diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/controlplane.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/controlplane.go
index 39348a0cb0a..cdcbe11f9e5 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/controlplane.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/controlplane.go
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ func runControlPlaneSubphase(component string) func(c workflow.RunData) error {
 		cfg := data.Cfg()
 
 		fmt.Printf("[control-plane] Creating static Pod manifest for %q\n", component)
-		return controlplane.CreateStaticPodFiles(data.ManifestDir(), &cfg.ClusterConfiguration, &cfg.LocalAPIEndpoint, component)
+
+		// TODO: this should be replaced by a value from a flag in subsequent PR. see the POC https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80580
+		kustomizeDir := ""
+
+		return controlplane.CreateStaticPodFiles(data.ManifestDir(), kustomizeDir, &cfg.ClusterConfiguration, &cfg.LocalAPIEndpoint, component)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/etcd.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/etcd.go
index c7c2b963a90..d77b581d7d4 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/etcd.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/etcd.go
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ func runEtcdPhaseLocal() func(c workflow.RunData) error {
 				fmt.Printf("[dryrun] Would ensure that %q directory is present\n", cfg.Etcd.Local.DataDir)
 			}
 			fmt.Printf("[etcd] Creating static Pod manifest for local etcd in %q\n", data.ManifestDir())
-			if err := etcdphase.CreateLocalEtcdStaticPodManifestFile(data.ManifestDir(), cfg.NodeRegistration.Name, &cfg.ClusterConfiguration, &cfg.LocalAPIEndpoint); err != nil {
+
+			// TODO: this should be replaced by a value from a flag in subsequent PR. see the POC https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80580
+			kustomizeDir := ""
+
+			if err := etcdphase.CreateLocalEtcdStaticPodManifestFile(data.ManifestDir(), kustomizeDir, cfg.NodeRegistration.Name, &cfg.ClusterConfiguration, &cfg.LocalAPIEndpoint); err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "error creating local etcd static pod manifest file")
 			}
 		} else {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplaneprepare.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplaneprepare.go
index f2464f9f834..0be0df52a57 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplaneprepare.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplaneprepare.go
@@ -184,10 +184,14 @@ func runControlPlanePrepareControlPlaneSubphase(c workflow.RunData) error {
 
 	fmt.Printf("[control-plane] Using manifest folder %q\n", kubeadmconstants.GetStaticPodDirectory())
 
+	// TODO: this should be replaced by a value from a flag in subsequent PR. see the POC https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80580
+	kustomizeDir := ""
+
 	for _, component := range kubeadmconstants.ControlPlaneComponents {
 		fmt.Printf("[control-plane] Creating static Pod manifest for %q\n", component)
 		err := controlplane.CreateStaticPodFiles(
 			kubeadmconstants.GetStaticPodDirectory(),
+			kustomizeDir,
 			&cfg.ClusterConfiguration,
 			&cfg.LocalAPIEndpoint,
 			component,
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods.go
index 2c3ac934a7d..78427f62ed8 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods.go
@@ -314,7 +314,11 @@ func performEtcdStaticPodUpgrade(certsRenewMgr *renewal.Manager, client clientse
 
 	// Write the updated etcd static Pod manifest into the temporary directory, at this point no etcd change
 	// has occurred in any aspects.
-	if err := etcdphase.CreateLocalEtcdStaticPodManifestFile(pathMgr.TempManifestDir(), cfg.NodeRegistration.Name, &cfg.ClusterConfiguration, &cfg.LocalAPIEndpoint); err != nil {
+
+	// TODO: this should be replaced by a value from a flag in subsequent PR. see the POC https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80580
+	kustomizeDir := ""
+
+	if err := etcdphase.CreateLocalEtcdStaticPodManifestFile(pathMgr.TempManifestDir(), kustomizeDir, cfg.NodeRegistration.Name, &cfg.ClusterConfiguration, &cfg.LocalAPIEndpoint); err != nil {
 		return true, errors.Wrap(err, "error creating local etcd static pod manifest file")
 	}
 
@@ -460,7 +464,11 @@ func StaticPodControlPlane(client clientset.Interface, waiter apiclient.Waiter,
 
 	// Write the updated static Pod manifests into the temporary directory
 	fmt.Printf("[upgrade/staticpods] Writing new Static Pod manifests to %q\n", pathMgr.TempManifestDir())
-	err = controlplanephase.CreateInitStaticPodManifestFiles(pathMgr.TempManifestDir(), cfg)
+
+	// TODO: this should be replaced by a value from a flag in subsequent PR. see the POC https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80580
+	kustomizeDir := ""
+
+	err = controlplanephase.CreateInitStaticPodManifestFiles(pathMgr.TempManifestDir(), kustomizeDir, cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error creating init static pod manifest files")
 	}
@@ -612,7 +620,10 @@ func DryRunStaticPodUpgrade(internalcfg *kubeadmapi.InitConfiguration) error {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dryRunManifestDir)
 
-	if err := controlplane.CreateInitStaticPodManifestFiles(dryRunManifestDir, internalcfg); err != nil {
+	// TODO: this should be replaced by a value from a flag in subsequent PR. see the POC https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80580
+	kustomizeDir := ""
+
+	if err := controlplane.CreateInitStaticPodManifestFiles(dryRunManifestDir, kustomizeDir, internalcfg); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods_test.go
index 08dfa863f68..023e8c48826 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods_test.go
@@ -512,11 +512,11 @@ func TestStaticPodControlPlane(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			// Initialize the directory with v1.7 manifests; should then be upgraded to v1.8 using the method
-			err = controlplanephase.CreateInitStaticPodManifestFiles(pathMgr.RealManifestDir(), oldcfg)
+			err = controlplanephase.CreateInitStaticPodManifestFiles(pathMgr.RealManifestDir(), "", oldcfg)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("couldn't run CreateInitStaticPodManifestFiles: %v", err)
 			}
-			err = etcdphase.CreateLocalEtcdStaticPodManifestFile(pathMgr.RealManifestDir(), oldcfg.NodeRegistration.Name, &oldcfg.ClusterConfiguration, &oldcfg.LocalAPIEndpoint)
+			err = etcdphase.CreateLocalEtcdStaticPodManifestFile(pathMgr.RealManifestDir(), "", oldcfg.NodeRegistration.Name, &oldcfg.ClusterConfiguration, &oldcfg.LocalAPIEndpoint)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("couldn't run CreateLocalEtcdStaticPodManifestFile: %v", err)
 			}