diff --git a/cluster/images/kubelet/Makefile b/cluster/images/kubelet/Makefile
index b1aa4a06d22..23762da01a1 100644
--- a/cluster/images/kubelet/Makefile
+++ b/cluster/images/kubelet/Makefile
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@
 # TODO: figure out how to make a single source of version info for these
 #       images
 VERSION=v0.16
+BIN_DIR=bin/linux/amd64
+LOCAL_OUTPUT_DIR=../../../_output/local
 
 release: clean
-	curl -O https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/${VERSION}/bin/linux/amd64/kubelet
+	curl -O https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/${VERSION}/${BIN_DIR}/kubelet
 	docker build -t gcr.io/google_containers/kubelet:${VERSION} .
 	gcloud preview docker push gcr.io/google_containers/kubelet:${VERSION}
 
-local:
+local: clean
+	cp ${LOCAL_OUTPUT_DIR}/${BIN_DIR}/kubelet .
 	docker build -t gcr.io/google_containers/kubelet .
 
 clean: