diff --git a/cmd/cloudinit/cloudinit.go b/cmd/cloudinit/cloudinit.go
index 0f02ec01..173d6ac9 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudinit/cloudinit.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudinit/cloudinit.go
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ func executeCloudConfig() error {
 
 	if len(cc.SSHAuthorizedKeys) > 0 {
 		authorizeSSHKeys("rancher", cc.SSHAuthorizedKeys, sshKeyName)
+		authorizeSSHKeys("docker", cc.SSHAuthorizedKeys, sshKeyName)
 	}
 
 	for _, user := range cc.Users {