diff --git a/build/rpms/10-kubeadm.conf b/build/rpms/10-kubeadm.conf
index a989fe7e5dc..8472af6aa24 100644
--- a/build/rpms/10-kubeadm.conf
+++ b/build/rpms/10-kubeadm.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [Service]
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/kubelet
 Environment="KUBELET_KUBECONFIG_ARGS=--bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/bootstrap-kubelet.conf --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf"
 Environment="KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS=--pod-manifest-path=/etc/kubernetes/manifests --allow-privileged=true"
 Environment="KUBELET_NETWORK_ARGS=--network-plugin=cni --cni-conf-dir=/etc/cni/net.d --cni-bin-dir=/opt/cni/bin"
diff --git a/build/rpms/kubeadm.spec b/build/rpms/kubeadm.spec
index 08e8ad44f96..0430ceaca7e 100644
--- a/build/rpms/kubeadm.spec
+++ b/build/rpms/kubeadm.spec
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ install -m 755 -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/systemd/system/
 install -m 755 -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/
 install -p -m 755 -t %{buildroot}%{_bindir} kubeadm
 install -p -m 755 -t %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/ 10-kubeadm.conf
+install -p -m 755 -t %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/ kubelet
 
 %files
 %{_bindir}/kubeadm
diff --git a/build/rpms/kubelet b/build/rpms/kubelet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6c7084e3a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/rpms/kubelet
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+KUBELET_EXTRA_ARGS=