diff --git a/cmd/loki/Dockerfile b/cmd/loki/Dockerfile
index feb074da4a561..7a7ec4ccde744 100644
--- a/cmd/loki/Dockerfile
+++ b/cmd/loki/Dockerfile
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ COPY       loki /bin/loki
 COPY       loki-local-config.yaml /etc/loki/local-config.yaml
 EXPOSE     80
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/loki" ]
+CMD        ["-config.file=/etc/loki/local-config.yaml"]
diff --git a/cmd/loki/Dockerfile.debug b/cmd/loki/Dockerfile.debug
index ca4c61f86eec0..654a1e3f49f8a 100644
--- a/cmd/loki/Dockerfile.debug
+++ b/cmd/loki/Dockerfile.debug
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache libc6-compat
 #   Pass flags to the program you are debugging using --, for example:`
 #   dlv exec ./hello -- server --config conf/config.toml`
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/dlv", "--listen=:40000", "--headless=true", "--api-version=2", "exec", "/bin/loki-debug", "--"]
+CMD        ["-config.file=/etc/loki/local-config.yaml"]