diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 633ad9a..dcda8d8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
     "configuration": {
       "title": "Minikube",
       "properties": {
+        "minikube.home": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "default": "",
+          "markdownDescription": "Path for the `.minikube` directory that minikube uses for state/configuration. See [documentation](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/handbook/config/#environment-variables)"
+        },
         "minikube.cluster.creation.name": {
           "type": "string",
           "default": "minikube",
@@ -51,7 +56,6 @@
           "scope": "KubernetesProviderConnectionFactory",
           "markdownDescription": "Optional mount definition `host-path:container-path` to include during the start of minikube container. See [documentation](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/commands/start/#options)"
         }
-
       }
     },
     "menus": {
diff --git a/src/create-cluster.spec.ts b/src/create-cluster.spec.ts
index fa28162..3f18617 100644
--- a/src/create-cluster.spec.ts
+++ b/src/create-cluster.spec.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ vi.mock('@podman-desktop/api', async () => {
 vi.mock('./util', async () => {
   return {
     getMinikubePath: vi.fn(),
+    getMinikubeHome: vi.fn(),
   };
 });
 
diff --git a/src/create-cluster.ts b/src/create-cluster.ts
index 91716c0..c812747 100644
--- a/src/create-cluster.ts
+++ b/src/create-cluster.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  ***********************************************************************/
-import { getMinikubePath } from './util';
+import { getMinikubePath, getMinikubeHome } from './util';
 
 import type { Logger, TelemetryLogger, CancellationToken } from '@podman-desktop/api';
 import { process as processApi } from '@podman-desktop/api';
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ export async function createCluster(
   // update PATH to include minikube
   env.PATH = getMinikubePath();
 
+  env.MINIKUBE_HOME = getMinikubeHome();
+
   // now execute the command to create the cluster
   try {
     await processApi.exec(minikubeCli, startArgs, { env, logger, token });
diff --git a/src/extension.spec.ts b/src/extension.spec.ts
index a846407..5903a9d 100644
--- a/src/extension.spec.ts
+++ b/src/extension.spec.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ vi.mock('@podman-desktop/api', async () => {
     containerEngine: {
       listContainers: vi.fn(),
     },
+    configuration: {
+      getConfiguration: vi.fn(),
+    },
 
     process: {
       exec: vi.fn(),
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 3374dd1..a9bd4e8 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  ***********************************************************************/
 
 import * as extensionApi from '@podman-desktop/api';
-import { detectMinikube, getMinikubePath } from './util';
+import { detectMinikube, getMinikubePath, getMinikubeHome } from './util';
 import { MinikubeInstaller } from './minikube-installer';
 import type { CancellationToken, Logger } from '@podman-desktop/api';
 import { window } from '@podman-desktop/api';
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ async function updateClusters(provider: extensionApi.Provider, containers: exten
         delete: async (logger): Promise<void> => {
           const env = Object.assign({}, process.env);
           env.PATH = getMinikubePath();
+          env.MINIKUBE_HOME = getMinikubeHome();
           await extensionApi.process.exec(minikubeCli, ['delete', '--profile', cluster.name], { env, logger });
         },
       };
diff --git a/src/image-handler.spec.ts b/src/image-handler.spec.ts
index 60efa03..922d948 100644
--- a/src/image-handler.spec.ts
+++ b/src/image-handler.spec.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ vi.mock('@podman-desktop/api', async () => {
 vi.mock('./util', async () => {
   return {
     getMinikubePath: vi.fn(),
+    getMinikubeHome: vi.fn(),
   };
 });
 
diff --git a/src/image-handler.ts b/src/image-handler.ts
index 01bedd4..b16a97b 100644
--- a/src/image-handler.ts
+++ b/src/image-handler.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import type { MinikubeCluster } from './extension';
 import * as extensionApi from '@podman-desktop/api';
 import { tmpName } from 'tmp-promise';
-import { getMinikubePath } from './util';
+import { getMinikubePath, getMinikubeHome } from './util';
 import * as fs from 'node:fs';
 
 type ImageInfo = { engineId: string; name?: string; tag?: string };
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export class ImageHandler {
       }
 
       env.PATH = getMinikubePath();
+      env.MINIKUBE_HOME = getMinikubeHome();
       try {
         // Create a temporary file to store the image
         filename = await tmpName();
diff --git a/src/minikube-installer.spec.ts b/src/minikube-installer.spec.ts
index f27453f..aec33bc 100644
--- a/src/minikube-installer.spec.ts
+++ b/src/minikube-installer.spec.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ vi.mock('@podman-desktop/api', async () => {
     env: {
       isWindows: vi.fn(),
     },
+    configuration: {
+      getConfiguration: vi.fn(),
+    },
     ProgressLocation: {
       APP_ICON: 1,
     },
diff --git a/src/util.spec.ts b/src/util.spec.ts
index 1945203..f86d08a 100644
--- a/src/util.spec.ts
+++ b/src/util.spec.ts
@@ -20,11 +20,21 @@
 
