diff --git a/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastercustomscript.sh b/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastercustomscript.sh
index de8f82d48a..b7203b4e56 100644
--- a/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastercustomscript.sh
+++ b/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastercustomscript.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # TENANT_ID SUBSCRIPTION_ID RESOURCE_GROUP LOCATION SUBNET
 # NETWORK_SECURITY_GROUP VIRTUAL_NETWORK VIRTUAL_NETWORK_RESOURCE_GROUP ROUTE_TABLE PRIMARY_AVAILABILITY_SET
 # SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_CLIENT_ID SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_CLIENT_SECRET KUBELET_PRIVATE_KEY TARGET_ENVIRONMENT NETWORK_POLICY
-# FQDNSuffix VNET_CNI_PLUGINS_URL CNI_PLUGINS_URL MAX_PODS
+# FQDNSuffix VNET_CNI_PLUGINS_URL CNI_PLUGINS_URL MAX_PODS KUBECONFIG_SERVER
 
 # Default values for backoff configuration
 # CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF_RETRIES CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF_EXPONENT CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF_DURATION CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF_JITTER
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 clusters:
 - cluster:
     certificate-authority-data: \"$CA_CERTIFICATE\"
-    server: https://$MASTER_FQDN.$LOCATION.$FQDNSuffix
+    server: $KUBECONFIG_SERVER
   name: \"$MASTER_FQDN\"
 contexts:
 - context:
diff --git a/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastervars.t b/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastervars.t
index a4128097f3..9fdc346375 100644
--- a/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastervars.t
+++ b/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastervars.t
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 {{end}}
     "provisionScript": "{{GetKubernetesB64Provision}}",
     "mountetcdScript": "{{GetKubernetesB64Mountetcd}}",
-    "provisionScriptParametersCommon": "[concat('TENANT_ID=',variables('tenantID'),' APISERVER_PUBLIC_KEY=',variables('apiserverCertificate'),' SUBSCRIPTION_ID=',variables('subscriptionId'),' RESOURCE_GROUP=',variables('resourceGroup'),' LOCATION=',variables('location'),' SUBNET=',variables('subnetName'),' NETWORK_SECURITY_GROUP=',variables('nsgName'),' VIRTUAL_NETWORK=',variables('virtualNetworkName'),' VIRTUAL_NETWORK_RESOURCE_GROUP=',variables('virtualNetworkResourceGroupName'),' ROUTE_TABLE=',variables('routeTableName'),' PRIMARY_AVAILABILITY_SET=',variables('primaryAvailabilitySetName'),' SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_CLIENT_ID=',variables('servicePrincipalClientId'),' SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_CLIENT_SECRET=',variables('singleQuote'),variables('servicePrincipalClientSecret'),variables('singleQuote'),' KUBELET_PRIVATE_KEY=',variables('clientPrivateKey'),' TARGET_ENVIRONMENT=',variables('targetEnvironment'),' NETWORK_POLICY=',variables('networkPolicy'),' FQDNSuffix=',variables('fqdnEndpointSuffix'),' VNET_CNI_PLUGINS_URL=',variables('vnetCniLinuxPluginsURL'),' CNI_PLUGINS_URL=',variables('cniPluginsURL'),' MAX_PODS=',variables('maxPods'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF=',variables('cloudProviderBackoff'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF_RETRIES=',variables('cloudProviderBackoffRetries'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF_EXPONENT=',variables('cloudProviderBackoffExponent'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF_DURATION=',variables('cloudProviderBackoffDuration'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF_JITTER=',variables('cloudProviderBackoffJitter'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_RATELIMIT=',variables('cloudProviderRatelimit'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_RATELIMIT_QPS=',variables('cloudProviderRatelimitQPS'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_RATELIMIT_BUCKET=',variables('cloudProviderRatelimitBucket'),' USE_MANAGED_IDENTITY_EXTENSION=',variables('useManagedIdentityExtension'),' USE_INSTANCE_METADATA=',variables('useInstanceMetadata'),' CONTAINER_RUNTIME=',variables('containerRuntime'))]",
