diff --git a/providers/docker/handler.go b/providers/docker/handler.go
index dee08c8..e6055ed 100644
--- a/providers/docker/handler.go
+++ b/providers/docker/handler.go
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ func (h *ContainerHandler) GetCLI() (probe.CliExecutor, error) {
 		args = append(args, "-s", "localhost:5002")
 		logrus.Tracef("checking cli socket error: %v, using flag '%s' for vppctl", err, args)
 	}
-	wrapper := exec.Wrap(h, "/usr/bin/vppctl", args...)
+	vppctl := "/usr/bin/vppctl"
+	if _, err := h.Command("ls", vppctl).Output(); err != nil {
+		vppctl = "vppctl"
+	}
+	wrapper := exec.Wrap(h, vppctl, args...)
 	cli := vppcli.ExecutorFunc(func(cmd string) (string, error) {
 		out, err := wrapper.Command(cmd).Output()
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/vpp/instance.go b/vpp/instance.go
index 2d2d2e3..7cc2e64 100644
--- a/vpp/instance.go
+++ b/vpp/instance.go
@@ -213,7 +213,11 @@ func (v *Instance) initCLI() error {
 		args = append(args, "-s", defaultCliAddr)
 		logrus.Tracef("checking cli socket error: %v, using flag '%s' for vppctl", err, args)
 	}
-	wrapper := exec.Wrap(v.handler, "/usr/bin/vppctl", args...)
+	vppctl := "/usr/bin/vppctl"
+	if _, err := v.handler.Command("ls", vppctl).Output(); err != nil {
+		vppctl = "vppctl"
+	}
+	wrapper := exec.Wrap(v.handler, vppctl, args...)
 	cli := vppcli.ExecutorFunc(func(cmd string) (string, error) {
 		c := `"` + cmd + `"`
 		out, err := wrapper.Command(c).Output()