diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.base b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.base
index e58502d9f0..3dfd3b7b08 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.base
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.base
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         - key: "CriticalAddonsOnly"
           operator: "Exists"
+      nodeSelector:
+        beta.kubernetes.io/os: linux
       containers:
       - name: coredns
         image: k8s.gcr.io/coredns:1.2.6
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.in b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.in
index ecfb641560..473871e6b5 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.in
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.in
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         - key: "CriticalAddonsOnly"
           operator: "Exists"
+      nodeSelector:
+        beta.kubernetes.io/os: linux
       containers:
       - name: coredns
         image: k8s.gcr.io/coredns:1.2.6
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.sed b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.sed
index 3ab9f84447..3844d2e710 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.sed
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.sed
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         - key: "CriticalAddonsOnly"
           operator: "Exists"
+      nodeSelector:
+        beta.kubernetes.io/os: linux
       containers:
       - name: coredns
         image: k8s.gcr.io/coredns:1.2.6
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go
index 1016061cb4..c96a4807a8 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ spec:
         operator: Exists
       - key: {{ .MasterTaintKey }}
         effect: NoSchedule
+      nodeSelector:
+        beta.kubernetes.io/os: linux
       containers:
       - name: coredns
         image: {{ .Image }}