diff --git a/pkg/localkube/apiserver.go b/pkg/localkube/apiserver.go
index 127b742658..0d536b36f2 100644
--- a/pkg/localkube/apiserver.go
+++ b/pkg/localkube/apiserver.go
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ func StartAPIServer(lk LocalkubeServer) func() error {
 	config.EnableWatchCache = true
 	config.MinRequestTimeout = 1800
 
+	config.AllowPrivileged = true
+
 	return func() error {
 		return apiserver.Run(config)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/localkube/kubelet.go b/pkg/localkube/kubelet.go
index 26f0af5c09..e2ce6f2a62 100644
--- a/pkg/localkube/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/localkube/kubelet.go
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ func StartKubeletServer(lk LocalkubeServer) func() error {
 	// Set containerized based on the flag
 	config.Containerized = lk.Containerized
 
+	config.AllowPrivileged = true
+
 	// Networking
 	config.ClusterDomain = lk.DNSDomain
 	config.ClusterDNS = lk.DNSIP.String()