diff --git a/docs/ha-mode.md b/docs/ha-mode.md
index 22868b9ab..efe05312a 100644
--- a/docs/ha-mode.md
+++ b/docs/ha-mode.md
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ loadbalancer_apiserver:
   port: 8383
 ```
 
+  Note: The default kubernetes apiserver configuration binds to all interfaces,
+  so you will need to use a different port for the vip from that the API is
+  listening on, or set the kube_apiserver_bind_address so that the API only
+  listens on a specific interface (to avoid conflict with haproxy binding the
+  port on the VIP adddress)
+
 This domain name, or default "lb-apiserver.kubernetes.local", will be inserted
 into the `/etc/hosts` file of all servers in the `k8s-cluster` group. Note that
 the HAProxy service should as well be HA and requires a VIP management, which
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/master/defaults/main.yml
index 9471c138c..fb19290cd 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ kube_hostpath_dynamic_provisioner: "false"
 # change to 0.0.0.0 to enable insecure access from anywhere (not recommended)
 kube_apiserver_insecure_bind_address: 127.0.0.1
 
+# By default the external API listens on all interfaces, this can be changed to
+# listen on a specific address/interface.
+kube_apiserver_bind_address: 0.0.0.0
+
 # A port range to reserve for services with NodePort visibility.
 # Inclusive at both ends of the range.
 kube_apiserver_node_port_range: "30000-32767"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.yaml.j2
index 2bc56cdeb..774a7810f 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.yaml.j2
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ token: {{ kubeadm_token }}
 tokenTTL: "{{ kubeadm_token_ttl }}"
 selfHosted: false
 apiServerExtraArgs:
+  bind-address: {{ kube_apiserver_bind_address }}
   insecure-bind-address: {{ kube_apiserver_insecure_bind_address }}
   insecure-port: "{{ kube_apiserver_insecure_port }}"
   admission-control: {{ kube_apiserver_admission_control | join(',') }}
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest.j2
index 5d4f6cf47..fdf473799 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest.j2
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ spec:
     - --etcd-certfile={{ etcd_cert_dir }}/node-{{ inventory_hostname }}.pem
     - --etcd-keyfile={{ etcd_cert_dir }}/node-{{ inventory_hostname }}-key.pem
     - --insecure-bind-address={{ kube_apiserver_insecure_bind_address }}
+    - --bind-address={{ kube_apiserver_bind_address }}
     - --apiserver-count={{ kube_apiserver_count }}
     - --admission-control={{ kube_apiserver_admission_control | join(',') }}
     - --service-cluster-ip-range={{ kube_service_addresses }}