diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 4a7300b3246..7e1de11ae71 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -696,7 +696,11 @@ function start_kubelet {
     cloud_config_arg=("--cloud-provider=${CLOUD_PROVIDER}" "--cloud-config=${CLOUD_CONFIG}")
     if [[ "${EXTERNAL_CLOUD_PROVIDER:-}" == "true" ]]; then
        cloud_config_arg=("--cloud-provider=external")
-       cloud_config_arg+=("--provider-id=$(hostname)")
+       if [[ "${CLOUD_PROVIDER:-}" == "aws" ]]; then
+         cloud_config_arg+=("--provider-id=$(curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id)")
+       else
+         cloud_config_arg+=("--provider-id=$(hostname)")
+       fi
     fi
 
     mkdir -p "/var/lib/kubelet" &>/dev/null || sudo mkdir -p "/var/lib/kubelet"