diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go
index 274f01917d10..9ca08fda28d2 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go
@@ -35,16 +35,16 @@ import (
 func RoutableHostIPFromInside(ociBin string, clusterName string, containerName string) (net.IP, error) {
 	if ociBin == Docker {
 		if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
-			_, gateway, err := dockerNetworkInspect(clusterName)
+			info, err := dockerNetworkInspect(clusterName)
 			if err != nil {
 				if errors.Is(err, ErrNetworkNotFound) {
 					klog.Infof("The container %s is not attached to a network, this could be because the cluster was created by minikube <v1.14, will try to get the IP using container gatway", containerName)
 
 					return containerGatewayIP(Docker, containerName)
 				}
-				return gateway, errors.Wrap(err, "network inspect")
+				return info.gateway, errors.Wrap(err, "network inspect")
 			}
-			return gateway, nil
+			return info.gateway, nil
 		}
 		// for windows and mac, the gateway ip is not routable so we use dns trick.
 		return digDNS(ociBin, containerName, "host.docker.internal")
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network_create.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network_create.go
index f39e2a52a2a9..2958e90e5a6f 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network_create.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network_create.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ const firstSubnetAddr = "192.168.49.0"
 // big enough for a cluster of 254 nodes
 const defaultSubnetMask = 24
 
+// name of the default Docker bridge network, used to lookup the MTU (see #9528)
+const dockerDefaultBridge = "bridge"
+
 // CreateNetwork creates a network returns gateway and error, minikube creates one network per cluster
 func CreateNetwork(ociBin string, name string) (net.IP, error) {
 	if ociBin != Docker {
@@ -46,20 +50,26 @@ func CreateNetwork(ociBin string, name string) (net.IP, error) {
 
 func createDockerNetwork(clusterName string) (net.IP, error) {
 	// check if the network already exists
-	subnet, gateway, err := dockerNetworkInspect(clusterName)
+	info, err := dockerNetworkInspect(clusterName)
 	if err == nil {
-		klog.Infof("Found existing network with subnet %s and gateway %s.", subnet, gateway)
-		return gateway, nil
+		klog.Infof("Found existing network %+v", info)
+		return info.gateway, nil
 	}
 
+	// will try to get MTU from the docker network to avoid issue with systems with exotic MTU settings.
+	// related issue #9528
+	info, err = dockerNetworkInspect(dockerDefaultBridge)
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Warningf("failed to get mtu information from the docker's default network %q: %v", dockerDefaultBridge, err)
+	}
 	attempts := 0
 	subnetAddr := firstSubnetAddr
 	// Rather than iterate through all of the valid subnets, give up at 20 to avoid a lengthy user delay for something that is unlikely to work.
 	// will be like 192.168.49.0/24 ,...,192.168.239.0/24
 	for attempts < 20 {
-		gateway, err = tryCreateDockerNetwork(subnetAddr, defaultSubnetMask, clusterName)
+		info.gateway, err = tryCreateDockerNetwork(subnetAddr, defaultSubnetMask, info.mtu, clusterName)
 		if err == nil {
-			return gateway, nil
+			return info.gateway, nil
 		}
 
 		// don't retry if error is not adddress is taken
@@ -77,15 +87,33 @@ func createDockerNetwork(clusterName string) (net.IP, error) {
 		newSubnet[2] += byte(9 + attempts)
 		subnetAddr = newSubnet.String()
 	}
-	return gateway, fmt.Errorf("failed to create network after 20 attempts")
+	return info.gateway, fmt.Errorf("failed to create network after 20 attempts")
 }
 
