diff --git a/tools/interop_matrix/README.md b/tools/interop_matrix/README.md
index 14fe82b9a1f26dbd8c4cd49ec0b49c42b1cb8ff5..f92dc690e2bfeccf28d74a14b5a77aeb8c6b3b82 100644
--- a/tools/interop_matrix/README.md
+++ b/tools/interop_matrix/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ from specific releases/tag, are used to test version compatiblity between gRPC r
 - The output for all the test cases is recorded in a junit style xml file (default to 'report.xml').
 
 ## Instructions for running test cases against a GCR image manually
+- Download docker image from GCR.  For example: `gcloud docker -- pull gcr.io/grpc-testing/grpc_interop_go1.7:master`.
 - Run test cases by specifying `docker_image` variable inline with the test case script created above.
 For example:
   - `docker_image=gcr.io/grpc-testing/grpc_interop_go1.7:master ./testcases/go__master` will run go__master test cases against `go1.7` with gRPC release `master` docker image in GCR.
diff --git a/tools/interop_matrix/run_interop_matrix_tests.py b/tools/interop_matrix/run_interop_matrix_tests.py
index 3273c3d759133814d1481883affefc40d109e41a..ff3bf8d5e5e1572bede4b3fc925499cbe2eca5ef 100755
--- a/tools/interop_matrix/run_interop_matrix_tests.py
+++ b/tools/interop_matrix/run_interop_matrix_tests.py
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ def find_test_cases(lang, release):
       # Only line start with 'docker run' are test cases.
       for line in f.readlines():
         if line.startswith('docker run'):
+          line = line.replace('docker run', 'gcloud docker -- run')
           m = re.search('--test_case=(.*)"', line)
           shortname = m.group(1) if m else 'unknown_test'
           spec = jobset.JobSpec(cmdline=line,