diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go
index c98ddedcced..416f2054381 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go
@@ -80,10 +80,14 @@ func GetAllImages(cfg *kubeadmapi.InitConfiguration) []string {
 		imgs = append(imgs, GetEtcdImage(cfg))
 	}
 
-	dnsImage := GetGenericArchImage(cfg.ImageRepository, "k8s-dns-kube-dns", constants.KubeDNSVersion)
+	// Append the appropriate DNS images
 	if features.Enabled(cfg.FeatureGates, features.CoreDNS) {
-		dnsImage = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s:%s", cfg.ImageRepository, constants.CoreDNS, constants.CoreDNSVersion)
+		imgs = append(imgs, GetGenericImage(cfg.ImageRepository, constants.CoreDNS, constants.CoreDNSVersion))
+	} else {
+		imgs = append(imgs, GetGenericArchImage(cfg.ImageRepository, "k8s-dns-kube-dns", constants.KubeDNSVersion))
+		imgs = append(imgs, GetGenericArchImage(cfg.ImageRepository, "k8s-dns-sidecar", constants.KubeDNSVersion))
+		imgs = append(imgs, GetGenericArchImage(cfg.ImageRepository, "k8s-dns-dnsmasq-nanny", constants.KubeDNSVersion))
 	}
-	imgs = append(imgs, dnsImage)
+
 	return imgs
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images_test.go
index 3fa82714659..b0fe41e866a 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images_test.go
@@ -211,6 +211,42 @@ func TestGetAllImages(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expect: constants.Etcd,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "CoreDNS image is returned",
+			cfg: &kubeadmapi.InitConfiguration{
+				FeatureGates: map[string]bool{
+					"CoreDNS": true,
+				},
+			},
+			expect: constants.CoreDNS,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "main kube-dns image is returned",
+			cfg: &kubeadmapi.InitConfiguration{
+				FeatureGates: map[string]bool{
+					"CoreDNS": false,
+				},
+			},
+			expect: "k8s-dns-kube-dns",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "kube-dns sidecar image is returned",
+			cfg: &kubeadmapi.InitConfiguration{
+				FeatureGates: map[string]bool{
+					"CoreDNS": false,
+				},
+			},
+			expect: "k8s-dns-sidecar",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "kube-dns dnsmasq-nanny image is returned",
+			cfg: &kubeadmapi.InitConfiguration{
+				FeatureGates: map[string]bool{
+					"CoreDNS": false,
+				},
+			},
+			expect: "k8s-dns-dnsmasq-nanny",
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testcases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {