diff --git a/roles/kube-master/templates/kube-controller-manager.service.j2 b/roles/kube-master/templates/kube-controller-manager.service.j2
index cc0f6f3..32eb0e6 100644
--- a/roles/kube-master/templates/kube-controller-manager.service.j2
+++ b/roles/kube-master/templates/kube-controller-manager.service.j2
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ ExecStart={{ bin_dir }}/kube-controller-manager \
   --cluster-signing-key-file={{ ca_dir }}/ca-key.pem \
   --service-account-private-key-file={{ ca_dir }}/ca-key.pem \
   --root-ca-file={{ ca_dir }}/ca.pem \
+  --horizontal-pod-autoscaler-use-rest-clients=false \
   --leader-elect=true \
   --v=2
 Restart=on-failure