diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/options/options.go
index 12bfa195ec1..abd2d8a5d06 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/options/options.go
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/componentconfig"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/qos"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 
@@ -48,21 +48,13 @@ type ProxyServerConfig struct {
 }
 
 func NewProxyConfig() *ProxyServerConfig {
+	config := componentconfig.KubeProxyConfiguration{}
+	api.Scheme.Convert(&v1alpha1.KubeProxyConfiguration{}, &config)
 	return &ProxyServerConfig{
-		KubeProxyConfiguration: componentconfig.KubeProxyConfiguration{
-			BindAddress:                    "0.0.0.0",
-			HealthzPort:                    10249,
-			HealthzBindAddress:             "127.0.0.1",
-			OOMScoreAdj:                    util.IntPtr(qos.KubeProxyOOMScoreAdj),
-			ResourceContainer:              "/kube-proxy",
-			IPTablesSyncPeriod:             unversioned.Duration{30 * time.Second},
-			UDPIdleTimeout:                 unversioned.Duration{250 * time.Millisecond},
-			ConntrackMax:                   256 * 1024,                                     // 4x default (64k)
-			ConntrackTCPEstablishedTimeout: unversioned.Duration{Duration: 24 * time.Hour}, // 1 day (1/5 default)
-		},
-		KubeAPIQPS:       5.0,
-		KubeAPIBurst:     10,
-		ConfigSyncPeriod: 15 * time.Minute,
+		KubeProxyConfiguration: config,
+		KubeAPIQPS:             5.0,
+		KubeAPIBurst:           10,
+		ConfigSyncPeriod:       15 * time.Minute,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
index 0ce963f9263..aa6b2e5ee5c 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
@@ -40,8 +40,21 @@ func addDefaultingFuncs(scheme *runtime.Scheme) {
 				temp := int32(qos.KubeProxyOOMScoreAdj)
 				obj.OOMScoreAdj = &temp
 			}
+			if obj.ResourceContainer == "" {
+				obj.ResourceContainer = "/kube-proxy"
+			}
 			if obj.IPTablesSyncPeriod.Duration == 0 {
-				obj.IPTablesSyncPeriod = unversioned.Duration{5 * time.Second}
+				obj.IPTablesSyncPeriod = unversioned.Duration{30 * time.Second}
+			}
+			zero := unversioned.Duration{}
+			if obj.UDPIdleTimeout == zero {
+				obj.UDPIdleTimeout = unversioned.Duration{250 * time.Millisecond}
+			}
+			if obj.ConntrackMax == 0 {
+				obj.ConntrackMax = 256 * 1024 // 4x default (64k)
+			}
+			if obj.ConntrackTCPEstablishedTimeout == zero {
+				obj.ConntrackTCPEstablishedTimeout = unversioned.Duration{Duration: 24 * time.Hour} // 1 day (1/5 default)
 			}
 		},
 	)