diff --git a/board/coreos/minikube/rootfs-overlay/etc/cni/net.d/k8s.conf b/board/coreos/minikube/rootfs-overlay/etc/cni/net.d/k8s.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b5404e53bf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/coreos/minikube/rootfs-overlay/etc/cni/net.d/k8s.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "name": "rkt.kubernetes.io",
+  "type": "bridge",
+  "bridge": "mybridge",
+  "mtu": 1460,
+  "addIf": "true",
+  "isGateway": true,
+  "ipMasq": true,
+  "ipam": {
+    "type": "host-local",
+    "subnet": "10.1.0.0/16",
+    "gateway": "10.1.0.1",
+    "routes": [
+      {
+        "dst": "0.0.0.0/0"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/configs/minikube_defconfig b/configs/minikube_defconfig
index cd1bd0792522..a46064f5530a 100644
--- a/configs/minikube_defconfig
+++ b/configs/minikube_defconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PARTED=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_CA_CERTIFICATES=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_BRIDGE_UTILS=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_IPROUTE2=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_IPTABLES=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSH=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_SOCAT=y
diff --git a/package/cni-bin/cni-bin.mk b/package/cni-bin/cni-bin.mk
index d592e04aa978..0b0cc556dd75 100644
--- a/package/cni-bin/cni-bin.mk
+++ b/package/cni-bin/cni-bin.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,27 @@ CNI_BIN_SOURCE = cni-v$(CNI_BIN_VERSION).tgz
 define CNI_BIN_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 \
 		$(@D)/bridge \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/bin/bridge
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/opt/cni/bin/bridge
+
+	ln -sf \
+		../../opt/cni/bin/bridge \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/bridge
+
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 \
+		$(@D)/host-local \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/opt/cni/bin/host-local
+
+	ln -sf \
+		../../opt/cni/bin/host-local \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/host-local
+
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 \
+		$(@D)/loopback \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/opt/cni/bin/loopback
+
+	ln -sf \
+		../../opt/cni/bin/loopback \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/loopback
 endef
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))