diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml
index 49f9b7c0e..376663519 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 run_gitinfos: false
 
 common_required_pkgs:
+  - python-pip
   - python-httplib2
   - openssl
   - curl
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
index 95cd134ce..08998e695 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
@@ -106,4 +106,8 @@
     mode: 0640
   when: cloud_provider is defined and cloud_provider == "openstack"
 
+- name: Install kpm
+  pip:
+    name: "kpm"
+
 - include: etchosts.yml