diff --git a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.c b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.c
index 79103577a32..eb409fcee54 100644
--- a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.c
+++ b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct flb_kube *flb_kube_conf_create(struct flb_filter_instance *ins,
         ctx->api_https = FLB_FALSE;
     }
     else if (ctx->use_kubelet) {
-        ctx->api_host = flb_strdup(FLB_KUBELET_HOST);
+        ctx->api_host = flb_strdup(ctx->kubelet_host);
         ctx->api_port = ctx->kubelet_port;
         ctx->api_https = FLB_TRUE;
 
diff --git a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.h b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.h
index a986130967e..576e533d892 100644
--- a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.h
+++ b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.h
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@
 #define FLB_API_PORT  443
 #define FLB_API_TLS   FLB_TRUE
 
-/* Kubelet info */
-#define FLB_KUBELET_HOST  "127.0.0.1"
-
 /*
  * Default expected Kubernetes tag prefix, this is used mostly when source
  * data comes from in_tail with custom tags like: kube.service.*
@@ -155,6 +152,7 @@ struct flb_kube {
 
     int use_tag_for_meta;
     int use_kubelet;
+    char *kubelet_host;
     int kubelet_port;
 
     int kube_meta_cache_ttl;
diff --git a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c
index 5cd5b792532..8136bf1d027 100644
--- a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c
+++ b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c
@@ -845,6 +845,15 @@ static struct flb_config_map config_map[] = {
      0, FLB_TRUE, offsetof(struct flb_kube, use_kubelet),
      "use kubelet to get metadata instead of kube-server"
     },
+    /*
+     * The kubelet host for /pods endpoint, default is 127.0.0.1
+     * Will only check when "use_kubelet" config is set to true
+     */
+    {
+     FLB_CONFIG_MAP_STR, "kubelet_host", "127.0.0.1",
+     0, FLB_TRUE, offsetof(struct flb_kube, kubelet_host),
+     "kubelet host to connect with when using kubelet"
+    },
     /*
      * The kubelet port for /pods endpoint, default is 10250
      * Will only check when "use_kubelet" config is set to true