diff --git a/docker/dev/Dockerfile b/docker/dev/Dockerfile
index b8218873fca..c5aa61567c2 100644
--- a/docker/dev/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/dev/Dockerfile
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ RUN curl -s https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.draios.com/DRAIOS-GPG-KEY.public |
  && apt-get clean \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Change the falco config within the container to enable ISO 8601
+# output.
+RUN sed -e 's/time_format_iso_8601: false/time_format_iso_8601: true/' < /etc/falco/falco.yaml > /etc/falco/falco.yaml.new \
+ && mv /etc/falco/falco.yaml.new /etc/falco/falco.yaml
+
 # Some base images have an empty /lib/modules by default
 # If it's not empty, docker build will fail instead of
 # silently overwriting the existing directory
@@ -101,4 +106,4 @@ COPY ./docker-entrypoint.sh /
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 
-CMD ["/usr/bin/falco"]
+CMD ["/usr/bin/falco", "-o", "time_format_iso_8601=true"]
diff --git a/docker/local/Dockerfile b/docker/local/Dockerfile
index 4f6d91c1444..ac48e8450d8 100644
--- a/docker/local/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/local/Dockerfile
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ RUN rm -df /lib/modules \
 ADD falco-${FALCO_VERSION}-x86_64.deb /
 RUN dpkg -i /falco-${FALCO_VERSION}-x86_64.deb
 
+# Change the falco config within the container to enable ISO 8601
+# output.
+RUN sed -e 's/time_format_iso_8601: false/time_format_iso_8601: true/' < /etc/falco/falco.yaml > /etc/falco/falco.yaml.new \
+ && mv /etc/falco/falco.yaml.new /etc/falco/falco.yaml
+
 # debian:unstable head contains binutils 2.31, which generates
 # binaries that are incompatible with kernels < 4.16. So manually
 # forcibly install binutils 2.30-22 instead.
diff --git a/docker/stable/Dockerfile b/docker/stable/Dockerfile
index 70836d88b62..bf15c909c49 100644
--- a/docker/stable/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/stable/Dockerfile
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ RUN curl -s https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.draios.com/DRAIOS-GPG-KEY.public |
  && apt-get clean \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Change the falco config within the container to enable ISO 8601
+# output.
+RUN sed -e 's/time_format_iso_8601: false/time_format_iso_8601: true/' < /etc/falco/falco.yaml > /etc/falco/falco.yaml.new \
+ && mv /etc/falco/falco.yaml.new /etc/falco/falco.yaml
+
 # Some base images have an empty /lib/modules by default
 # If it's not empty, docker build will fail instead of
 # silently overwriting the existing directory