diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
index 1ad7a0bec7e..7035e52e6b0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ public String getRemoteDockerUnixSocketPath() {
             return dockerSocketOverride;
         }
 
-        URI dockerHost = getTransportConfig().getDockerHost();
+        URI dockerHost = getTransportConfig().getRemoteDockerHost() != null
+            ? getTransportConfig().getRemoteDockerHost()
+            : getTransportConfig().getDockerHost();
         String path = "unix".equals(dockerHost.getScheme())
             ? dockerHost.getRawPath()
             : "/var/run/docker.sock";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/TransportConfig.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/TransportConfig.java
index cbd1278b179..f0a16d96893 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/TransportConfig.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/TransportConfig.java
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ public class TransportConfig {
 
     URI dockerHost;
 
+    @Nullable
+    URI remoteDockerHost;
+
     @Nullable
     SSLConfig sslConfig;
 }