diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index f88a8a24cbb..261db2a6892 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ PSP_ADMISSION=${PSP_ADMISSION:-""}
 RUNTIME_CONFIG=${RUNTIME_CONFIG:-""}
 KUBELET_AUTHORIZATION_WEBHOOK=${KUBELET_AUTHORIZATION_WEBHOOK:-""}
 KUBELET_AUTHENTICATION_WEBHOOK=${KUBELET_AUTHENTICATION_WEBHOOK:-""}
+POD_MANIFEST_PATH=${POD_MANIFEST_PATH:-""}
 # Name of the network plugin, eg: "kubenet"
 NET_PLUGIN=${NET_PLUGIN:-""}
 # Place the binaries required by NET_PLUGIN in this directory, eg: "/home/kubernetes/bin".
@@ -567,6 +568,7 @@ function start_kubelet {
         --eviction-hard=${EVICTION_HARD} \
         --eviction-soft=${EVICTION_SOFT} \
         --eviction-pressure-transition-period=${EVICTION_PRESSURE_TRANSITION_PERIOD} \
+        --pod-manifest-path="${POD_MANIFEST_PATH}" \
         ${auth_args} \
         ${dns_args} \
         ${net_plugin_dir_args} \
@@ -615,7 +617,7 @@ function start_kubelet {
         -i \
         --cidfile=$KUBELET_CIDFILE \
         gcr.io/google_containers/kubelet \
-        /kubelet --v=${LOG_LEVEL} --containerized ${priv_arg}--chaos-chance="${CHAOS_CHANCE}" --hostname-override="${HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE}" --cloud-provider="${CLOUD_PROVIDER}" --cloud-config="${CLOUD_CONFIG}" \ --address="127.0.0.1" --require-kubeconfig --kubeconfig "$CERT_DIR"/kubelet.kubeconfig --api-servers="https://${API_HOST}:${API_SECURE_PORT}" --port="$KUBELET_PORT"  --enable-controller-attach-detach="${ENABLE_CONTROLLER_ATTACH_DETACH}" &> $KUBELET_LOG &
+        /kubelet --v=${LOG_LEVEL} --containerized ${priv_arg}--chaos-chance="${CHAOS_CHANCE}" --pod-manifest-path="${POD_MANIFEST_PATH}" --hostname-override="${HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE}" --cloud-provider="${CLOUD_PROVIDER}" --cloud-config="${CLOUD_CONFIG}" \ --address="127.0.0.1" --require-kubeconfig --kubeconfig "$CERT_DIR"/kubelet.kubeconfig --api-servers="https://${API_HOST}:${API_SECURE_PORT}" --port="$KUBELET_PORT"  --enable-controller-attach-detach="${ENABLE_CONTROLLER_ATTACH_DETACH}" &> $KUBELET_LOG &
     fi
 }