-func tryCreateDockerNetwork(subnetAddr string, subnetMask int, name string) (net.IP, error) {
+func tryCreateDockerNetwork(subnetAddr string, subnetMask int, mtu int, name string) (net.IP, error) {
 	gateway := net.ParseIP(subnetAddr)
 	gateway.To4()[3]++ // first ip for gateway
-	klog.Infof("attempt to create network %s/%d with subnet: %s and gateway %s...", subnetAddr, subnetMask, name, gateway)
-	// options documentation https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/network_create/#bridge-driver-options
-	rr, err := runCmd(exec.Command(Docker, "network", "create", "--driver=bridge", fmt.Sprintf("--subnet=%s", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", subnetAddr, subnetMask)), fmt.Sprintf("--gateway=%s", gateway), "-o", "--ip-masq", "-o", "--icc", fmt.Sprintf("--label=%s=%s", CreatedByLabelKey, "true"), name))
+	klog.Infof("attempt to create network %s/%d with subnet: %s and gateway %s and MTU of %d ...", subnetAddr, subnetMask, name, gateway, mtu)
+	args := []string{
+		"network",
+		"create",
+		"--driver=bridge",
+		fmt.Sprintf("--subnet=%s", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", subnetAddr, subnetMask)),
+		fmt.Sprintf("--gateway=%s", gateway),
+		// options documentation https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/network_create/#bridge-driver-options
+		"-o", "--ip-masq",
+		"-o", "--icc",
+		fmt.Sprintf("--label=%s=%s", CreatedByLabelKey, "true"),
+		name,
+	}
+
+	// adding MTU option because #9528
+	if mtu > 0 {
+		args = append(args, "-o")
+		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("com.docker.network.driver.mtu=%d", mtu))
+	}
+
+	rr, err := runCmd(exec.Command(Docker, args...))
 	if err != nil {
 		// Pool overlaps with other one on this address space
 		if strings.Contains(rr.Output(), "Pool overlaps") {
@@ -99,32 +127,50 @@ func tryCreateDockerNetwork(subnetAddr string, subnetMask int, name string) (net
 	return gateway, nil
 }
 
-// returns subnet and gate if exists
-func dockerNetworkInspect(name string) (*net.IPNet, net.IP, error) {
-	cmd := exec.Command(Docker, "network", "inspect", name, "--format", "{{(index .IPAM.Config 0).Subnet}},{{(index .IPAM.Config 0).Gateway}}")
+// netInfo holds part of a docker or podman network information relevant to kic drivers
+type netInfo struct {
+	name    string
+	subnet  *net.IPNet
+	gateway net.IP
+	mtu     int
+}
+
+// if exists returns subnet, gateway and mtu
+func dockerNetworkInspect(name string) (netInfo, error) {
+	var info = netInfo{name: name}
+	cmd := exec.Command(Docker, "network", "inspect", name, "--format", `{{(index .IPAM.Config 0).Subnet}},{{(index .IPAM.Config 0).Gateway}},{{(index .Options "com.docker.network.driver.mtu")}}`)
 	rr, err := runCmd(cmd)
 	if err != nil {
 		logDockerNetworkInspect(name)
 		if strings.Contains(rr.Output(), "No such network") {
-			return nil, nil, ErrNetworkNotFound
+
+			return info, ErrNetworkNotFound
 		}
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return info, err
 	}
-	// results looks like 172.17.0.0/16,172.17.0.1
-	ips := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(rr.Stdout.String()), ",")
-	if len(ips) == 0 {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("empty IP list parsed from: %q", rr.Output())
+
+	// results looks like 172.17.0.0/16,172.17.0.1,1500
+	vals := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(rr.Stdout.String()), ",")
+	if len(vals) == 0 {
+		return info, fmt.Errorf("empty list network inspect: %q", rr.Output())
 	}
 
-	_, subnet, err := net.ParseCIDR(ips[0])
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "parse subnet for %s", name)
+	if len(vals) > 0 {
+		info.gateway = net.ParseIP(vals[1])
+		mtu, err := strconv.Atoi(vals[2])
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Warningf("couldn't parse mtu for docker network %q: %v", name, err)
+		} else {
+			info.mtu = mtu
+		}
 	}
-	var gateway net.IP
-	if len(ips) > 0 {
-		gateway = net.ParseIP(ips[1])
+
+	_, info.subnet, err = net.ParseCIDR(vals[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return info, errors.Wrapf(err, "parse subnet for %s", name)
 	}
-	return subnet, gateway, nil
+
+	return info, nil
 }
 
 func logDockerNetworkInspect(name string) {
@@ -157,7 +203,7 @@ func RemoveNetwork(name string) error {
 }
 
 func networkExists(name string) bool {
-	_, _, err := dockerNetworkInspect(name)
+	_, err := dockerNetworkInspect(name)
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, ErrNetworkNotFound) { // log unexpected error
 		klog.Warningf("Error inspecting docker network %s: %v", name, err)
 	}