diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/templates/kubeadm-client.conf.v1alpha2.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/templates/kubeadm-client.conf.v1alpha2.j2
index 38ac215a2..1b0ab9c40 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/templates/kubeadm-client.conf.v1alpha2.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/templates/kubeadm-client.conf.v1alpha2.j2
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ discoveryTokenAPIServers:
 discoveryTokenUnsafeSkipCAVerification: true
 nodeRegistration:
   name: {{ inventory_hostname  }}
+{% if manage_crio %}
+  criSocket: /var/run/crio/crio.sock
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha2.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha2.yaml.j2
index 31c499e0f..4ee15a181 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha2.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha2.yaml.j2
@@ -138,3 +138,6 @@ nodeRegistration:
   taints:
   - effect: NoSchedule
     key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
+{% if manage_crio %}
+  criSocket: /var/run/crio/crio.sock
+{% endif %}