diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm_test.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm_test.go
index f6d08cf9b6..a5aef997bd 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm_test.go
@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ func TestGenerateKubeadmYAMLDNS(t *testing.T) {
 				cfg := tc.cfg
 				cfg.Nodes = []config.Node{
 					config.Node{
-						IP:   "1.1.1.1",
-						Name: "mk",
+						IP:           "1.1.1.1",
+						Name:         "mk",
+						ControlPlane: true,
 					},
 				}
 				cfg.KubernetesConfig.KubernetesVersion = version + ".0"
@@ -195,11 +196,13 @@ func TestGenerateKubeadmYAML(t *testing.T) {
 				if len(cfg.Nodes) > 0 {
 					cfg.Nodes[0].IP = "1.1.1.1"
 					cfg.Nodes[0].Name = "mk"
+					cfg.Nodes[0].ControlPlane = true
 				} else {
 					cfg.Nodes = []config.Node{
 						config.Node{
-							IP:   "1.1.1.1",
-							Name: "mk",
+							IP:           "1.1.1.1",
+							Name:         "mk",
+							ControlPlane: true,
 						},
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubelet_test.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubelet_test.go
index 3861fbd7db..b0cca057c8 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubelet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubelet_test.go
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ func TestGenerateKubeletConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				Nodes: []config.Node{
 					config.Node{
-						IP:   "192.168.1.100",
-						Name: "minikube",
+						IP:           "192.168.1.100",
+						Name:         "minikube",
+						ControlPlane: true,
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -67,8 +68,9 @@ ExecStart=/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.11.10/kubelet --allow-privileged=true --
 				},
 				Nodes: []config.Node{
 					config.Node{
-						IP:   "192.168.1.100",
-						Name: "minikube",
+						IP:           "192.168.1.100",
+						Name:         "minikube",
+						ControlPlane: true,
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -91,8 +93,9 @@ ExecStart=/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.17.0/kubelet --authorization-mode=Webhoo
 				},
 				Nodes: []config.Node{
 					config.Node{
-						IP:   "192.168.1.100",
-						Name: "minikube",
+						IP:           "192.168.1.100",
+						Name:         "minikube",
+						ControlPlane: true,
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -122,8 +125,9 @@ ExecStart=/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.17.0/kubelet --authorization-mode=Webhoo
 				},
 				Nodes: []config.Node{
 					config.Node{
-						IP:   "192.168.1.100",
-						Name: "minikube",
+						IP:           "192.168.1.100",
+						Name:         "minikube",
+						ControlPlane: true,
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -147,8 +151,9 @@ ExecStart=/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.17.0/kubelet --authorization-mode=Webhoo
 				},
 				Nodes: []config.Node{
 					config.Node{
-						IP:   "192.168.1.100",
-						Name: "minikube",
+						IP:           "192.168.1.100",
+						Name:         "minikube",
+						ControlPlane: true,
 					},
 				},
 			},