diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD
index 28212bc28e4..b2ae8681ae0 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/api/validation:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubeapiserver/authorizer/modes:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/initsystem:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/version:go_default_library",
         "//plugin/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e_node/system:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
index 9d2ddee7e3e..1e766db4dbd 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"crypto/tls"
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/validation"
 	authzmodes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubeapiserver/authorizer/modes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/initsystem"
+	versionutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
+	kubeadmversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version"
 	schoptions "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e_node/system"
 )
@@ -394,6 +397,40 @@ func (sysver SystemVerificationCheck) Check() (warnings, errors []error) {
 	return warns, nil
 }
 
+type KubernetesVersionCheck struct {
+	KubeadmVersion    string
+	KubernetesVersion string
+}
+
+func (kubever KubernetesVersionCheck) Check() (warnings, errors []error) {
+
+	// Skip this check for "super-custom builds", where apimachinery/the overall codebase version is not set.
+	if strings.HasPrefix(kubever.KubeadmVersion, "v0.0.0") {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	kadmVersion, err := versionutil.ParseSemantic(kubever.KubeadmVersion)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf("couldn't parse kubeadm version %q: %v", kubever.KubeadmVersion, err)}
+	}
+
+	k8sVersion, err := versionutil.ParseSemantic(kubever.KubernetesVersion)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf("couldn't parse kubernetes version %q: %v", kubever.KubernetesVersion, err)}
+	}
+
+	// Checks if k8sVersion greater or equal than the first unsupported versions by current version of kubeadm,
+	// that is major.minor+1 (all patch and pre-releases versions included)
+	// NB. in semver patches number is a numeric, while prerelease is a string where numeric identifiers always have lower precedence than non-numeric identifiers.
+	//     thus setting the value to x.y.0-0 we are defining the very first patch - prereleases within x.y minor release.
+	firstUnsupportedVersion := versionutil.MustParseSemantic(fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d.%s", kadmVersion.Major(), kadmVersion.Minor()+1, "0-0"))
+	if k8sVersion.AtLeast(firstUnsupportedVersion) {
+		return []error{fmt.Errorf("kubernetes version is greater than kubeadm version. Please consider to upgrade kubeadm. kubernetes version: %s. Kubeadm version: %d.%d.x", k8sVersion, kadmVersion.Components()[0], kadmVersion.Components()[1])}, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
 type etcdVersionResponse struct {
 	Etcdserver  string `json:"etcdserver"`
 	Etcdcluster string `json:"etcdcluster"`
@@ -534,6 +571,7 @@ func RunInitMasterChecks(cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration) error {
 	}
 
 	checks := []Checker{
+		KubernetesVersionCheck{KubernetesVersion: cfg.KubernetesVersion, KubeadmVersion: kubeadmversion.Get().GitVersion},
 		SystemVerificationCheck{},
 		IsRootCheck{},
 		HostnameCheck{nodeName: cfg.NodeName},
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks_test.go
index f790f354291..2db21a775fd 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 
 	"os"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 )
 
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ func TestRunInitMasterChecks(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			cfg: &kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration{
-				API: kubeadm.API{AdvertiseAddress: "foo"},
+				API: kubeadmapi.API{AdvertiseAddress: "foo"},
 			},
 			expected: false,
 		},
@@ -347,3 +346,66 @@ func TestConfigCertAndKey(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestKubernetesVersionCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	var tests = []struct {
+		check          KubernetesVersionCheck
+		expectWarnings bool
+	}{
+		{
+			check: KubernetesVersionCheck{
+				KubeadmVersion:    "v1.6.6", //Same version
+				KubernetesVersion: "v1.6.6",
+			},
+			expectWarnings: false,
+		},
+		{
+			check: KubernetesVersionCheck{
+				KubeadmVersion:    "v1.6.6", //KubernetesVersion version older than KubeadmVersion
+				KubernetesVersion: "v1.5.5",
+			},
+			expectWarnings: false,
+		},
+		{
+			check: KubernetesVersionCheck{
+				KubeadmVersion:    "v1.6.6", //KubernetesVersion newer than KubeadmVersion, within the same minor release (new patch)
+				KubernetesVersion: "v1.6.7",
+			},
+			expectWarnings: false,
+		},
+		{
+			check: KubernetesVersionCheck{
+				KubeadmVersion:    "v1.6.6", //KubernetesVersion newer than KubeadmVersion, in a different minor/in pre-release
+				KubernetesVersion: "v1.7.0-alpha.0",
+			},
+			expectWarnings: true,
+		},
+		{
+			check: KubernetesVersionCheck{
+				KubeadmVersion:    "v1.6.6", //KubernetesVersion newer than KubeadmVersion, in a different minor/stable
+				KubernetesVersion: "v1.7.0",
+			},
+			expectWarnings: true,
+		},
+		{
+			check: KubernetesVersionCheck{
+				KubeadmVersion:    "v0.0.0", //"super-custom" builds - Skip this check
+				KubernetesVersion: "v1.7.0",
+			},
+			expectWarnings: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, rt := range tests {
+		warning, _ := rt.check.Check()
+		if (warning != nil) != rt.expectWarnings {
+			t.Errorf(
+				"failed KubernetesVersionCheck:\n\texpected: %t\n\t  actual: %t (KubeadmVersion:%s, KubernetesVersion: %s)",
+				rt.expectWarnings,
+				(warning != nil),
+				rt.check.KubeadmVersion,
+				rt.check.KubernetesVersion,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+}