diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 223c450c0..49bca8064 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ start:
 .PHONY: %-memcached
 %-memcached: SERVICE=memcached
 %-memcached: SERVICE_VARIANT=memcached
-%-memcached: CONTAINER_CMD=$(MEMCACHED_IMAGE) --port=`cat $(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'MEMCACHED_PORT=' | sed 's/MEMCACHED_PORT=//'`
+%-memcached: CONTAINER_CMD=$$(MEMCACHED_IMAGE) --port=`cat $$(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'MEMCACHED_PORT=' | sed 's/MEMCACHED_PORT=//'`
 %-memcached: BASE_PORTS = "MEMCACHED_PORT=11211"
 
 .PHONY: %-minio
 %-minio: SERVICE=minio
 %-minio: SERVICE_VARIANT=minio
-%-minio: CONTAINER_CMD=$(MINIO_IMAGE) -- server `mktemp` --address=:`cat $(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'UPLOAD_S3_PORT=' | sed 's/UPLOAD_S3_PORT=//'`:
+%-minio: CONTAINER_CMD=$$(MINIO_IMAGE) -- server `mktemp` --address=:`cat $$(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'UPLOAD_S3_PORT=' | sed 's/UPLOAD_S3_PORT=//'`
 %-minio: BASE_PORTS = "UPLOAD_S3_PORT=9000"
 
 .PHONY: start-%