diff --git a/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh b/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh
index e3dde31347..d80e6eca0a 100644
--- a/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh
+++ b/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ sed -i '
 sed -i '
 /^KUBELET_ADDRESS=/ s/=.*/="--address=0.0.0.0"/
 /^KUBELET_HOSTNAME=/ s/=.*/="--hostname_override='"$myip"'"/
+/^KUBELET_API_SERVER=/ s/=.*/="--api_servers='"$KUBE_MASTER_IP"':8080"/
 ' /etc/kubernetes/kubelet
 
 sed -i '