diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a1fcf354..d9a8650b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ bin
 images/kubeadm/run
 images/alpine/alpine.*
 docs/_build
+ignitew
diff --git a/Dockerfile.ignitew b/Dockerfile.ignitew
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ceaa8f7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.ignitew
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+FROM ubuntu:bionic
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl
+
+ENV CNI_VERSION v0.8.2
+ENV ARCH amd64
+
+# Install wrap packer
+ADD  https://github.com/dgiagio/warp/releases/download/v0.3.0/linux-x64.warp-packer /usr/bin/linux-x64.warp-packer
+RUN  chmod +x /usr/bin/linux-x64.warp-packer
+
+RUN  mkdir /bundle
+WORKDIR /bundle
+
+COPY bin/amd64/ignite /bundle/ignite
+
+RUN mkdir -p  opt/cni/bin
+RUN curl -sSL https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/${CNI_VERSION}/cni-plugins-linux-${ARCH}-${CNI_VERSION}.tgz | tar -xz -C opt/cni/bin
+
+# Create wrapper
+RUN  mkdir /output
+WORKDIR /output
+RUN  linux-x64.warp-packer --arch linux-x64 --input_dir /bundle --exec ignite --output ignitew
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bf39c5a59..ab7da02ec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ serve-docs: build-docs
 	@echo Stating docs website on http://localhost:${DOCS_PORT}/_build/html/index.html
 	@$(DOCKER) run -i --rm -p ${DOCS_PORT}:8000 -e USER_ID=$$UID ignite-docs
 
+build-ignitew: build-all
+	$(DOCKER) build --no-cache -t ignitew-builder -f Dockerfile.ignitew .
+	$(DOCKER) create --name=ignitew-builder ignitew-builder
+	$(DOCKER) cp ignitew-builder:/output/ignitew .
+	$(DOCKER) rm -f ignitew-builder
+
 e2e: build-all e2e-nobuild
 
 e2e-nobuild:
diff --git a/pkg/network/cni/cni.go b/pkg/network/cni/cni.go
index 5f255c7d5..4c4f63ccb 100644
--- a/pkg/network/cni/cni.go
+++ b/pkg/network/cni/cni.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -97,7 +98,18 @@ func GetCNINetworkPlugin(runtime runtime.Interface) (network.Plugin, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	binDirs := []string{CNIBinDir}
+	var binDirs []string
+
+	// Check if we have an embedded CNI along side the ignite binary
+	exeDir := filepath.Dir(os.Args[0])
+	embeddedCNIBinDir := path.Join(exeDir, "opt", "cni", "bin")
+	// If we found the local CNI binary dir, we use it
+	if _, err := os.Stat(embeddedCNIBinDir); err == nil {
+		binDirs = append(binDirs, embeddedCNIBinDir)
+	}
+
+	// and we always have the default value from CNIBinDir
+	binDirs = append(binDirs, CNIBinDir)
 	cniInstance, err := gocni.New(gocni.WithMinNetworkCount(2),
 		gocni.WithPluginConfDir(CNIConfDir),
 		gocni.WithPluginDir(binDirs))
diff --git a/pkg/preflight/checkers/checks.go b/pkg/preflight/checkers/checks.go
index b01e654f6..888e03908 100644
--- a/pkg/preflight/checkers/checks.go
+++ b/pkg/preflight/checkers/checks.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	api "github.com/weaveworks/ignite/pkg/apis/ignite"
@@ -99,9 +100,20 @@ func StartCmdChecks(vm *api.VM, ignoredPreflightErrors sets.String) error {
 	for _, dependency := range constants.PathDependencies {
 		checks = append(checks, ExistingFileChecker{filePath: dependency})
 	}
+	// This should be warning only, in case users prefer other network plugins
 	if providers.NetworkPluginName == network.PluginCNI {
-		for _, dependency := range constants.CNIDependencies {
-			checks = append(checks, ExistingFileChecker{filePath: dependency})
+		// In case of using ignitew, we put CNI plugin binaries relatively to the executable
+		exeDir := filepath.Dir(os.Args[0])
+		if _, err := os.Stat(exeDir); err == nil {
+			for _, dependency := range constants.CNIDependencies {
+				releativeCNIPath := filepath.Join(exeDir, dependency)
+				checks = append(checks, ExistingFileChecker{filePath: releativeCNIPath})
+			}
+		} else {
+			// Otherwise in the normal case, we check usually path
+			for _, dependency := range constants.CNIDependencies {
+				checks = append(checks, ExistingFileChecker{filePath: dependency})
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	checks = append(checks, providers.Runtime.PreflightChecker())