diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4598f9d0e1..66c61d75df 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.5.1
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/k3s-io/helm-controller v0.15.9
-	github.com/k3s-io/kine v0.11.4
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.2
+	github.com/k3s-io/kine v0.11.7
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.7
 	github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.2
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.30.0
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ require (
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdutl/v3 v3.5.9
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3 v3.5.10
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.20.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.21.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	inet.af/tcpproxy v0.0.0-20200125044825-b6bb9b5b8252
@@ -330,7 +330,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/jackc/pgerrcode v0.0.0-20220416144525-469b46aa5efa // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20221227161230-091c0ba34f0a // indirect
-	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.4.2 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.5.4 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/jbenet/go-temp-err-catcher v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.1.4 // indirect
@@ -404,10 +405,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/jsm.go v0.0.31-0.20220317133147-fe318f464eee // indirect
-	github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.3 // indirect
-	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.10.5 // indirect
-	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.31.0 // indirect
-	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.6 // indirect
+	github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.5 // indirect
+	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.10.12 // indirect
+	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.34.0 // indirect
+	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.7 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc5 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 024a9bc9c6..1483bfb89b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -905,8 +905,10 @@ github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 h1:/6Hmqy13Ss2zCq62VdNG8tM1wchn8zjSGOBJ6icpsI
 github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CEx0iS5ambNFdcRtxPj5JhEz+xB6uRky5eyVu/W2HEg=
 github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20221227161230-091c0ba34f0a h1:bbPeKD0xmW/Y25WS6cokEszi5g+S0QxI/d45PkRi7Nk=
 github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20221227161230-091c0ba34f0a/go.mod h1:5TJZWKEWniPve33vlWYSoGYefn3gLQRzjfDlhSJ9ZKM=
-github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.4.2 h1:u1gmGDwbdRUZiwisBm/Ky2M14uQyUP65bG8+20nnyrg=
-github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.4.2/go.mod h1:q6iHT8uDNXWiFNOlRqJzBTaSH3+2xCXkokxHZC5qWFY=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.5.4 h1:Xp2aQS8uXButQdnCMWNmvx6UysWQQC+u1EoizjguY+8=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.5.4/go.mod h1:ez9gk+OAat140fv9ErkZDYFWmXLfV+++K0uAOiwgm1A=
+github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1 h1:RhxXJtFG022u4ibrCSMSiu5aOq1i77R3OHKNJj77OAk=
+github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:vriiEXHvEE654aYKXXjOvZM39qJ0q+azkZFrfEOc3H4=
 github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2 h1:KzKSgb7qkJvOUTqYl9/Hg/me3pWgBmERKrTGD7BdWus=
 github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2/go.mod h1:QPH045xvCAeXUZOxsnwmrtiCoxIr9eob+4orBN1SBKc=
 github.com/jbenet/go-cienv v0.1.0/go.mod h1:TqNnHUmJgXau0nCzC7kXWeotg3J9W34CUv5Djy1+FlA=
@@ -959,8 +961,8 @@ github.com/k3s-io/etcd/server/v3 v3.5.9-k3s1 h1:B3039IkTPnwQEt4tIMjC6yd6b1Q3Z9ZZ
 github.com/k3s-io/etcd/server/v3 v3.5.9-k3s1/go.mod h1:GgI1fQClQCFIzuVjlvdbMxNbnISt90gdfYyqiAIt65g=
 github.com/k3s-io/helm-controller v0.15.9 h1:eBZq0KkZCDyWh4og+tyI43Nt9T5TNjc7QCFhAt1aR64=
 github.com/k3s-io/helm-controller v0.15.9/go.mod h1:AYitg40howLjKloL/zdjDDOPL1jg/K5R4af0tQcyPR8=
-github.com/k3s-io/kine v0.11.4 h1:ZIXQT4vPPKNL9DwLF4dQ11tWtpJ1C/7OKNIpFmTkImo=
-github.com/k3s-io/kine v0.11.4/go.mod h1:NmwOWsWgB3aScq5+LEYytAaceqkG7lmCLLjjrWug8v4=
+github.com/k3s-io/kine v0.11.7 h1:+I4TrxozQv4cdmD8RULI35r4o5G+A7gOD3F75lfjDP0=
+github.com/k3s-io/kine v0.11.7/go.mod h1:4C/zNVwl3FU1EubA2ju1Hq36JIjp8gAZaM+Hfnuvqt4=
 github.com/k3s-io/klog/v2 v2.100.1-k3s1 h1:xb/Ta8dpQuIZueQEw2YTZUYrKoILdBmPiITVkNmYPa0=
 github.com/k3s-io/klog/v2 v2.100.1-k3s1/go.mod h1:y1WjHnz7Dj687irZUWR/WLkLc5N1YHtjLdmgWjndZn0=
 github.com/k3s-io/kube-router/v2 v2.0.1 h1:UCsdkQjSfOkVakixilRDDkG9yq775GBSKxBfsyUj8ng=
@@ -1039,8 +1041,8 @@ github.com/klauspost/compress v1.14.4/go.mod h1:/3/Vjq9QcHkK5uEr5lBEmyoZ1iFhe47e
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9/go.mod h1:PhcZ0MbTNciWF3rruxRgKxI5NkcHHrHUDtV4Yw2GlzU=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.0/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQskQzEyD//IeE=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.7/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQskQzEyD//IeE=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.2 h1:RlWWUY/Dr4fL8qk9YG7DTZ7PDgME2V4csBXA8L/ixi4=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.2/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQskQzEyD//IeE=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.7 h1:ehO88t2UGzQK66LMdE8tibEd1ErmzZjNEqWkjLAKQQg=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.7/go.mod h1:Di0epgTjJY877eYKx5yC51cX2A2Vl2ibi7bDH9ttBbw=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:FInQzS24/EEf25PyTYn52gqo7WaD8xa0213Md/qVLRg=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:FInQzS24/EEf25PyTYn52gqo7WaD8xa0213Md/qVLRg=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.9/go.mod h1:FInQzS24/EEf25PyTYn52gqo7WaD8xa0213Md/qVLRg=
