diff --git a/samcli/cli/global_config.py b/samcli/cli/global_config.py
index b4f587ce84..f628091ffb 100644
--- a/samcli/cli/global_config.py
+++ b/samcli/cli/global_config.py
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ class GlobalConfig(metaclass=Singleton):
     # Env var for injecting dir in integration tests
     _DIR_INJECTION_ENV_VAR: str = "__SAM_CLI_APP_DIR"
 
+    # Env var used by docker client to specify which socket to use
+    DOCKER_HOST_ENV_VAR: str = "DOCKER_HOST"
+
     # Static singleton instance
 
     _access_lock: threading.RLock
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ class GlobalConfig(metaclass=Singleton):
     _config_data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]
     # config_keys that should be flushed to file
     _persistent_fields: List[str]
+    docker_host: str
 
     def __init__(self):
         """__init__ should only be called once due to Singleton metaclass"""
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._config_filename = None
         self._config_data = None
         self._persistent_fields = list()
+        self.docker_host = os.environ.get(GlobalConfig.DOCKER_HOST_ENV_VAR, "")
 
     @property
     def config_dir(self) -> Path:
diff --git a/samcli/lib/telemetry/metric.py b/samcli/lib/telemetry/metric.py
index 7f3127cf86..5490315379 100644
--- a/samcli/lib/telemetry/metric.py
+++ b/samcli/lib/telemetry/metric.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """
 
 import logging
+import os
 import platform
 import uuid
 from dataclasses import dataclass
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from timeit import default_timer
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import click
 
@@ -436,6 +438,7 @@ def _add_common_metric_attributes(self):
         self._data["installationId"] = self._gc.installation_id
         self._data["sessionId"] = self._session_id
         self._data["executionEnvironment"] = self._get_execution_environment()
+        self._data["dockerHost"] = self._get_docker_host()
         self._data["ci"] = bool(self._cicd_detector.platform())
         self._data["pyversion"] = platform.python_version()
         self._data["samcliVersion"] = samcli_version
@@ -476,6 +479,28 @@ def _get_execution_environment(self) -> str:
             return cicd_platform.name
         return "CLI"
 
+    def _get_docker_host(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Returns the last part of a DOCKER_HOST string. Has conditional logic to properly parse
+        URLs and local file system paths. If the DOCKER_HOST is not set, returns an empty string.
+
+        Examples:
+            - unix:///var/run/docker.sock -> docker.sock
+            - tcp://localhost:1234 -> localhost:1234
+            - /var/run/docker.sock -> docker.sock
+        """
+
+        parsed = urlparse(self._gc.docker_host)
+        if not parsed.scheme == '':
+            if os.path.exists():
+                # self._gc.docker_host is a file path
+                return os.path.basename(os.path.normpath(self._gc.docker_host))
+        else:
+            # self._gc.docker_host is a URI
+            return os.path.basename(parsed.path)
+
+        return ""
+
 
 class MetricDataNotList(Exception):
     pass