diff --git a/rules/docker-telemetry.mk b/rules/docker-telemetry.mk
index fca3b8a39a70..b6bdc223408e 100644
--- a/rules/docker-telemetry.mk
+++ b/rules/docker-telemetry.mk
@@ -13,3 +13,10 @@ $(DOCKER_TELEMETRY)_CONTAINER_NAME = telemetry
 $(DOCKER_TELEMETRY)_RUN_OPT += --net=host --privileged -t
 $(DOCKER_TELEMETRY)_RUN_OPT += -v /etc/sonic:/etc/sonic:ro
 
+$(DOCKER_TELEMETRY)_RUN_OPT += -v /var/log/wtmp:/var/log/wtmp:ro
+
+# enable docker cmd inside the telemetry container
+$(DOCKER_TELEMETRY)_RUN_OPT += -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:rw
+$(DOCKER_TELEMETRY)_RUN_OPT += -v /usr/bin/docker:/usr/bin/docker
+$(DOCKER_TELEMETRY)_RUN_OPT += -v /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapparmor.so.1:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapparmor.so.1
+$(DOCKER_TELEMETRY)_RUN_OPT += -v /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libltdl.so.7:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libltdl.so.7