@@ -1271,17 +1273,17 @@ github.com/natefinch/lumberjack v2.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:Wi9p2TTF5DG5oU+6Yf
 github.com/nats-io/jsm.go v0.0.31-0.20220317133147-fe318f464eee h1:+l6i7zS8N1LOokm7dzShezI9STRGrzp0O49Pw8Jetdk=
 github.com/nats-io/jsm.go v0.0.31-0.20220317133147-fe318f464eee/go.mod h1:EKSYvbvWAoh0hIfuZ+ieWm8u0VOTRTeDfuQvNPKRqEg=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.2.1-0.20220113022732-58e87895b296/go.mod h1:0tqz9Hlu6bCBFLWAASKhE5vUA4c24L9KPUUgvwumE/k=
-github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.3 h1:/9SWvzc6hTfamcgXJ3uYRpgj+QuY2aLNqRiqrKcrpEo=
-github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.3/go.mod h1:iysuPemFcc7p4IoYots3IuELSI4EDe9Y0bQMe+I3Bf4=
+github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.5 h1:ROfXb50elFq5c9+1ztaUbdlrArNFl2+fQWP6B8HGEq4=
+github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.5/go.mod h1:ZdWS1nZa6WMZfFwwgpEaqBV8EPGVgOTDHN/wTbz0Y5A=
 github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.7.5-0.20220309212130-5c0d1999ff72/go.mod h1:1vZ2Nijh8tcyNe8BDVyTviCd9NYzRbubQYiEHsvOQWc=
-github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.10.5 h1:hhWt6m9ja/mNnm6ixc85jCthDaiUFPaeJI79K/MD980=
-github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.10.5/go.mod h1:xUMTU4kS//SDkJCSvFwN9SyJ9nUuLhSkzB/Qz0dvjjg=
+github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.10.12 h1:G6u+RDrHkw4bkwn7I911O5jqys7jJVRY6MwgndyUsnE=
+github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.10.12/go.mod h1:H1n6zXtYLFCgXcf/SF8QNTSIFuS8tyZQMN9NguUHdEs=
 github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.13.1-0.20220308171302-2f2f6968e98d/go.mod h1:BPko4oXsySz4aSWeFgOHLZs3G4Jq4ZAyE6/zMCxRT6w=
-github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.31.0 h1:/WFBHEc/dOKBF6qf1TZhrdEfTmOZ5JzdJ+Y3m6Y/p7E=
-github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.31.0/go.mod h1:di3Bm5MLsoB4Bx61CBTsxuarI36WbhAwOm8QrW39+i8=
+github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.34.0 h1:fnxnPCNiwIG5w08rlMcEKTUw4AV/nKyGCOJE8TdhSPk=
+github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.34.0/go.mod h1:Ubdu4Nh9exXdSz0RVWRFBbRfrbSxOYd26oF0wkWclB8=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.3.0/go.mod h1:gvUNGjVcM2IPr5rCsRsC6Wb3Hr2CQAm08dsxtV6A5y4=
-github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.6 h1:IzVe95ru2CT6ta874rt9saQRkWfe2nFj1NtvYSLqMzY=
-github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.6/go.mod h1:4DxZNzenSVd1cYQoAa8948QY3QDjrHfcfVADymtkpts=
+github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.7 h1:RwNJbbIdYCoClSDNY7QVKZlyb/wfT6ugvFCiKy6vDvI=
+github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.7/go.mod h1:kqXRgRDPlGy7nGaEDMuYzmiJCIAAWDK0IMBtDmGD0nc=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 h1:5iA8DT8V7q8WK2EScv2padNa/rTESc1KdnPw4TC2paw=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1/go.mod h1:19wcPz3Ph3q0Jbyiqsd0kePYG7A95tJPxeL+1OSON2c=
 github.com/neelance/astrewrite v0.0.0-20160511093645-99348263ae86/go.mod h1:kHJEU3ofeGjhHklVoIGuVj85JJwZ6kWPaJwCIxgnFmo=
diff --git a/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go b/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go
index dd460a9602..e59a886889 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ type Server struct {
 	DatastoreCAFile          string
 	DatastoreCertFile        string
 	DatastoreKeyFile         string
+	KineTLS                  bool
 	AdvertiseIP              string
 	AdvertisePort            int
 	DisableScheduler         bool
@@ -310,6 +311,12 @@ var ServerFlags = []cli.Flag{
 		Usage: "(flags) Customized flag for kube-cloud-controller-manager process",
 		Value: &ServerConfig.ExtraCloudControllerArgs,
 	},
+	&cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:        "kine-tls",
+		Usage:       "(experimental/db) Enable TLS on the kine etcd server socket",
+		Destination: &ServerConfig.KineTLS,
+		Hidden:      true,
+	},
 	&cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:        "datastore-endpoint",
 		Usage:       "(db) Specify etcd, NATS, MySQL, Postgres, or SQLite (default) data source name",
diff --git a/pkg/cli/server/server.go b/pkg/cli/server/server.go
index af0f148ee3..a64ac8705c 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/server/server.go
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ func run(app *cli.Context, cfg *cmds.Server, leaderControllers server.CustomCont
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.BackendTLSConfig.CAFile = cfg.DatastoreCAFile
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.BackendTLSConfig.CertFile = cfg.DatastoreCertFile
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.Datastore.BackendTLSConfig.KeyFile = cfg.DatastoreKeyFile
+	serverConfig.ControlConfig.KineTLS = cfg.KineTLS
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.AdvertiseIP = cfg.AdvertiseIP
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.AdvertisePort = cfg.AdvertisePort
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.FlannelBackend = cfg.FlannelBackend
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
index 22894bfa95..e970b49eb6 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) Start(ctx context.Context) (<-chan struct{}, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := c.startStorage(ctx); err != nil {
+	if err := c.startStorage(ctx, false); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -132,12 +132,19 @@ func (c *Cluster) Start(ctx context.Context) (<-chan struct{}, error) {
 // This calls into the kine endpoint code, which sets up the database client
 // and unix domain socket listener if using an external database. In the case of an etcd
 // backend it just returns the user-provided etcd endpoints and tls config.
-func (c *Cluster) startStorage(ctx context.Context) error {
-	if c.storageStarted {
+func (c *Cluster) startStorage(ctx context.Context, bootstrap bool) error {
+	if c.storageStarted && !c.config.KineTLS {
 		return nil
 	}
 	c.storageStarted = true
 
