diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index 231b3f80905..eea87e9db90 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ func SimpleRunKubelet(client *client.Client,
 		Address:                  util.IP(net.ParseIP(address)),
 		EnableServer:             true,
 		EnableDebuggingHandlers:  true,
+		HTTPCheckFrequency:       1 * time.Second,
+		FileCheckFrequency:       1 * time.Second,
 		StatusUpdateFrequency:    3 * time.Second,
 		PodStatusUpdateFrequency: 2 * time.Minute,
 		SyncFrequency:            3 * time.Second,