diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
index af46b3b24c33..8edfdbbba571 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
@@ -548,6 +548,9 @@ func NewKubeletConfig(k8s config.KubernetesConfig, r cruntime.Manager) ([]byte,
 	if k8s.NetworkPlugin != "" {
 		extraOpts["network-plugin"] = k8s.NetworkPlugin
 	}
+	if _, ok := extraOpts["node-ip"]; !ok {
+		extraOpts["node-ip"] = k8s.NodeIP
+	}
 
 	podInfraContainerImage, _ := images.CachedImages(k8s.ImageRepository, k8s.KubernetesVersion)
 	if _, ok := extraOpts["pod-infra-container-image"]; !ok && k8s.ImageRepository != "" && podInfraContainerImage != "" {