+	if !bootstrap {
+		// set the tls config for the kine storage
+		c.config.Datastore.ServerTLSConfig.CAFile = c.config.Runtime.ETCDServerCA
+		c.config.Datastore.ServerTLSConfig.CertFile = c.config.Runtime.ServerETCDCert
+		c.config.Datastore.ServerTLSConfig.KeyFile = c.config.Runtime.ServerETCDKey
+	}
+
 	// start listening on the kine socket as an etcd endpoint, or return the external etcd endpoints
 	etcdConfig, err := endpoint.Listen(ctx, c.config.Datastore)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -148,9 +155,15 @@ func (c *Cluster) startStorage(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// based on what the kine wrapper tells us about the datastore. Single-node datastores like sqlite don't require
 	// leader election, while basically all others (etcd, external database, etc) do since they allow multiple servers.
 	c.config.Runtime.EtcdConfig = etcdConfig
-	c.config.Datastore.BackendTLSConfig = etcdConfig.TLSConfig
-	c.config.Datastore.Endpoint = strings.Join(etcdConfig.Endpoints, ",")
-	c.config.NoLeaderElect = !etcdConfig.LeaderElect
+
+	// after the bootstrap we need to set the args for api-server with kine in unixs or just set the
+	// values if the datastoreTLS is not enabled
+	if !bootstrap || !c.config.KineTLS {
+		c.config.Datastore.BackendTLSConfig = etcdConfig.TLSConfig
+		c.config.Datastore.Endpoint = strings.Join(etcdConfig.Endpoints, ",")
+		c.config.NoLeaderElect = !etcdConfig.LeaderElect
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/storage.go b/pkg/cluster/storage.go
index 5492919612..e997661526 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/storage.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 const maxBootstrapWaitAttempts = 5
 
