diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/cadvisor_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/cadvisor_linux.go
index 2a23053f8f7..f7691b63846 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/cadvisor_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/cadvisor_linux.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/cache/memory"
+	cadvisorMetrics "github.com/google/cadvisor/container"
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/events"
 	cadvisorfs "github.com/google/cadvisor/fs"
 	cadvisorhttp "github.com/google/cadvisor/http"
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ func New(port uint) (Interface, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Create and start the cAdvisor container manager.
-	m, err := manager.New(memory.New(statsCacheDuration, nil), sysFs, maxHousekeepingInterval, allowDynamicHousekeeping)
+	m, err := manager.New(memory.New(statsCacheDuration, nil), sysFs, maxHousekeepingInterval, allowDynamicHousekeeping, cadvisorMetrics.MetricSet{cadvisorMetrics.NetworkTcpUsageMetrics: struct{}{}})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}