diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale-walkthrough.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale-walkthrough.md
index 7a0f0f5a2a..874fa0dc65 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale-walkthrough.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale-walkthrough.md
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ new kinds of resource that represent metric readings.
 To learn how to deploy the Metrics Server, see the
 [metrics-server documentation](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server#deployment).
 
+If you are running {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="minikube" >}}, run the following command to enable metrics-server:
+
+```shell
+minikube addons enable metrics-server
+```
+
 <!-- steps -->
 
 ## Run and expose php-apache server