diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/kubelet b/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/kubelet
index ab8ee30b598..cbde975ac92 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/kubelet
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/kubelet
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ group kubelet
 start program = "/etc/init.d/kubelet start"
 stop program = "/etc/init.d/kubelet stop"
 if does not exist then restart
-
+if failed port 10250
+  protocol HTTP request "/healthz"
+  with timeout 10 seconds
+  then restart
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server.go b/pkg/kubelet/server.go
index 88f444c2708..61967b1bb55 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleHealthz(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	// Check that the hostname known by the master matches the hostname
 	// the kubelet knows
 	hostname := s.host.GetHostname()
-	if masterHostname != hostname {
+	if masterHostname != hostname && masterHostname != "127.0.0.1" && masterHostname != "localhost" {
 		s.error(w, errors.New("Kubelet hostname \""+hostname+"\" does not match the hostname expected by the master \""+masterHostname+"\""))
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/server_test.go
index b186e1be209..9816bed9fb1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server_test.go
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ func TestHealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Got error GETing: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusInternalServerError {
-		t.Errorf("expected status code %d, got %d", http.StatusInternalServerError, resp.StatusCode)
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Errorf("expected status code %d, got %d", http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
 	//Test with old docker version
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ func TestHealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusInternalServerError {
-		t.Errorf("expected status code %d, got %d", http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
+		t.Errorf("expected status code %d, got %d", http.StatusInternalServerError, resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
 }