diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozone-hdfs/docker-config b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozone-hdfs/docker-config
index 3b2819fbf77..9729aef7d16 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozone-hdfs/docker-config
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozone-hdfs/docker-config
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.metadata.dirs=/data/metadata
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.scm.client.address=scm
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.replication=1
 OZONE-SITE.XML_hdds.datanode.plugins=org.apache.hadoop.ozone.web.OzoneHddsDatanodeService
+OZONE-SITE.XML_hdds.datanode.dir=/data/hdds
 
 HDFS-SITE.XML_dfs.datanode.plugins=org.apache.hadoop.ozone.HddsDatanodeService
 HDFS-SITE.XML_dfs.namenode.rpc-address=namenode:9000
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozone/docker-config b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozone/docker-config
index f2c8db1f3bb..86257ffdbb1 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozone/docker-config
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozone/docker-config
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.metadata.dirs=/data/metadata
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.handler.type=distributed
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.scm.client.address=scm
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.replication=1
+OZONE-SITE.XML_hdds.datanode.dir=/data/hdds
 HDFS-SITE.XML_rpc.metrics.quantile.enable=true
 HDFS-SITE.XML_rpc.metrics.percentiles.intervals=60,300
 LOG4J.PROPERTIES_log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozonefs/docker-config b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozonefs/docker-config
index 4ff7f569f04..675dcba0538 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozonefs/docker-config
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozonefs/docker-config
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.metadata.dirs=/data/metadata
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.handler.type=distributed
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.scm.client.address=scm
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.scm.heartbeat.interval=3s
+OZONE-SITE.XML_hdds.datanode.dir=/data/hdds
 HDFS-SITE.XML_rpc.metrics.quantile.enable=true
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.replication=1
 HDFS-SITE.XML_rpc.metrics.percentiles.intervals=60,300
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozoneperf/docker-config b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozoneperf/docker-config
index f1c01473a2c..a814c3912c0 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozoneperf/docker-config
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozoneperf/docker-config
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.scm.block.client.address=scm
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.metadata.dirs=/data/metadata
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.handler.type=distributed
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.scm.client.address=scm
+OZONE-SITE.XML_hdds.datanode.dir=/data/hdds
+
 HDFS-SITE.XML_rpc.metrics.quantile.enable=true
 HDFS-SITE.XML_rpc.metrics.percentiles.intervals=60,300
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.replication=1
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozones3/docker-config b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozones3/docker-config
index dd53d9d37d0..2943d199b55 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozones3/docker-config
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozones3/docker-config
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.scm.block.client.address=scm
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.metadata.dirs=/data/metadata
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.scm.client.address=scm
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.replication=1
+OZONE-SITE.XML_hdds.datanode.dir=/data/hdds
+
 HDFS-SITE.XML_rpc.metrics.quantile.enable=true
 HDFS-SITE.XML_rpc.metrics.percentiles.intervals=60,300
 LOG4J.PROPERTIES_log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozonescripts/docker-config b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozonescripts/docker-config
index ee725af8c7b..cde284623ea 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozonescripts/docker-config
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozonescripts/docker-config
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.scm.block.client.address=scm
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.metadata.dirs=/data/metadata
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.scm.client.address=scm
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.replication=1
+OZONE-SITE.XML_hdds.datanode.dir=/data/hdds
 OZONE-SITE.XML_hdds.datanode.plugins=org.apache.hadoop.ozone.web.OzoneHddsDatanodeService
 HDFS-SITE.XML_dfs.namenode.rpc-address=namenode:9000
 HDFS-SITE.XML_dfs.namenode.name.dir=/data/namenode