 import * as extensionApi from '@podman-desktop/api';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { detectMinikube, getMinikubePath, installBinaryToSystem } from './util';
+import { detectMinikube, getMinikubePath, getMinikubeHome, installBinaryToSystem } from './util';
 import type { MinikubeInstaller } from './minikube-installer';
 import * as fs from 'node:fs';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 
+const { config } = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  return {
+    config: {
+      get: vi.fn(),
+      has: vi.fn(),
+      update: vi.fn(),
+    },
+  };
+});
+
 vi.mock('@podman-desktop/api', async () => {
   return {
     window: {
@@ -41,6 +51,9 @@ vi.mock('@podman-desktop/api', async () => {
       isWindows: vi.fn(),
       isLinux: vi.fn(),
     },
+    configuration: {
+      getConfiguration: (): extensionApi.Configuration => config,
+    },
     ProgressLocation: {
       APP_ICON: 1,
     },
@@ -85,6 +98,34 @@ test('getMinikubePath on macOS with existing PATH', async () => {
   expect(computedPath).toEqual(`${existingPATH}:/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/podman/bin`);
 });
 
+test('getMinikubeHome with empty configuration property', async () => {
+  const existingEnvHome = '/my-existing-minikube-home';
+  const existingConfigHome = '';
+  process.env.MINIKUBE_HOME = existingEnvHome;
+
+  const spyGetConfiguration = vi.spyOn(config, 'get');
+  spyGetConfiguration.mockReturnValue(existingConfigHome);
+
+  const computedHome = getMinikubeHome();
+
+  expect(computedHome).toEqual(existingEnvHome);
+  expect(computedHome).not.toEqual(existingConfigHome);
+});
+
+test('getMinikubeHome with empty configuration property', async () => {
+  const existingEnvHome = '/my-existing-minikube-home';
+  const existingConfigHome = '/my-another-existing-minikube-home';
+  process.env.MINIKUBE_HOME = existingEnvHome;
+
+  const spyGetConfiguration = vi.spyOn(config, 'get');
+  spyGetConfiguration.mockReturnValue(existingConfigHome);
+
+  const computedHome = getMinikubeHome();
+
+  expect(computedHome).not.toEqual(existingEnvHome);
+  expect(computedHome).toEqual(existingConfigHome);
+});
+
 test('detectMinikube', async () => {
   const fakeMinikubeInstaller = {
     getAssetInfo: vi.fn(),
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 3df9e3a..17b7d45 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export interface RunOptions {
   logger?: extensionApi.Logger;
 }
 
+const minikubeConfiguration = extensionApi.configuration.getConfiguration('minikube');
 const macosExtraPath = '/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/podman/bin';
 
 export function getMinikubePath(): string {
@@ -48,10 +49,26 @@ export function getMinikubePath(): string {
   }
 }
 
+export function getMinikubeHome(): string | undefined {
+  const minikubeHome = minikubeConfiguration.get<string>('home');
+  // Check env if configuration is not applied in UI
+  if (!minikubeHome) {
+    const env = process.env;
+    return env.MINIKUBE_HOME;
+  } else {
+    return minikubeHome;
+  }
+}
+
 // search if minikube is available in the path
 export async function detectMinikube(pathAddition: string, installer: MinikubeInstaller): Promise<string> {
   try {
-    await extensionApi.process.exec('minikube', ['version'], { env: { PATH: getMinikubePath() } });
+    await extensionApi.process.exec('minikube', ['version'], {
+      env: {
+        PATH: getMinikubePath(),
+        MINIKUBE_HOME: getMinikubeHome(),
+      },
+    });
     return 'minikube';
   } catch (e) {
     // ignore and try another way
@@ -61,7 +78,10 @@ export async function detectMinikube(pathAddition: string, installer: MinikubeIn
   if (assetInfo) {
     try {
       await extensionApi.process.exec(assetInfo.name, ['version'], {
-        env: { PATH: getMinikubePath().concat(path.delimiter).concat(pathAddition) },
+        env: {
+          PATH: getMinikubePath().concat(path.delimiter).concat(pathAddition),
+          MINIKUBE_HOME: getMinikubeHome(),
+        },
       });
       return pathAddition
         .concat(path.sep)