diff --git a/docs/en/api-guides/tools/idf-docker-image.rst b/docs/en/api-guides/tools/idf-docker-image.rst
index 988e52d8cb..7295d374f4 100644
--- a/docs/en/api-guides/tools/idf-docker-image.rst
+++ b/docs/en/api-guides/tools/idf-docker-image.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ The above command explained:
 - ``espressif/idf``: uses Docker image ``espressif/idf`` with tag ``latest`` (implicitly added by Docker when no tag is specified)
 - ``idf.py build``: runs this command inside the container
 
+.. note::
+
+   When the mounted directory, ``/project``, contains a git repository owned by a different user (``UID``) than the one running the Docker container, git commands executed within ``/project`` might fail, displaying an error message ``fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at '/project'``. To resolve this issue, you can designate the ``/project`` directory as safe by setting the IDF_GIT_SAFE_DIR environment variable during the Docker container startup. For instance, you can achieve this by including ``-e IDF_GIT_SAFE_DIR='/project'`` as a parameter. Additionally, multiple directories can be specified by using a ``:`` separator. To entirely disable this git security check, ``*`` can be used.
+
 To build with a specific docker image tag, specify it as ``espressif/idf:TAG``, for example::
 
     docker run --rm -v $PWD:/project -w /project espressif/idf:release-v4.4 idf.py build
diff --git a/tools/docker/entrypoint.sh b/tools/docker/entrypoint.sh
index 7cf15f1917..513b3ba00d 100755
--- a/tools/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/tools/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
+# IDF_GIT_SAFE_DIR has the same format as system PATH environment variable.
+# All path specified in IDF_GIT_SAFE_DIR will be added to user's
+# global git config as safe.directory paths. For more information
+# see git-config manual page.
+if [ -n "${IDF_GIT_SAFE_DIR+x}" ]
+then
+	echo "Adding following directories into git's safe.directory"
+	echo "$IDF_GIT_SAFE_DIR" | tr ':' '\n' | while read -r dir
+	do
+		git config --global --add safe.directory "$dir"
+		echo "  $dir"
+	done
+fi
+
 . $IDF_PATH/export.sh
 
 exec "$@"