diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 38e3b474ae9..cf82418f0cf 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ API_BIND_ADDR=${API_BIND_ADDR:-"0.0.0.0"}
 EXTERNAL_HOSTNAME=${EXTERNAL_HOSTNAME:-localhost}
 
 KUBELET_HOST=${KUBELET_HOST:-"127.0.0.1"}
+KUBELET_RESOLV_CONF=${KUBELET_RESOLV_CONF:-"/etc/resolv.conf"}
 # By default only allow CORS for requests on localhost
 API_CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=${API_CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS:-/127.0.0.1(:[0-9]+)?$,/localhost(:[0-9]+)?$}
 KUBELET_PORT=${KUBELET_PORT:-10250}
@@ -815,6 +816,7 @@ readOnlyPort: ${KUBELET_READ_ONLY_PORT}
 rotateCertificates: true
 runtimeRequestTimeout: "${RUNTIME_REQUEST_TIMEOUT}"
 staticPodPath: "${POD_MANIFEST_PATH}"
+resolvConf: "${KUBELET_RESOLV_CONF}"
 EOF
     {
       # authentication