diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.kubeadm.env.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.kubeadm.env.j2
index 46b5e40d7..b2a27d58c 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.kubeadm.env.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.kubeadm.env.j2
@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ KUBELET_HOSTNAME="--hostname-override={{ kube_override_hostname }}"
 --node-status-update-frequency={{ kubelet_status_update_frequency }} \
 --cgroup-driver={{ kubelet_cgroup_driver|default(kubelet_cgroup_driver_detected) }} \
 --max-pods={{ kubelet_max_pods }} \
+{% if manage_docker %}
 --docker-disable-shared-pid={{ kubelet_disable_shared_pid }} \
+{% endif %}
+{% if manage_crio %}
+--container-runtime=remote \
+--container-runtime-endpoint=/var/run/crio/crio.sock \
+{% endif %}
 --anonymous-auth=false \
 --read-only-port={{ kube_read_only_port }} \
 {% if kube_version | version_compare('v1.8', '<') %}
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.standard.env.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.standard.env.j2
index c99194ba9..0c5dd0122 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.standard.env.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.standard.env.j2
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ KUBELET_HOSTNAME="--hostname-override={{ kube_override_hostname }}"
 --cadvisor-port={{ kube_cadvisor_port }} \
 --pod-infra-container-image={{ pod_infra_image_repo }}:{{ pod_infra_image_tag }} \
 --node-status-update-frequency={{ kubelet_status_update_frequency }} \
+{% if manage_docker %}
 --docker-disable-shared-pid={{ kubelet_disable_shared_pid }} \
+{% endif %}
 --client-ca-file={{ kube_cert_dir }}/ca.pem \
 --tls-cert-file={{ kube_cert_dir }}/node-{{ inventory_hostname }}.pem \
 --tls-private-key-file={{ kube_cert_dir }}/node-{{ inventory_hostname }}-key.pem \
@@ -26,6 +28,10 @@ KUBELET_HOSTNAME="--hostname-override={{ kube_override_hostname }}"
 {% if kube_version | version_compare('v1.7', '<') %}
 --enable-cri={{ kubelet_enable_cri }} \
 {% endif %}
+{% if manage_crio %}
+--container-runtime=remote \
+--container-runtime-endpoint=/var/run/crio/crio.sock \
+{% endif %}
 --cgroup-driver={{ kubelet_cgroup_driver|default(kubelet_cgroup_driver_detected) }} \
 --cgroups-per-qos={{ kubelet_cgroups_per_qos }} \
 --max-pods={{ kubelet_max_pods }} \