diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 0d48c663fe0..4bcd38d5b9d 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ MASTER_DISK_TYPE=pd-ssd
 MASTER_DISK_SIZE=${MASTER_DISK_SIZE:-20GB}
 MINION_DISK_TYPE=pd-standard
 MINION_DISK_SIZE=${MINION_DISK_SIZE:-100GB}
+KUBELET_PORT=10250
 REGISTER_MASTER_KUBELET=${REGISTER_MASTER:-false}
 KUBE_APISERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=300
 PREEMPTIBLE_MINION=${PREEMPTIBLE_MINION:-false}
diff --git a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
index fab6f6527bb..b6230cd748a 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ manifest_url: '$(echo "$MANIFEST_URL" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 manifest_url_header: '$(echo "$MANIFEST_URL_HEADER" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 num_nodes: $(echo "${NUM_MINIONS}")
 e2e_storage_test_environment: '$(echo "$E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
+kubelet_port: '$(echo "$KUBELET_PORT")'
 EOF
 
     if [ -n "${APISERVER_TEST_ARGS:-}" ]; then
diff --git a/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh b/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
index 32a90f1cc10..f323a8ec5fb 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 # A library of helper functions and constant for debian os distro
 
-
 # create-master-instance creates the master instance. If called with
 # an argument, the argument is used as the name to a reserved IP
 # address for the master. (In the case of upgrade/repair, we re-use
diff --git a/cluster/gce/trusty/node.yaml b/cluster/gce/trusty/node.yaml
index fde84c1e5b5..e57e609e59c 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/trusty/node.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/trusty/node.yaml
@@ -262,7 +262,8 @@ script
 			echo "Docker daemon failed!"
 			pkill docker
 		fi
-		if ! curl --insecure -m ${max_seconds} -f -s https://127.0.0.1:10250/healthz > /dev/null; then
+		. /etc/kube-env
+		if ! curl --insecure -m ${max_seconds} -f -s https://127.0.0.1:${KUBELET_PORT:-10250}/healthz > /dev/null; then
 			echo "Kubelet is unhealthy!"
 			pkill kubelet
 		fi
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 655221c9d16..d365c31ffa1 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -1302,6 +1302,7 @@ OPENCONTRAIL_TAG: $(yaml-quote ${OPENCONTRAIL_TAG:-})
 OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG: $(yaml-quote ${OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG:-})
 OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET: $(yaml-quote ${OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET:-})
 E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT: $(yaml-quote ${E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT:-})
+KUBELET_PORT: $(yaml-quote ${KUBELET_PORT:-})
 EOF
   if [ -n "${KUBE_APISERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT:-}" ]; then
     cat >>$file <<EOF
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
index 35242a71693..76e902f78fa 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
@@ -116,5 +116,10 @@
   {% set network_plugin = "--network-plugin=opencontrail" %}
 {% endif -%}
 
+{% set kubelet_port = "" -%}
+{% if pillar['kubelet_port'] is defined -%}
+  {% set kubelet_port="--port=" + pillar['kubelet_port'] %}
+{% endif -%}
+
 # test_args has to be kept at the end, so they'll overwrite any prior configuration
-DAEMON_ARGS="{{daemon_args}} {{api_servers_with_port}} {{debugging_handlers}} {{hostname_override}} {{cloud_provider}} {{config}} {{manifest_url}} --allow-privileged={{pillar['allow_privileged']}} {{pillar['log_level']}} {{cluster_dns}} {{cluster_domain}} {{docker_root}} {{kubelet_root}} {{configure_cbr0}} {{cgroup_root}} {{system_container}} {{pod_cidr}} {{ master_kubelet_args }} {{cpu_cfs_quota}} {{network_plugin}} {{test_args}}"
+DAEMON_ARGS="{{daemon_args}} {{api_servers_with_port}} {{debugging_handlers}} {{hostname_override}} {{cloud_provider}} {{config}} {{manifest_url}} --allow-privileged={{pillar['allow_privileged']}} {{pillar['log_level']}} {{cluster_dns}} {{cluster_domain}} {{docker_root}} {{kubelet_root}} {{configure_cbr0}} {{cgroup_root}} {{system_container}} {{pod_cidr}} {{ master_kubelet_args }} {{cpu_cfs_quota}} {{network_plugin}} {{kubelet_port}} {{test_args}}"
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/supervisor/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/supervisor/init.sls
index 98a3700920d..fb2b387a964 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/supervisor/init.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/supervisor/init.sls
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ monit:
   file:
     - managed
     - source: salt://supervisor/kubelet-checker.sh
+    - template: jinja
     - user: root
     - group: root
     - mode: 755
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/supervisor/kubelet-checker.sh b/cluster/saltbase/salt/supervisor/kubelet-checker.sh
index ed1dae2cdd2..7dda87d5449 100755
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/supervisor/kubelet-checker.sh
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/supervisor/kubelet-checker.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 # it detects a failure.  It then exits, and supervisord restarts it
 # which in turn restarts the kubelet.
 
+{% set kubelet_port = "10250" -%}
+{% if pillar['kubelet_port'] is defined -%}
+	{% set kubelet_port = pillar['kubelet_port'] -%}
+{% endif -%}
+
 /etc/init.d/kubelet stop
 /etc/init.d/kubelet start
 
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ sleep 60
 max_seconds=10
 
 while true; do
-  if ! curl --insecure -m ${max_seconds} -f -s https://127.0.0.1:10250/healthz > /dev/null; then
+  if ! curl --insecure -m ${max_seconds} -f -s https://127.0.0.1:{{kubelet_port}}/healthz > /dev/null; then
     echo "kubelet failed!"
     exit 2
   fi