 func RotateBootstrapToken(ctx context.Context, config *config.Control, oldToken string) error {
-
 	token, err := util.ReadTokenFromFile(config.Runtime.ServerToken, config.Runtime.ServerCA, config.DataDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -151,8 +150,21 @@ func bootstrapKeyData(ctx context.Context, storageClient client.Client) (*client
 // bootstrap key as a lock. This function will not return successfully until either the
 // bootstrap key has been locked, or data is read into the struct.
 func (c *Cluster) storageBootstrap(ctx context.Context) error {
-	if err := c.startStorage(ctx); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if c.config.KineTLS {
+		bootstrapCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+		defer func() {
+			time.Sleep(time.Second)
+			cancel()
+		}()
+
+		logrus.Info("Starting temporary kine to reconcile with datastore")
+		if err := c.startStorage(bootstrapCtx, true); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		if err := c.startStorage(ctx, true); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	storageClient, err := client.New(c.config.Runtime.EtcdConfig)
diff --git a/pkg/daemons/config/types.go b/pkg/daemons/config/types.go
index 7677bf2790..f217c4c2a6 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/config/types.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/config/types.go
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ type Control struct {
 	KubeConfigMode           string
 	HelmJobImage             string
 	DataDir                  string
+	KineTLS                  bool
 	Datastore                endpoint.Config `json:"-"`
 	Disables                 map[string]bool
 	DisableAgent             bool
diff --git a/pkg/daemons/control/deps/deps.go b/pkg/daemons/control/deps/deps.go
index 140fb2edd0..fd370130c9 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/control/deps/deps.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/control/deps/deps.go
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ const (
 	RequestHeaderCN = "system:auth-proxy"
 )
 
