diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
index 37db5b6f5fe..0ec3b702dff 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ enable_coredns_reverse_dns_lookups: true
 coredns_ordinal_suffix: ""
 # dns_extra_tolerations: [{effect: NoSchedule, operator: "Exists"}]
 coredns_deployment_nodeselector: "kubernetes.io/os: linux"
+coredns_cluster_zone_cache_block: |
+  cache 30
 
 # nodelocaldns
 nodelocaldns_cpu_requests: 100m
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-config.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-config.yml.j2
index f4747cd9f62..e67d9a4d62e 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-config.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-config.yml.j2
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ data:
 {% if enable_coredns_k8s_external %}
         k8s_external {{ coredns_k8s_external_zone }}
 {% endif %}
-        cache 30
+{{ coredns_cluster_zone_cache_block | indent(width=8, first=False) }}
         loop
         reload
         loadbalance