diff --git a/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go b/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go
index 6307c752b86..3aa966ef9e8 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ func createService(clientset *client.Clientset, namespace, svcName, apiserverAdv
 func getClusterNodeIPs(clientset *client.Clientset) ([]string, error) {
 	preferredAddressTypes := []api.NodeAddressType{
 		api.NodeExternalIP,
+		api.NodeLegacyHostIP,
 	}
 	nodeList, err := clientset.Nodes().List(metav1.ListOptions{})
 	if err != nil {