diff --git a/cmd/grafana-agent/Dockerfile b/cmd/grafana-agent/Dockerfile
index f03bd4efdfd0..7c9c3ae0661a 100644
--- a/cmd/grafana-agent/Dockerfile
+++ b/cmd/grafana-agent/Dockerfile
@@ -47,4 +47,5 @@ COPY cmd/grafana-agent/agent-local-config.yaml /etc/agent/agent.yaml
 
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/grafana-agent"]
+ENV AGENT_DEPLOY_MODE=docker
 CMD ["--config.file=/etc/agent/agent.yaml", "--metrics.wal-directory=/etc/agent/data"]