diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 492e1dfa83..f049e5243b 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ DNS_REPLICAS=${KUBE_DNS_REPLICAS:-1}
 KUBECTL=${KUBECTL:-cluster/kubectl.sh}
 WAIT_FOR_URL_API_SERVER=${WAIT_FOR_URL_API_SERVER:-10}
 ENABLE_DAEMON=${ENABLE_DAEMON:-false}
+HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE=${HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE:-"127.0.0.1"}
 
 cd "${KUBE_ROOT}"
 
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ function start_kubelet {
         --container-runtime="${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" \
         --rkt-path="${RKT_PATH}" \
         --rkt-stage1-image="${RKT_STAGE1_IMAGE}" \
-        --hostname-override="127.0.0.1" \
+        --hostname-override="${HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE}" \
         --address="127.0.0.1" \
         --api-servers="${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" \
         --cpu-cfs-quota=${CPU_CFS_QUOTA} \
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ function start_kubelet {
         -i \
         --cidfile=$KUBELET_CIDFILE \
         gcr.io/google_containers/kubelet \
-        /kubelet --v=3 --containerized ${priv_arg}--chaos-chance="${CHAOS_CHANCE}" --hostname-override="127.0.0.1" --address="127.0.0.1" --api-servers="${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" --port="$KUBELET_PORT" --resource-container="" &> $KUBELET_LOG &
+        /kubelet --v=3 --containerized ${priv_arg}--chaos-chance="${CHAOS_CHANCE}" --hostname-override="${HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE}" --address="127.0.0.1" --api-servers="${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" --port="$KUBELET_PORT" --resource-container="" &> $KUBELET_LOG &
     fi
 }
 
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ function start_kubeproxy {
     PROXY_LOG=/tmp/kube-proxy.log
     sudo -E "${GO_OUT}/kube-proxy" \
       --v=${LOG_LEVEL} \
-      --hostname-override="127.0.0.1" \
+      --hostname-override="${HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE}" \
       --master="http://${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" >"${PROXY_LOG}" 2>&1 &
     PROXY_PID=$!