diff --git a/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_kibana/defaults/main.yml b/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_kibana/defaults/main.yml
index 064c93a4..ad3e0081 100644
--- a/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_kibana/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_kibana/defaults/main.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ kibana_server_name: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
 kibana_index_on_elasticsearch: "http://{{ hostvars[groups['elastic-logstash'][0]]['ansible_host'] }}:{{ elastic_port}}/.kibana"
 kibana_elastic_request_timeout: 1800000
 
+# If unset, the protocol and port default to http and elastic_port
+# respectively
+kibana_elastic_endpoints:
+  - "http://127.0.0.1:{{ elastic_port }}"
+
 # The following must be set in order to to allow kibana load balancing
 # otherwise they are set individually per Kibana instance
 # The key used to encrypt Elasticsearch reports
diff --git a/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_kibana/templates/kibana.yml.j2 b/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_kibana/templates/kibana.yml.j2
index 00b08b22..460e5fb7 100644
--- a/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_kibana/templates/kibana.yml.j2
+++ b/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_kibana/templates/kibana.yml.j2
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ server.host: {{ kibana_interface }}
 #server.name: "your-hostname"
 
 # The URLs of the Elasticsearch instances to use for all your queries.
-elasticsearch.hosts: "http://127.0.0.1:{{ elastic_port }}"
+elasticsearch.hosts: {{ kibana_elastic_endpoints  | to_json }}
 
 # When this setting's value is true Kibana uses the hostname specified in the server.host
 # setting. When the value of this setting is false, Kibana uses the hostname of the host