diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kube-apiserver.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kube-apiserver.j2
index 7ed979d66..61cb561ab 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kube-apiserver.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kube-apiserver.j2
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ KUBE_LOGGING="--logtostderr=true"
 {% endif %}
 
 # Apiserver Log level, 0 is debug
-KUBE_LOG_LEVEL="{{ kube_log_level | default('--v=2') }}"
+KUBE_LOG_LEVEL="--v={{ kube_log_level | default('2') }}"
 
 # Should this cluster be allowed to run privileged docker containers
 KUBE_ALLOW_PRIV="--allow_privileged=true"