diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
index 8613b1d4e376d99ec3f1e28e1ccd9cded1907204..dee2a1dfd950b3971cf7f0d536361feb33d83c30 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ oom_score = 0
       [plugins.cri.registry.mirrors]
         [plugins.cri.registry.mirrors."docker.io"]
           endpoint = ["https://registry-1.docker.io"]
+        {{ range .InsecureRegistry -}}
+        [plugins.cri.registry.mirrors."{{. -}}"]
+          endpoint = ["http://{{. -}}"]
+        {{ end -}}
   [plugins.diff-service]
     default = ["walking"]
   [plugins.linux]
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ type Containerd struct {
 	ImageRepository   string
 	KubernetesVersion semver.Version
 	Init              sysinit.Manager
+	InsecureRegistry  []string
 }
 
 // Name is a human readable name for containerd
@@ -172,7 +177,7 @@ func (r *Containerd) Available() error {
 }
 
 // generateContainerdConfig sets up /etc/containerd/config.toml
-func generateContainerdConfig(cr CommandRunner, imageRepository string, kv semver.Version, forceSystemd bool) error {
+func generateContainerdConfig(cr CommandRunner, imageRepository string, kv semver.Version, forceSystemd bool, insecureRegistry []string) error {
 	cPath := containerdConfigFile
 	t, err := template.New("containerd.config.toml").Parse(containerdConfigTemplate)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -182,9 +187,11 @@ func generateContainerdConfig(cr CommandRunner, imageRepository string, kv semve
 	opts := struct {
 		PodInfraContainerImage string
 		SystemdCgroup          bool
+		InsecureRegistry       []string
 	}{
 		PodInfraContainerImage: pauseImage,
 		SystemdCgroup:          forceSystemd,
+		InsecureRegistry:       insecureRegistry,
 	}
 	var b bytes.Buffer
 	if err := t.Execute(&b, opts); err != nil {
@@ -207,7 +214,7 @@ func (r *Containerd) Enable(disOthers, forceSystemd bool) error {
 	if err := populateCRIConfig(r.Runner, r.SocketPath()); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := generateContainerdConfig(r.Runner, r.ImageRepository, r.KubernetesVersion, forceSystemd); err != nil {
+	if err := generateContainerdConfig(r.Runner, r.ImageRepository, r.KubernetesVersion, forceSystemd, r.InsecureRegistry); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := enableIPForwarding(r.Runner); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime.go
index 5d0b4b6c5f0fc30dac302697c7eb3bde14dd12ab..ba9075051da1c04d130286498eb991d167cd0707 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime.go
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	ImageRepository string
 	// KubernetesVersion Kubernetes version
 	KubernetesVersion semver.Version
+	// InsecureRegistry list of insecure registries
+	InsecureRegistry []string
 }
 
 // ListOptions are the options to use for listing containers
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ func New(c Config) (Manager, error) {
 			ImageRepository:   c.ImageRepository,
 			KubernetesVersion: c.KubernetesVersion,
 			Init:              sm,
+			InsecureRegistry:  c.InsecureRegistry,
 		}, nil
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown runtime type: %q", c.Type)
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
index b17df750f674814994b383dbd7ea3199e1868aeb..2a077442bc9781045929c550ff43f131363c273c 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ func configureRuntimes(runner cruntime.CommandRunner, cc config.ClusterConfig, k
 		Runner:            runner,
 		ImageRepository:   cc.KubernetesConfig.ImageRepository,
 		KubernetesVersion: kv,
+		InsecureRegistry:  cc.InsecureRegistry,
 	}
 	cr, err := cruntime.New(co)
 	if err != nil {