..40a8c77ee2 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ func allVolumesByLabel(ociBin string, label string) ([]string, error) {
 // CreatePreloadedImagesVolume creates a volume with preloaded images
 // k8sVersion is used to name the volume and baseImage is the image that is run
 // to extract the preloaded images to the volume
-func CreatePreloadedImagesVolume(k8sVersion, baseImage, profile string) (string, error) {
+func CreatePreloadedImagesVolume(k8sVersion, cRuntime, baseImage, profile string) (string, error) {
+	if cRuntime != "docker" {
+		return "", nil
+	}
 	if err := PointToHostDockerDaemon(); err != nil {
 		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "point host docker-daemon")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
index 0fd591aef3..d1e2edea6c 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
@@ -56,4 +56,5 @@ type Config struct {
 	PortMappings      []oci.PortMapping // container port mappings
 	Envs              map[string]string // key,value of environment variables passed to the node
 	KubernetesVersion string            // kubernetes version to install
+	ContainerRuntime  string            // container runtime kic is running
 }
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go b/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
index 73d08cb9fa..da64030f62 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func doCacheBinaries(k8sVersion string) error {
 	return machine.CacheBinariesForBootstrapper(k8sVersion, viper.GetString(cmdcfg.Bootstrapper))
 }
 
-func beginDownloadKicArtifacts(g *errgroup.Group, k8sVersion string) {
+func beginDownloadKicArtifacts(g *errgroup.Group, k8sVersion, cRuntime string) {
 	glog.Info("Beginning downloading kic artifacts")
 	g.Go(func() error {
 		glog.Infof("Downloading %s to local daemon", kic.BaseImage)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func beginDownloadKicArtifacts(g *errgroup.Group, k8sVersion string) {
 
 	g.Go(func() error {
 		glog.Info("Caching tarball of preloaded images")
-		return preload.CacheTarball(k8sVersion)
+		return preload.CacheTarball(k8sVersion, cRuntime)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
index ed8cdc136f..cb6564088f 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func Start(mc config.MachineConfig, n config.Node, primary bool, existingAddons
 	// If not, pull images in the background while the VM boots.
 	var kicGroup errgroup.Group
 	if driver.IsKIC(driverName) {
-		beginDownloadKicArtifacts(&kicGroup, k8sVersion)
+		beginDownloadKicArtifacts(&kicGroup, k8sVersion, mc.KubernetesConfig.ContainerRuntime)
 		mc.KubernetesConfig.ShouldLoadCachedImages = false
 	}
 	var cacheGroup errgroup.Group
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/preload/preload.go b/pkg/minikube/preload/preload.go
index 85181be1c4..6cb2b40580 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/preload/preload.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/preload/preload.go
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ func remoteTarballURL(k8sVersion string) string {
 }
 
 // CacheTarball caches the preloaded images tarball on the host machine
-func CacheTarball(k8sVersion string) error {
+func CacheTarball(k8sVersion, containerRuntime string) error {
+	if containerRuntime != "docker" {
+		return nil
+	}
 	targetFilepath := TarballFilepath(k8sVersion)
 
 	if _, err := os.Stat(targetFilepath); err == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/docker/docker.go b/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/docker/docker.go
index 69e4ab3c99..183ae783e8 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/docker/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/docker/docker.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func configure(mc config.MachineConfig) (interface{}, error) {
 		OCIBinary:         oci.Docker,
 		APIServerPort:     mc.Nodes[0].Port,
 		KubernetesVersion: mc.KubernetesConfig.KubernetesVersion,
+		ContainerRuntime:  mc.KubernetesConfig.ContainerRuntime,
 	}), nil
 }