diff --git a/apps/cli-go/internal/start/start.go b/apps/cli-go/internal/start/start.go
index 23aa631e3b..6264016e79 100644
--- a/apps/cli-go/internal/start/start.go
+++ b/apps/cli-go/internal/start/start.go
@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ type vectorConfig struct {
 	DbId          string
 }
 
+func shouldMountRootDockerSocket(host string) bool {
+	return strings.HasSuffix(host, "/.docker/run/docker.sock") ||
+		strings.HasSuffix(host, "/.docker/desktop/docker.sock") ||
+		(strings.Contains(host, "/.colima/") && strings.HasSuffix(host, "/docker.sock")) ||
+		strings.HasSuffix(host, "/.colima/docker.sock")
+}
+
 var (
 	//go:embed templates/vector.yaml
 	vectorConfigEmbed    string
@@ -424,8 +431,7 @@ EOF
 		case "unix":
 			if dindHost, err = client.ParseHostURL(client.DefaultDockerHost); err != nil {
 				return errors.Errorf("failed to parse default host: %w", err)
-			} else if strings.HasSuffix(parsed.Host, "/.docker/run/docker.sock") ||
-				strings.HasSuffix(parsed.Host, "/.docker/desktop/docker.sock") {
+			} else if shouldMountRootDockerSocket(parsed.Host) {
 				// Docker will not mount rootless socket directly;
 				// instead, specify root socket to have it handled under the hood
 				binds = append(binds, fmt.Sprintf("%[1]s:%[1]s:ro", dindHost.Host))
diff --git a/apps/cli-go/internal/start/start_test.go b/apps/cli-go/internal/start/start_test.go
index 2977c5ed79..a69f7bd8bc 100644
--- a/apps/cli-go/internal/start/start_test.go
+++ b/apps/cli-go/internal/start/start_test.go
@@ -162,6 +162,20 @@ func TestStartCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestShouldMountRootDockerSocket(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("returns true for Docker Desktop and Colima sockets", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.True(t, shouldMountRootDockerSocket("/Users/test/.docker/run/docker.sock"))
+		assert.True(t, shouldMountRootDockerSocket("/Users/test/.docker/desktop/docker.sock"))
+		assert.True(t, shouldMountRootDockerSocket("/Users/test/.colima/default/docker.sock"))
+		assert.True(t, shouldMountRootDockerSocket("/Users/test/.colima/local/docker.sock"))
+		assert.True(t, shouldMountRootDockerSocket("/Users/test/.colima/docker.sock"))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns false for directly mountable sockets", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.False(t, shouldMountRootDockerSocket("/Users/test/.orbstack/run/docker.sock"))
+	})
+}
+
 func TestDatabaseStart(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("starts database locally", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// Setup in-memory fs