diff --git a/test/e2e_node/builder/build.go b/test/e2e_node/builder/build.go
index e6197046682..fc7f36935ad 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/builder/build.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/builder/build.go
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ func BuildTargets(cgo bool) error {
 		klog.Infof("Building dockerized k8s binaries targets %s for architecture %s", targets, GetTargetBuildArch())
 		// Multi-architecture build is only supported in dockerized build
 		cmd = exec.Command(filepath.Join(k8sRoot, "build/run.sh"), "make", fmt.Sprintf("WHAT=%s", what), fmt.Sprintf("KUBE_BUILD_PLATFORMS=%s", GetTargetBuildArch()))
+		// Ensure we run this command in k8s root directory for dockerized build
+		cmd.Dir = k8sRoot
 	}
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr