diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 63189214846..02a434f8234 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ fi
 # Shut down anyway if there's an error.
 set +e
 
-API_PORT=${API_PORT:-8080}
+API_PORT=${API_PORT:-0}
 API_SECURE_PORT=${API_SECURE_PORT:-6443}
 
 # WARNING: For DNS to work on most setups you should export API_HOST as the docker0 ip address,