diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/cluster.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/cluster.ts
index c578b90fa388b..3b6f6fa9be348 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/cluster.ts
@@ -1637,6 +1637,16 @@ export interface BootstrapOptions {
    */
   readonly dockerConfigJson?: string;
 
+  /**
+
+   * Overrides the IP address to use for DNS queries within the
+   * cluster.
+   *
+   * @default - 10.100.0.10 or 172.20.0.10 based on the IP
+   * address of the primary interface.
+   */
+  readonly dnsClusterIp?: string;
+
   /**
    * Extra arguments to add to the kubelet. Useful for adding labels or taints.
    *
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/user-data.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/user-data.ts
index 3b8d997535771..c6f30d215a9c0 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/user-data.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/user-data.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ export function renderAmazonLinuxUserData(clusterName: string, autoScalingGroup:
     extraArgs.push(`--docker-config-json '${options.dockerConfigJson}'`);
   }
 
+  if (options.dnsClusterIp) {
+    extraArgs.push(`--dns-cluster-ip ${options.dnsClusterIp}`);
+  }
+
   if (options.additionalArgs) {
     extraArgs.push(options.additionalArgs);
   }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/test.user-data.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/test.user-data.ts
index 044d1ff55f7ca..e796e5fd19ee4 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/test.user-data.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/test.user-data.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,20 @@ export = {
     test.done();
   },
 
+  '--dns-cluster-ip'(test: Test) {
+    // GIVEN
+    const { asg, stack } = newFixtures();
+
+    // WHEN
+    const userData = stack.resolve(renderAmazonLinuxUserData('my-cluster-name', asg, {
+      dnsClusterIp: '192.0.2.53',
+    }));
+
+    // THEN
+    test.deepEqual(userData[1], '/etc/eks/bootstrap.sh my-cluster-name --kubelet-extra-args "--node-labels lifecycle=OnDemand" --use-max-pods true --dns-cluster-ip 192.0.2.53');
+    test.done();
+  },
+
   '--docker-config-json'(test: Test) {
     // GIVEN
     const { asg } = newFixtures();