diff --git a/build/debs/50-kubeadm.conf b/build/debs/50-kubeadm.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5d977316dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/debs/50-kubeadm.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# The file is provided as part of the kubeadm package
+net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
diff --git a/build/debs/BUILD b/build/debs/BUILD
index b89dbe1b303..04365afecd0 100644
--- a/build/debs/BUILD
+++ b/build/debs/BUILD
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ deb_data(
             "mode": "644",
             "dir": "/etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d",
         },
+	{
+	    "files": ["kubeadm.conf"],
+	    "mode": "644",
+	    "dir": "/usr/lib/modules-load.d",
+	},
+	{
+	    "files": ["50-kubeadm.conf"],
+	    "mode": "644",
+	    "dir": "/etc/sysctl.d/50-kubeadm.conf",
+	}
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/build/debs/kubeadm.conf b/build/debs/kubeadm.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b3e02da8cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/debs/kubeadm.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Load br_netfilter module at boot
+br_netfilter