diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..309b517db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docker-cache
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eb0b2bc3a..41e9713a0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ help:
 .PHONY: minikube-start
 minikube-start: # @HELP Start a local k8s cluster using minikube
 minikube-start:
-	minikube --profile minikube-wbaas start --kubernetes-version=1.28.9 --container-runtime=docker
+	minikube --profile minikube-wbaas start --kubernetes-version=1.28.9 --container-runtime=docker --mount --mount-string="./docker-cache:/var/lib/docker"
 
 .PHONY: minikube-stop
 minikube-stop: # @HELP Stop the local minikube cluster