diff --git a/src/sagemaker/local/entities.py b/src/sagemaker/local/entities.py
index 45ff28c967..2636ecae1b 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/local/entities.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/local/entities.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import sagemaker.local.data
 from sagemaker.local.image import _SageMakerContainer
-from sagemaker.local.utils import copy_directory_structure, move_to_destination
+from sagemaker.local.utils import copy_directory_structure, move_to_destination, get_docker_host
 from sagemaker.utils import DeferredError, get_config_value
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def start(self, input_data, output_data, transform_resources, **kwargs):
         _wait_for_serving_container(serving_port)
 
         # Get capabilities from Container if needed
-        endpoint_url = "http://localhost:%s/execution-parameters" % serving_port
+        endpoint_url = "http://%s:%d/execution-parameters" % (get_docker_host(), serving_port)
         response, code = _perform_request(endpoint_url)
         if code == 200:
             execution_parameters = json.loads(response.read())
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ def _wait_for_serving_container(serving_port):
     i = 0
     http = urllib3.PoolManager()
 
-    endpoint_url = "http://localhost:%s/ping" % serving_port
+    endpoint_url = "http://%s:%d/ping" % (get_docker_host(), serving_port)
     while True:
         i += 5
         if i >= HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT_LIMIT:
diff --git a/src/sagemaker/local/local_session.py b/src/sagemaker/local/local_session.py
index 4c2f02cad1..1406c1cdf7 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/local/local_session.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/local/local_session.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
 
 from sagemaker.local.image import _SageMakerContainer
+from sagemaker.local.utils import get_docker_host
 from sagemaker.local.entities import (
     _LocalEndpointConfig,
     _LocalEndpoint,
@@ -448,7 +449,7 @@ def invoke_endpoint(
         Returns:
             object: Inference for the given input.
         """
-        url = "http://localhost:%s/invocations" % self.serving_port
+        url = "http://%s:%d/invocations" % (get_docker_host(), self.serving_port)
         headers = {}
 
         if ContentType is not None:
diff --git a/src/sagemaker/local/utils.py b/src/sagemaker/local/utils.py
index 352b7ec387..1b3ea155e1 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/local/utils.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/local/utils.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
+import json
 
 from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -127,3 +128,27 @@ def get_child_process_ids(pid):
             return pids + get_child_process_ids(child_pid)
     else:
         return []
+
+
+def get_docker_host():
+    """Discover remote docker host address (if applicable) or use "localhost"
+
+    Use "docker context inspect" to read current docker host endpoint url,
+    url must start with "tcp://"
+
+    Args:
+
+    Returns:
+        docker_host (str): Docker host DNS or IP address
+    """
+    cmd = "docker context inspect".split()
+    process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    output, err = process.communicate()
+    if err:
+        return "localhost"
+    docker_context_string = output.decode("utf-8")
+    docker_context_host_url = json.loads(docker_context_string)[0]["Endpoints"]["docker"]["Host"]
+    parsed_url = urlparse(docker_context_host_url)
+    if parsed_url.hostname and parsed_url.scheme == "tcp":
+        return parsed_url.hostname
+    return "localhost"
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_local_entities.py b/tests/unit/test_local_entities.py
index 3f34cd851d..f7a56959db 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_local_entities.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_local_entities.py
@@ -163,3 +163,28 @@ def test_local_transform_job_perform_batch_inference(
     assert len(output_files) == 2
     assert "file1.out" in output_files
     assert "file2.out" in output_files
+
+
+@patch("sagemaker.local.entities._SageMakerContainer", Mock())
+@patch("sagemaker.local.entities.get_docker_host")
+@patch("sagemaker.local.entities._perform_request")
+@patch("sagemaker.local.entities._LocalTransformJob._perform_batch_inference")
+def test_start_local_transform_job_from_remote_docker_host(
+    m_perform_batch_inference, m_perform_request, m_get_docker_host, local_transform_job
+):
+    input_data = {}
+    output_data = {}
+    transform_resources = {"InstanceType": "local"}
+    m_get_docker_host.return_value = "some_host"
+    perform_request_mock = Mock()
+    m_perform_request.return_value = (perform_request_mock, 200)
+    perform_request_mock.read.return_value = '{"BatchStrategy": "SingleRecord"}'
+    local_transform_job.primary_container["ModelDataUrl"] = "file:///some/model"
+    local_transform_job.start(input_data, output_data, transform_resources, Environment={})
+    endpoints = [
+        "http://%s:%d/ping" % ("some_host", 8080),
+        "http://%s:%d/execution-parameters" % ("some_host", 8080),
+    ]
+    calls = m_perform_request.call_args_list
+    for call, endpoint in zip(calls, endpoints):
+        assert call[0][0] == endpoint
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_local_session.py b/tests/unit/test_local_session.py
index 6d64c73849..4b5801d971 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_local_session.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_local_session.py
@@ -857,3 +857,18 @@ def test_local_session_download_with_custom_s3_endpoint_url(sagemaker_session_cu
         Filename="{}/{}".format(DOWNLOAD_DATA_TESTS_FILES_DIR, "test.csv"),
         ExtraArgs=None,
     )
+
+
+@patch("sagemaker.local.local_session.get_docker_host")
+@patch("urllib3.PoolManager.request")
+def test_invoke_local_endpoint_with_remote_docker_host(
+    m_request,
+    m_get_docker_host,
+):
+    m_get_docker_host.return_value = "some_host"
+    Body = "Body".encode("utf-8")
+    url = "http://%s:%d/invocations" % ("some_host", 8080)
+    sagemaker.local.local_session.LocalSagemakerRuntimeClient().invoke_endpoint(
+        Body, "local_endpoint"
+    )
+    m_request.assert_called_with("POST", url, body=Body, preload_content=False, headers={})
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_local_utils.py b/tests/unit/test_local_utils.py
index be54d00a19..4bce43704e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_local_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_local_utils.py
@@ -92,3 +92,27 @@ def test_get_child_process_ids(m_subprocess):
     m_subprocess.Popen.return_value = process_mock
     sagemaker.local.utils.get_child_process_ids("pid")
     m_subprocess.Popen.assert_called_with(cmd, stdout=m_subprocess.PIPE, stderr=m_subprocess.PIPE)
+
+
+@patch("sagemaker.local.utils.subprocess")
+def test_get_docker_host(m_subprocess):
+    cmd = "docker context inspect".split()
+    process_mock = Mock()
+    endpoints = [
+        {"test": "tcp://host:port", "result": "host"},
+        {"test": "fd://something", "result": "localhost"},
+        {"test": "unix://path/to/socket", "result": "localhost"},
+        {"test": "npipe:////./pipe/foo", "result": "localhost"},
+    ]
+    for endpoint in endpoints:
+        return_value = (
+            '[\n{\n"Endpoints":{\n"docker":{\n"Host": "%s"}\n}\n}\n]\n' % endpoint["test"]
+        )
+        attrs = {"communicate.return_value": (return_value.encode("utf-8"), None), "returncode": 0}
+        process_mock.configure_mock(**attrs)
+        m_subprocess.Popen.return_value = process_mock
+        host = sagemaker.local.utils.get_docker_host()
+        m_subprocess.Popen.assert_called_with(
+            cmd, stdout=m_subprocess.PIPE, stderr=m_subprocess.PIPE
+        )
+        assert host == endpoint["result"]