diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.rkt.service.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.rkt.service.j2
index 1ccccc43d..cc5af31ec 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.rkt.service.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.rkt.service.j2
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/rkt run \
                 $KUBELET_ARGS \
                 $DOCKER_SOCKET \
                 $KUBELET_REGISTER_NODE \
-                $KUBELET_NETWORK_PLUGIN
+                $KUBELET_NETWORK_PLUGIN \
+                $KUBELET_CLOUDPROVIDER
 
 ExecStop=-/usr/bin/rkt stop --uuid-file=/var/run/kubelet.uuid