diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2
index 2fcc7307f..ad26a9107 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 /usr/bin/docker run --privileged --rm \
---net=host --pid=host --name=kubelet \
+--net=host --pid=host --name=kubelet --restart=always \
 -v /etc/cni:/etc/cni:ro \
 -v /opt/cni:/opt/cni:ro \
 -v /etc/kubernetes:/etc/kubernetes \