diff --git a/docs/vars.md b/docs/vars.md
index 5ea76b0e566500190f38681bb20e1cddaa8900d7..f4956c88274a0d0f7e8085a22e179d72fcc08652 100644
--- a/docs/vars.md
+++ b/docs/vars.md
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ Stack](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kubespray/blob/master/docs/dns-st
 * *kubelet_cgroup_driver* - Allows manual override of the
   cgroup-driver option for Kubelet. By default autodetection is used
   to match Docker configuration.
+* *node_labels* - Labels applied to nodes via kubelet --node-labels parameter.
+  For example, labels can be set in the inventory as variables or more widely in group_vars
 
 ##### Custom flags for Kube Components
 For all kube components, custom flags can be passed in. This allows for edge cases where users need changes to the default deployment that may not be applicable to all deployments. This can be done by providing a list of flags. Example:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.standard.env.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.standard.env.j2
index d33adfba74a93ddba149d28cfa9a9bd3d1d46636..05874a5de8cddd13a66e9de5938616951198fad4 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.standard.env.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.standard.env.j2
@@ -81,16 +81,24 @@ KUBELET_HOSTNAME="--hostname-override={{ kube_override_hostname }}"
 {% endif %}
 
 {# Kubelet node labels #}
+{% set role_node_labels = [] %}
 {% if inventory_hostname in groups['kube-master'] %}
-{%   set node_labels %}--node-labels=node-role.kubernetes.io/master=true{% endset %}
+{%   do role_node_labels.append('node-role.kubernetes.io/master=true') %}
 {%   if not standalone_kubelet|bool %}
-{%     set node_labels %}{{ node_labels }},node-role.kubernetes.io/node=true{% endset %}
+{%     do role_node_labels.append('node-role.kubernetes.io/node=true') %}
 {%   endif %}
 {% else %}
-{%   set node_labels %}--node-labels=node-role.kubernetes.io/node=true{% endset %}
+{%   do role_node_labels.append('node-role.kubernetes.io/node=true') %}
 {% endif %}
+{% set inventory_node_labels = [] %}
+{% if node_labels is defined %}
+{% for labelname, labelvalue in node_labels.iteritems() %}
+{% do inventory_node_labels.append(labelname + '=' + labelvalue) %}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+{% set all_node_labels = role_node_labels + inventory_node_labels %}
 
-KUBELET_ARGS="{{ kubelet_args_base }} {{ kubelet_args_dns }} {{ kubelet_args_kubeconfig }} {{ kube_reserved }} {{ node_labels }} {% if kube_feature_gates %} --feature-gates={{ kube_feature_gates|join(',') }} {% endif %} {% if kubelet_custom_flags is string %} {{kubelet_custom_flags}} {% else %}{% for flag in kubelet_custom_flags %} {{flag}} {% endfor %}{% endif %}"
+KUBELET_ARGS="{{ kubelet_args_base }} {{ kubelet_args_dns }} {{ kubelet_args_kubeconfig }} {{ kube_reserved }} --node-labels={{ all_node_labels | join(',') }} {% if kube_feature_gates %} --feature-gates={{ kube_feature_gates|join(',') }} {% endif %} {% if kubelet_custom_flags is string %} {{kubelet_custom_flags}} {% else %}{% for flag in kubelet_custom_flags %} {{flag}} {% endfor %}{% endif %}"
 {% if kube_network_plugin is defined and kube_network_plugin in ["calico", "canal", "flannel", "weave", "contiv", "cilium"] %}
 KUBELET_NETWORK_PLUGIN="--network-plugin=cni --cni-conf-dir=/etc/cni/net.d --cni-bin-dir=/opt/cni/bin"
 {% elif kube_network_plugin is defined and kube_network_plugin == "weave" %}
diff --git a/tests/ansible.cfg b/tests/ansible.cfg
index 9e734403e518ae0b2ed894ea949e17448840cbe5..9c405752924b602cdce2ac921925948b4f7a68d2 100644
--- a/tests/ansible.cfg
+++ b/tests/ansible.cfg
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ fact_caching_connection = /tmp
 stdout_callback = skippy
 library = ./library:../library
 callback_whitelist = profile_tasks
+jinja2_extensions = jinja2.ext.do