diff --git a/images/ckan/2.7/Dockerfile b/images/ckan/2.7/Dockerfile
index ec72633..fecaf1e 100644
--- a/images/ckan/2.7/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ckan/2.7/Dockerfile
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ RUN rm -rf /srv/app/wheels /srv/app/ext_wheels
 # Copy necessary scripts
 COPY setup/app ${APP_DIR}
 
+# Copy the alias script for paster to be ckan so it's compatible with 2.9
+COPY setup/bin/ckan /usr/bin/ckan
+
 # Create entrypoint directory for children image scripts
 ONBUILD RUN mkdir docker-entrypoint.d
 
diff --git a/images/ckan/2.7/setup/bin/ckan b/images/ckan/2.7/setup/bin/ckan
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0389541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/ckan/2.7/setup/bin/ckan
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# CKAN <2.9 uses paster and the ckan plugin for paster which expects the configuration to be passed
+# to a subcommand, example: paster --plugin=ckan datastore -c /srv/app/production.ini set-permissions
+# CKAN >2.9 ckan CLI command expects the configuration option as the second and third parameter
+# Example: ckan -c /srv/app/production.ini datastore set-permissions
+# 
+# Shift the two arguments so that we can move them to the end of the argument list
+# ckan -c /srv/app/production.ini datastore set-permissions
+# becomes
+# paster --plugin datastore set-permissions -c /srv/app/production.ini
+config_switch=$1
+config_file=$2
+shift 2
+paster --plugin=ckan "$@" "$config_switch" "$config_file"
diff --git a/images/ckan/2.8/Dockerfile b/images/ckan/2.8/Dockerfile
index a7d9e24..4ec6e6c 100644
--- a/images/ckan/2.8/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ckan/2.8/Dockerfile
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ RUN rm -rf /srv/app/wheels /srv/app/ext_wheels
 # Copy necessary scripts
 COPY setup/app ${APP_DIR}
 
+# Copy the alias script for paster to be ckan so it's compatible with 2.9
+COPY setup/bin/ckan /usr/bin/ckan
+
 # Create entrypoint directory for children image scripts
 ONBUILD RUN mkdir docker-entrypoint.d
 
diff --git a/images/ckan/2.8/setup/bin/ckan b/images/ckan/2.8/setup/bin/ckan
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0389541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/ckan/2.8/setup/bin/ckan
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# CKAN <2.9 uses paster and the ckan plugin for paster which expects the configuration to be passed
+# to a subcommand, example: paster --plugin=ckan datastore -c /srv/app/production.ini set-permissions
+# CKAN >2.9 ckan CLI command expects the configuration option as the second and third parameter
+# Example: ckan -c /srv/app/production.ini datastore set-permissions
+# 
+# Shift the two arguments so that we can move them to the end of the argument list
+# ckan -c /srv/app/production.ini datastore set-permissions
+# becomes
+# paster --plugin datastore set-permissions -c /srv/app/production.ini
+config_switch=$1
+config_file=$2
+shift 2
+paster --plugin=ckan "$@" "$config_switch" "$config_file"