diff --git a/build/dev-env.sh b/build/dev-env.sh
index 0da9b84d7..17109d921 100755
--- a/build/dev-env.sh
+++ b/build/dev-env.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export REGISTRY=${REGISTRY:-ingress-controller}
 DEV_IMAGE=${REGISTRY}/nginx-ingress-controller:${TAG}
 
 if [ -z "${SKIP_MINIKUBE_START}" ]; then
-    test $(minikube status | grep Running | wc -l) -eq 2 && $(minikube status | grep -q 'Correctly Configured') || minikube start \
+    test $(minikube status | grep Running | wc -l) -ge 2 && $(minikube status | grep -q 'Correctly Configured') || minikube start \
         --extra-config=kubelet.sync-frequency=1s \
         --extra-config=apiserver.authorization-mode=RBAC