diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index c32b76931d2..a1b662709d6 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ function start_apiserver {
     # this uses the API port because if you don't have any authenticator, you can't seem to use the secure port at all.
     # this matches what happened with the combination in 1.4.
     # TODO change this conditionally based on whether API_PORT is on or off
-    kube::util::wait_for_url "http://${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}/version" "apiserver: " 1 ${WAIT_FOR_URL_API_SERVER} \
+    kube::util::wait_for_url "http://${API_HOST_IP}:${API_PORT}/version" "apiserver: " 1 ${WAIT_FOR_URL_API_SERVER} \
         || { echo "check apiserver logs: ${APISERVER_LOG}" ; exit 1 ; }
 
     # Create kubeconfigs for all components, using client certs