diff --git a/cluster/cluster.go b/cluster/cluster.go
index ef7e4096..d1a5ddff 100644
--- a/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ func (c *Cluster) SyncLabelsAndTaints(ctx context.Context) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to initialize new kubernetes client: %v", err)
 		}
 		for _, host := range hosts.GetUniqueHostList(c.EtcdHosts, c.ControlPlaneHosts, c.WorkerHosts) {
+			if err := k8s.SetAddressesAnnotations(k8sClient, host.HostnameOverride, host.InternalAddress, host.Address); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 			if err := k8s.SyncLabels(k8sClient, host.HostnameOverride, host.ToAddLabels, host.ToDelLabels); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/cluster/plan.go b/cluster/plan.go
index 496a10db..dabda3e3 100644
--- a/cluster/plan.go
+++ b/cluster/plan.go
@@ -246,7 +246,9 @@ func (c *Cluster) BuildKubeletProcess(host *hosts.Host) v3.Process {
 		"require-kubeconfig":        "True",
 		"fail-swap-on":              strconv.FormatBool(c.Services.Kubelet.FailSwapOn),
 	}
-
+	if host.Address != host.InternalAddress {
+		CommandArgs["node-ip"] = host.InternalAddress
+	}
 	VolumesFrom := []string{
 		services.SidekickContainerName,
 	}
diff --git a/k8s/node.go b/k8s/node.go
index 557c785d..b0057be2 100644
--- a/k8s/node.go
+++ b/k8s/node.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -15,7 +16,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	HostnameLabel = "kubernetes.io/hostname"
+	HostnameLabel             = "kubernetes.io/hostname"
+	InternalAddressAnnotation = "rke.io/internal-ip"
+	ExternalAddressAnnotation = "rke.io/external-ip"
 )
 
 func DeleteNode(k8sClient *kubernetes.Clientset, nodeName string) error {
@@ -244,3 +247,30 @@ func toTaint(taintStr string) v1.Taint {
 		Effect: effect,
 	}
 }
+
+func SetAddressesAnnotations(k8sClient *kubernetes.Clientset, nodeName, internalAddress, externalAddress string) error {
+	var listErr error
+	for retries := 0; retries <= 5; retries++ {
+		node, err := GetNode(k8sClient, nodeName)
+		if err != nil {
+			listErr = errors.Wrapf(err, "Failed to get kubernetes node [%s]", nodeName)
+			time.Sleep(time.Second * 5)
+			continue
+		}
+		currentExternalAnnotation := node.Annotations[ExternalAddressAnnotation]
+		currentInternalAnnotation := node.Annotations[ExternalAddressAnnotation]
+		if currentExternalAnnotation == externalAddress && currentInternalAnnotation == internalAddress {
+			return nil
+		}
+		node.Annotations[ExternalAddressAnnotation] = externalAddress
+		node.Annotations[InternalAddressAnnotation] = internalAddress
+		_, err = k8sClient.CoreV1().Nodes().Update(node)
+		if err != nil {
+			listErr = errors.Wrapf(err, "Error updating node [%s] with address annotations: %v", nodeName, err)
+			time.Sleep(time.Second * 5)
+			continue
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	return listErr
+}