diff --git a/docs/environment.md b/docs/environment.md
index 946f42af..2b3e6115 100644
--- a/docs/environment.md
+++ b/docs/environment.md
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ When using `sudo -E`, these host variables are automatically passed: `GITHUB_TOK
 
 The following are always set/overridden: `PATH` (container values).
 
+### Self-hosted runner home directory support
+
+AWF derives the effective home directory at runtime from the host environment (`$HOME`, with sudo-aware handling), not from a hardcoded `/home/runner` path.
+
+This means self-hosted Linux runners with non-standard service-account homes are supported, as long as `$HOME` is set correctly before invoking `awf`.
+
 Variables from `--env` flags override everything else.
 
 **Proxy variables set automatically:** `HTTP_PROXY`, `HTTPS_PROXY`, and `https_proxy` are always set to point to the Squid proxy (`http://172.30.0.10:3128`). Note that lowercase `http_proxy` is intentionally **not** set — some curl builds on Ubuntu 22.04 ignore uppercase `HTTP_PROXY` for HTTP URLs (httpoxy mitigation), so HTTP traffic falls through to iptables DNAT interception instead. iptables DNAT serves as a defense-in-depth fallback for both HTTP and HTTPS.
diff --git a/src/docker-manager.test.ts b/src/docker-manager.test.ts
index 659d2318..eb52ca07 100644
--- a/src/docker-manager.test.ts
+++ b/src/docker-manager.test.ts
@@ -878,6 +878,37 @@ describe('docker-manager', () => {
       expect(volumes).toContain(`/tmp/awf-test/agent-logs:/host${homeDir}/.copilot/logs:rw`);
     });
 
+    it('should create missing .copilot directory and mount it when using non-standard HOME path', () => {
+      const fakeHome = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'awf-home-'));
+      const originalHome = process.env.HOME;
+      const originalSudoUser = process.env.SUDO_USER;
+      delete process.env.SUDO_USER;
+      process.env.HOME = fakeHome;
+
+      try {
+        const copilotDir = path.join(fakeHome, '.copilot');
+        expect(fs.existsSync(copilotDir)).toBe(false);
+
+        const result = generateDockerCompose(mockConfig, mockNetworkConfig);
+        const volumes = result.services.agent.volumes as string[];
+
+        expect(fs.existsSync(copilotDir)).toBe(true);
+        expect(volumes).toContain(`${fakeHome}/.copilot:/host${fakeHome}/.copilot:rw`);
+      } finally {
+        if (originalHome !== undefined) {
+          process.env.HOME = originalHome;
+        } else {
+          delete process.env.HOME;
+        }
+        if (originalSudoUser !== undefined) {
+          process.env.SUDO_USER = originalSudoUser;
+        } else {
+          delete process.env.SUDO_USER;
+        }
+        fs.rmSync(fakeHome, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      }
+    });
+
     it('should use sessionStateDir when specified for chroot mounts', () => {
       const configWithSessionDir = { ...mockConfig, sessionStateDir: '/custom/session-state' };
       const result = generateDockerCompose(configWithSessionDir, mockNetworkConfig);
diff --git a/src/docker-manager.ts b/src/docker-manager.ts
index b127c59e..e903aad0 100644
--- a/src/docker-manager.ts
+++ b/src/docker-manager.ts
@@ -1164,7 +1164,17 @@ export function generateDockerCompose(
     // Mount ~/.copilot for Copilot CLI (package extraction, MCP config, etc.)
     // This is safe as ~/.copilot contains only Copilot CLI state, not credentials.
     // Auth tokens are in COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN env var (handled by API proxy sidecar).
-    agentVolumes.push(`${effectiveHome}/.copilot:/host${effectiveHome}/.copilot:rw`);
+    const copilotHomeDir = path.join(effectiveHome, '.copilot');
+    if (fs.existsSync(copilotHomeDir)) {
+      try {
+        fs.accessSync(copilotHomeDir, fs.constants.R_OK | fs.constants.W_OK);
+        agentVolumes.push(`${copilotHomeDir}:/host${effectiveHome}/.copilot:rw`);
+      } catch (error) {
+        logger.warn(`Cannot access ~/.copilot directory at ${copilotHomeDir}; skipping host bind mount. Copilot CLI package extraction and persisted host MCP config may be unavailable. Error: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);
+      }
+    } else {
+      logger.debug(`~/.copilot directory does not exist at ${copilotHomeDir}; skipping optional host bind mount.`);
+    }
 
     // Overlay session-state and logs from AWF workDir so events.jsonl and logs are
     // captured in the workDir instead of written to the host's ~/.copilot.