diff --git a/pkg/minikube/localpath/localpath.go b/pkg/minikube/localpath/localpath.go
index 6bc9ef1239..1ac1172b6a 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/localpath/localpath.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/localpath/localpath.go
@@ -38,13 +38,14 @@ func ConfigFile() string {
 
 // MiniPath returns the path to the user's minikube dir
 func MiniPath() string {
-	if os.Getenv(MinikubeHome) == "" {
+	minikubeHomeEnv := os.Getenv(MinikubeHome)
+	if minikubeHomeEnv == "" {
 		return filepath.Join(homedir.HomeDir(), ".minikube")
 	}
-	if filepath.Base(os.Getenv(MinikubeHome)) == ".minikube" {
-		return os.Getenv(MinikubeHome)
+	if filepath.Base(minikubeHomeEnv) == ".minikube" {
+		return minikubeHomeEnv
 	}
-	return filepath.Join(os.Getenv(MinikubeHome), ".minikube")
+	return filepath.Join(minikubeHomeEnv, ".minikube")
 }
 
 // MakeMiniPath is a utility to calculate a relative path to our directory.
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/localpath/localpath_test.go b/pkg/minikube/localpath/localpath_test.go
index 173ca5df88..81b40722dc 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/localpath/localpath_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/localpath/localpath_test.go
@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@ limitations under the License.
 package localpath
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/homedir"
 )
 
 func TestReplaceWinDriveLetterToVolumeName(t *testing.T) {
@@ -61,3 +66,37 @@ func TestHasWindowsDriveLetter(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
+	configFile := ConfigFile()
+	if !strings.Contains(configFile, "config.json") {
+		t.Errorf("ConfigFile returned path without 'config.json': %s", configFile)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMiniPath(t *testing.T) {
+	var testCases = []struct {
+		env, basePath string
+	}{
+		{"/tmp/.minikube", "/tmp/"},
+		{"/tmp/", "/tmp"},
+		{"", homedir.HomeDir()},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		originalEnv := os.Getenv(MinikubeHome)
+		defer func() { // revert to pre-test env var
+			err := os.Setenv(MinikubeHome, originalEnv)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Error reverting env %s to its original value (%s) var after test ", MinikubeHome, originalEnv)
+			}
+		}()
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s", tc.env), func(t *testing.T) {
+			expectedPath := filepath.Join(tc.basePath, ".minikube")
+			os.Setenv(MinikubeHome, tc.env)
+			path := MiniPath()
+			if path != expectedPath {
+				t.Errorf("MiniPath expected to return '%s', but got '%s'", expectedPath, path)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}