diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest.j2
index 8de5fb66c0da33b28d67c4caab33773ca42aaefe..24889a74c8a1e2821186516a1ec1b4a9ed1c1d60 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest.j2
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ spec:
 {%   endfor %}
 {% endif %}
 {% if enable_network_policy %}
+  {% if kube_version | version_compare('v1.8', '<')  %}
     - --runtime-config=extensions/v1beta1/networkpolicies=true
+  {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
     - --v={{ kube_log_level }}
     - --allow-privileged=true