+    "provisionScriptParametersCommon": "[concat('TENANT_ID=',variables('tenantID'),' APISERVER_PUBLIC_KEY=',variables('apiserverCertificate'),' SUBSCRIPTION_ID=',variables('subscriptionId'),' RESOURCE_GROUP=',variables('resourceGroup'),' LOCATION=',variables('location'),' SUBNET=',variables('subnetName'),' NETWORK_SECURITY_GROUP=',variables('nsgName'),' VIRTUAL_NETWORK=',variables('virtualNetworkName'),' VIRTUAL_NETWORK_RESOURCE_GROUP=',variables('virtualNetworkResourceGroupName'),' ROUTE_TABLE=',variables('routeTableName'),' PRIMARY_AVAILABILITY_SET=',variables('primaryAvailabilitySetName'),' SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_CLIENT_ID=',variables('servicePrincipalClientId'),' SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_CLIENT_SECRET=',variables('singleQuote'),variables('servicePrincipalClientSecret'),variables('singleQuote'),' KUBELET_PRIVATE_KEY=',variables('clientPrivateKey'),' TARGET_ENVIRONMENT=',variables('targetEnvironment'),' NETWORK_POLICY=',variables('networkPolicy'),' FQDNSuffix=',variables('fqdnEndpointSuffix'),' VNET_CNI_PLUGINS_URL=',variables('vnetCniLinuxPluginsURL'),' CNI_PLUGINS_URL=',variables('cniPluginsURL'),' MAX_PODS=',variables('maxPods'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF=',variables('cloudProviderBackoff'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF_RETRIES=',variables('cloudProviderBackoffRetries'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF_EXPONENT=',variables('cloudProviderBackoffExponent'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF_DURATION=',variables('cloudProviderBackoffDuration'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_BACKOFF_JITTER=',variables('cloudProviderBackoffJitter'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_RATELIMIT=',variables('cloudProviderRatelimit'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_RATELIMIT_QPS=',variables('cloudProviderRatelimitQPS'),' CLOUDPROVIDER_RATELIMIT_BUCKET=',variables('cloudProviderRatelimitBucket'),' USE_MANAGED_IDENTITY_EXTENSION=',variables('useManagedIdentityExtension'),' USE_INSTANCE_METADATA=',variables('useInstanceMetadata'),' CONTAINER_RUNTIME=',variables('containerRuntime'),' KUBECONFIG_SERVER=',variables('kubeconfigServer'))]",
 
 {{if not IsHostedMaster}}
     "provisionScriptParametersMaster": "[concat('MASTER_NODE=true APISERVER_PRIVATE_KEY=',variables('apiServerPrivateKey'),' CA_CERTIFICATE=',variables('caCertificate'),' CA_PRIVATE_KEY=',variables('caPrivateKey'),' MASTER_FQDN=',variables('masterFqdnPrefix'),' KUBECONFIG_CERTIFICATE=',variables('kubeConfigCertificate'),' KUBECONFIG_KEY=',variables('kubeConfigPrivateKey'),' ETCD_SERVER_CERTIFICATE=',variables('etcdServerCertificate'),' ETCD_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE=',variables('etcdClientCertificate'),' ETCD_SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY=',variables('etcdServerPrivateKey'),' ETCD_CLIENT_PRIVATE_KEY=',variables('etcdClientPrivateKey'),' ETCD_PEER_CERTIFICATES=',string(variables('etcdPeerCertificates')),' ETCD_PEER_PRIVATE_KEYS=',string(variables('etcdPeerPrivateKeys')),' ADMINUSER=',variables('username'))]",
@@ -269,12 +269,15 @@
     "nsgID": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups',variables('nsgName'))]",
     "primaryAvailabilitySetName": "[concat('{{ (index .AgentPoolProfiles 0).Name }}-availabilitySet-',variables('nameSuffix'))]",
 {{if not IsHostedMaster }}
-    {{if not IsPrivateCluster}}
+    {{if IsPrivateCluster}}
+        "kubeconfigServer": "[concat('https://', variables('kubernetesAPIServerIP'), ':443')]",
+    {{else}}
         "masterPublicIPAddressName": "[concat(variables('orchestratorName'), '-master-ip-', variables('masterFqdnPrefix'), '-', variables('nameSuffix'))]",
         "masterLbID": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers',variables('masterLbName'))]",
         "masterLbIPConfigID": "[concat(variables('masterLbID'),'/frontendIPConfigurations/', variables('masterLbIPConfigName'))]",
         "masterLbIPConfigName": "[concat(variables('orchestratorName'), '-master-lbFrontEnd-', variables('nameSuffix'))]",
         "masterLbName": "[concat(variables('orchestratorName'), '-master-lb-', variables('nameSuffix'))]",
+        "kubeconfigServer": "[concat('https://', variables('masterFqdnPrefix'), '.', variables('location'), '.', variables('fqdnEndpointSuffix'))]",
     {{end}}
 {{if gt .MasterProfile.Count 1}}
     "masterInternalLbName": "[concat(variables('orchestratorName'), '-master-internal-lb-', variables('nameSuffix'))]",