diff --git a/kubernetes/files/kubelet/default.master b/kubernetes/files/kubelet/default.master
index 1543200..b4cf09e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/files/kubelet/default.master
+++ b/kubernetes/files/kubelet/default.master
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 --cluster_dns={{ common.addons.dns.server }} \
 --cluster_domain={{ common.addons.dns.domain|replace('_', '-') }} \
 --cni-bin-dir={{ master.apiserver.get('cni_bin_dir', '/opt/cni/bin') }} \
+--hostname-override={{ master.host.name }} \
 --v={{ master.get('verbosity', 2) }} \
 --node-labels=node-role.kubernetes.io/master=true \
 {%- for key, value in master.get('kubelet', {}).get('daemon_opts', {}).iteritems() %}
diff --git a/kubernetes/files/kubelet/default.pool b/kubernetes/files/kubelet/default.pool
index 1bbeb1a..73c9171 100644
--- a/kubernetes/files/kubelet/default.pool
+++ b/kubernetes/files/kubelet/default.pool
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 --cluster_dns={{ common.addons.dns.server }} \
 --cluster_domain={{ common.addons.dns.domain|replace('_', '-') }} \
 --cni-bin-dir={{ pool.apiserver.get('cni_bin_dir', '/opt/cni/bin') }} \
+--hostname-override={{ pool.host.name }} \
 --v={{ pool.get('verbosity', 2) }} \
 --node-labels=node-role.kubernetes.io/node=true \
 {%- if pool.network.engine in ['calico', 'opencontrail'] %}