diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
index 940bdfff4..1eb1046b9 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ kubelet_enable_cri: true
 kubelet_cgroups_per_qos: true
 # Set to empty to avoid cgroup creation
 kubelet_enforce_node_allocatable: "\"\""
-
+# Set false to enable sharing a pid namespace between containers in a pod.
+# Note that PID namespace sharing requires docker >= 1.13.1.
+kubelet_disable_shared_pid: true
 
 # Limits for kube components and nginx load balancer app
 kubelet_memory_limit: 512M
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.kubeadm.env.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.kubeadm.env.j2
index bf3bf9dc3..cbf615063 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.kubeadm.env.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.kubeadm.env.j2
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ KUBELET_HOSTNAME="--hostname-override={{ kube_override_hostname }}"
 --kube-reserved cpu={{ kubelet_cpu_limit }},memory={{ kubelet_memory_limit|regex_replace('Mi', 'M') }} \
 --node-status-update-frequency={{ kubelet_status_update_frequency }} \
 --cgroup-driver={{ kubelet_cgroup_driver|default(kubelet_cgroup_driver_detected) }} \
+--docker-disable-shared-pid={{ kubelet_disable_shared_pid }} \
 {% endset %}
 
 {# DNS settings for kubelet #}
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.standard.env.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.standard.env.j2
index f3e1e952a..a7da60e40 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.standard.env.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.standard.env.j2
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ KUBELET_HOSTNAME="--hostname-override={{ kube_override_hostname }}"
 --pod-infra-container-image={{ pod_infra_image_repo }}:{{ pod_infra_image_tag }} \
 --kube-reserved cpu={{ kubelet_cpu_limit }},memory={{ kubelet_memory_limit|regex_replace('Mi', 'M') }} \
 --node-status-update-frequency={{ kubelet_status_update_frequency }} \
+--docker-disable-shared-pid={{ kubelet_disable_shared_pid }} \
 {% if kube_version | version_compare('v1.6', '>=') %}
 {# flag got removed with 1.7.0 #}
 {% if kube_version | version_compare('v1.7', '<') %}