diff --git a/lua/lspconfig/server_configurations/dockerls.lua b/lua/lspconfig/server_configurations/dockerls.lua
index 97376ea7a9..595ad6dfe4 100644
--- a/lua/lspconfig/server_configurations/dockerls.lua
+++ b/lua/lspconfig/server_configurations/dockerls.lua
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ return {
     filetypes = { 'dockerfile' },
     root_dir = util.root_pattern 'Dockerfile',
     single_file_support = true,
+    settings = {
+      docker = {
+        languageserver = {
+          formatter = {
+            ignoreMultilineInstructions = true,
+          },
+        },
+      }
+    },
   },
   docs = {
     description = [[