-var (
-	kubeconfigTemplate = template.Must(template.New("kubeconfig").Parse(`apiVersion: v1
+var kubeconfigTemplate = template.Must(template.New("kubeconfig").Parse(`apiVersion: v1
 clusters:
 - cluster:
     server: {{.URL}}
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ users:
     client-certificate: {{.ClientCert}}
     client-key: {{.ClientKey}}
 `))
-)
 
 func migratePassword(p *passwd.Passwd) error {
 	server, _ := p.Pass("server")
@@ -283,9 +281,7 @@ func genEncryptedNetworkInfo(controlConfig *config.Control) error {
 }
 
 func getServerPass(passwd *passwd.Passwd, config *config.Control) (string, error) {
-	var (
-		err error
-	)
+	var err error
 
 	serverPass := config.Token
 	if serverPass == "" {
@@ -448,14 +444,16 @@ func genServerCerts(config *config.Control) error {
 }
 
 func genETCDCerts(config *config.Control) error {
-
 	runtime := config.Runtime
 	regen, err := createSigningCertKey("etcd-server", runtime.ETCDServerCA, runtime.ETCDServerCAKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	altNames := &certutil.AltNames{}
+	altNames := &certutil.AltNames{
+		DNSNames: []string{"kine.sock"},
+	}
+
 	addSANs(altNames, config.SANs)
 
 	if _, err := createClientCertKey(regen, "etcd-client", nil,
@@ -845,5 +843,4 @@ func genCloudConfig(controlConfig *config.Control) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	return os.WriteFile(controlConfig.Runtime.CloudControllerConfig, b, 0600)
-
 }
diff --git a/pkg/daemons/control/server.go b/pkg/daemons/control/server.go
index 5477e8ae05..b99fc7cf1e 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/control/server.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/control/server.go
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ func prepare(ctx context.Context, config *config.Control) error {
 	deps.CreateRuntimeCertFiles(config)
 
 	cluster := cluster.New(config)
-
 	if err := cluster.Bootstrap(ctx, config.ClusterReset); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/etcd/etcd.go b/pkg/etcd/etcd.go
index 3efa214368..d54004dc42 100644
--- a/pkg/etcd/etcd.go
+++ b/pkg/etcd/etcd.go
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ func (e *ETCD) Reset(ctx context.Context, rebootstrap func() error) error {
 					continue
 				}
 			}
-
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -442,7 +441,7 @@ func (e *ETCD) Start(ctx context.Context, clientAccessInfo *clientaccess.Info) e
 	go e.manageLearners(ctx)
 
 	if isInitialized {
-		//check etcd dir permission
+		// check etcd dir permission
 		etcdDir := dbDir(e.config)
 		info, err := os.Stat(etcdDir)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/tests/integration/startup/startup_int_test.go b/tests/integration/startup/startup_int_test.go
index b09416a825..e0f23f916d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/startup/startup_int_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/startup/startup_int_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,59 @@ var _ = Describe("startup tests", Ordered, func() {
 				return testutil.K3sDefaultDeployments()
 			}, "120s", "5s").Should(Succeed())
 		})
+		It("has kine without tls", func() {
+			Eventually(func() error {
+				match, err := testutil.SearchK3sLog(startupServer, "Kine available at unix://kine.sock")
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if match {
+					return nil
+				}
+				return errors.New("error finding kine sock")
+			}, "30s", "2s").Should(Succeed())
+		})
+		It("does not use kine with tls after bootstrap", func() {
+			Eventually(func() error {
+				match, err := testutil.SearchK3sLog(startupServer, "Kine available at unixs://kine.sock")
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if match {
+					return errors.New("Kine with tls when the kine-tls is not set")
+				}
+				return nil
+			}, "30s", "2s").Should(Succeed())
+		})
+		It("dies cleanly", func() {
+			Expect(testutil.K3sKillServer(startupServer)).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(testutil.K3sCleanup(-1, "")).To(Succeed())
+		})
+	})
+	When("a server with kine-tls is created", func() {
+		It("is created with kine-tls", func() {
+			var err error
+			startupServerArgs = []string{"--kine-tls"}
+			startupServer, err = testutil.K3sStartServer(startupServerArgs...)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		})
+		It("has the default pods deployed", func() {
+			Eventually(func() error {
+				return testutil.K3sDefaultDeployments()
+			}, "120s", "5s").Should(Succeed())
+		})
+		It("set kine to use tls", func() {
+			Eventually(func() error {
+				match, err := testutil.SearchK3sLog(startupServer, "Kine available at unixs://kine.sock")
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if match {
+					return nil
+				}
+				return errors.New("error finding unixs://kine.sock")
+			}, "30s", "2s").Should(Succeed())
+		})
 		It("dies cleanly", func() {
 			Expect(testutil.K3sKillServer(startupServer)).To(Succeed())
 			Expect(testutil.K3sCleanup(-1, "")).To(Succeed())
@@ -312,6 +365,7 @@ var _ = Describe("startup tests", Ordered, func() {
 			Expect(testutil.K3sCleanup(-1, "")).To(Succeed())
 		})
 	})
+
 })
 
 var failed bool