diff --git a/cluster/ubuntu/config-default.sh b/cluster/ubuntu/config-default.sh
index 16b6c65bad5..8d215cacd0a 100755
--- a/cluster/ubuntu/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/ubuntu/config-default.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ export FLANNEL_NET=${FLANNEL_NET:-172.16.0.0/16}
 # Admission Controllers to invoke prior to persisting objects in cluster
 export ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,ResourceQuota,SecurityContextDeny
 
+# Path to the config file or directory of files of kubelet
+export KUBELET_CONFIG=${KUBELET_CONFIG:-""}
+
+# A port range to reserve for services with NodePort visibility
 SERVICE_NODE_PORT_RANGE=${SERVICE_NODE_PORT_RANGE:-"30000-32767"}
 
 # Optional: Enable node logging.
diff --git a/cluster/ubuntu/util.sh b/cluster/ubuntu/util.sh
index 808969e99c3..4512adb1a37 100755
--- a/cluster/ubuntu/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/ubuntu/util.sh
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ KUBELET_OPTS="\
  --hostname-override=${1} \
  --api-servers=http://${2}:8080 \
  --logtostderr=true \
- --config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests \
  --cluster-dns=${3} \
  --cluster-domain=${4}"
+ --config=${5}"
 EOF
 
 }
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ function provision-node() {
       '${1#*@}' \
       '${MASTER_IP}' \
       '${DNS_SERVER_IP}' \
-      '${DNS_DOMAIN}'
+      '${DNS_DOMAIN}' \
+      '${KUBELET_CONFIG}'
     create-kube-proxy-opts \
       '${1#*@}' \
       '${MASTER_IP}' 
@@ -495,7 +496,8 @@ function provision-masterandnode() {
       '${MASTER_IP}' \
       '${MASTER_IP}' \
       '${DNS_SERVER_IP}' \
-      '${DNS_DOMAIN}'
+      '${DNS_DOMAIN}' \
+      '${KUBELET_CONFIG}'
     create-kube-proxy-opts \
       '${MASTER_IP}' \
       '${MASTER_IP}'