diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
index 61d738269ebe2072dfef312fd0ca317d31518c42..a17e6084bca10672c153c4063de6242395793140 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
@@ -331,7 +331,9 @@ func generateClusterConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, existing *config.ClusterConfig, k
 			},
 		}
 		cc.VerifyComponents = interpretWaitFlag(*cmd)
-
+		if viper.GetBool(createMount) && driver.IsKIC(drvName) {
+			cc.ContainerVolumeMounts = []string{viper.GetString(mountString)}
+		}
 		cnm, err := cni.New(cc)
 		if err != nil {
 			return cc, config.Node{}, errors.Wrap(err, "cni")
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
index 3adcd5b51fd9f0f328c633048f814b55fd6c9e6a..9f66c9ac2f2295ea5ad175e08ca6b7f1c674ffd1 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func NewDriver(c Config) *Driver {
 // Create a host using the driver's config
 func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 	params := oci.CreateParams{
+		Mounts:        d.NodeConfig.Mounts,
 		Name:          d.NodeConfig.MachineName,
 		Image:         d.NodeConfig.ImageDigest,
 		ClusterLabel:  oci.ProfileLabelKey + "=" + d.MachineName,
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/types.go
index 9ede5b703278802180df79f1549421a5455b24a5..8a740eae2c77960719f469e6179b469d57eeee93 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/types.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/types.go
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package oci
 
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
 const (
 	// DefaultBindIPV4 is The default IP the container will listen on.
 	DefaultBindIPV4 = "127.0.0.1"
@@ -102,6 +109,46 @@ type Mount struct {
 	Propagation MountPropagation `protobuf:"varint,5,opt,name=propagation,proto3,enum=runtime.v1alpha2.MountPropagation" json:"propagation,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// ParseMountString parses a mount string of format:
+// '[host-path:]container-path[:<options>]' The comma-delimited 'options' are
+// [rw|ro], [Z], [srhared|rslave|rprivate].
+func ParseMountString(spec string) (m Mount, err error) {
+	switch fields := strings.Split(spec, ":"); len(fields) {
+	case 0:
+		err = errors.New("invalid empty spec")
+	case 1:
+		m.ContainerPath = fields[0]
+	case 3:
+		for _, opt := range strings.Split(fields[2], ",") {
+			switch opt {
+			case "Z":
+				m.SelinuxRelabel = true
+			case "ro":
+				m.Readonly = true
+			case "rw":
+				m.Readonly = false
+			case "rslave":
+				m.Propagation = MountPropagationHostToContainer
+			case "rshared":
+				m.Propagation = MountPropagationBidirectional
+			case "private":
+				m.Propagation = MountPropagationNone
+			default:
+				err = fmt.Errorf("unknown mount option: '%s'", opt)
+			}
+		}
+		fallthrough
+	case 2:
+		m.HostPath, m.ContainerPath = fields[0], fields[1]
+		if !filepath.IsAbs(m.ContainerPath) {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("'%s' container path must be absolute", m.ContainerPath)
+		}
+	default:
+		err = errors.New("spec must be in form: <host path>:<container path>[:<options>]")
+	}
+	return m, err
+}
+
 // PortMapping specifies a host port mapped into a container port.
 // In yaml this looks like:
 //  containerPort: 80
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/config/types.go b/pkg/minikube/config/types.go
index 42a3e5c26bd62f295b52302c70c2e3322c04044d..e2f5a66438f496b153afd1da9d8803e3b14c4ceb 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/config/types.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/config/types.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type ClusterConfig struct {
 	HyperkitVpnKitSock      string   // Only used by the Hyperkit driver
 	HyperkitVSockPorts      []string // Only used by the Hyperkit driver
 	DockerEnv               []string // Each entry is formatted as KEY=VALUE.
+	ContainerVolumeMounts   []string // Only used by container drivers: Docker, Podman
 	InsecureRegistry        []string
 	RegistryMirror          []string
 	HostOnlyCIDR            string // Only used by the virtualbox driver
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
index b821d18f3a1997dd7ba19154cfd10c3515fb677a..6f9d24871c0993ef8bc4daaee9fa1da6cfc984e3 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ func Start(starter Starter, apiServer bool) (*kubeconfig.Settings, error) {
 	}
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	go configureMounts(&wg)
+	if !driver.IsKIC(starter.Cfg.Driver) {
+		go configureMounts(&wg)
+	}
 
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/docker/docker.go b/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/docker/docker.go
index 8594017d182438a5116d386f0176ffdf1575215a..d2cfa572e254904f40e4e263d61f410a80b16b7f 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/docker/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/docker/docker.go
@@ -49,10 +49,20 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func configure(cc config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node) (interface{}, error) {
+	mounts := make([]oci.Mount, len(cc.ContainerVolumeMounts))
+	for i, spec := range cc.ContainerVolumeMounts {
+		var err error
+		mounts[i], err = oci.ParseMountString(spec)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	return kic.NewDriver(kic.Config{
 		MachineName:       driver.MachineName(cc, n),
 		StorePath:         localpath.MiniPath(),
 		ImageDigest:       cc.KicBaseImage,
+		Mounts:            mounts,
 		CPU:               cc.CPUs,
 		Memory:            cc.Memory,
 		OCIBinary:         oci.Docker,
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/podman/podman.go b/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/podman/podman.go
index 0a67f42adae918b57f698dbf5e63048dcb4ef7ad..166fd9e6d5a336f48ef1bffefd33ada37cc7d284 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/podman/podman.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/podman/podman.go
@@ -63,10 +63,20 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func configure(cc config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node) (interface{}, error) {
+	mounts := make([]oci.Mount, len(cc.ContainerVolumeMounts))
+	for i, spec := range cc.ContainerVolumeMounts {
+		var err error
+		mounts[i], err = oci.ParseMountString(spec)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	return kic.NewDriver(kic.Config{
 		MachineName:       driver.MachineName(cc, n),
 		StorePath:         localpath.MiniPath(),
 		ImageDigest:       strings.Split(cc.KicBaseImage, "@")[0], // for podman does not support docker images references with both a tag and digest.
+		Mounts:            mounts,
 		CPU:               cc.CPUs,
 		Memory:            cc.Memory,
 		OCIBinary:         oci.Podman,