diff --git a/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/rke_types.go b/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/rke_types.go
index 1f0a47ae..ad66feab 100644
--- a/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/rke_types.go
+++ b/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/rke_types.go
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ type RancherKubernetesEngineConfig struct {
 	CloudProvider CloudProvider `yaml:"cloud_provider" json:"cloudProvider,omitempty"`
 	// kubernetes directory path
 	PrefixPath string `yaml:"prefix_path" json:"prefixPath,omitempty"`
+	// Number of status check retries for addon deployment jobs
+	AddonJobRetries int `yaml:"addon_job_retries" json:"addonJobRetries,omitempty" norman:"default=5"`
 }
 
 type PrivateRegistry struct {