diff --git a/pkg/healthchecker/health_checker.go b/pkg/healthchecker/health_checker.go
index c1ff2bda..06d94108 100644
--- a/pkg/healthchecker/health_checker.go
+++ b/pkg/healthchecker/health_checker.go
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ func healthCheckEndpointOKFunc(endpoint string, timeout time.Duration) func() (b
 func getHealthCheckFunc(hco *options.HealthCheckerOptions) func() (bool, error) {
 	switch hco.Component {
 	case types.KubeletComponent:
-		return healthCheckEndpointOKFunc(types.KubeletHealthCheckEndpoint, hco.HealthCheckTimeout)
+		return healthCheckEndpointOKFunc(types.KubeletHealthCheckEndpoint(), hco.HealthCheckTimeout)
 	case types.KubeProxyComponent:
-		return healthCheckEndpointOKFunc(types.KubeProxyHealthCheckEndpoint, hco.HealthCheckTimeout)
+		return healthCheckEndpointOKFunc(types.KubeProxyHealthCheckEndpoint(), hco.HealthCheckTimeout)
 	case types.DockerComponent:
 		return func() (bool, error) {
 			if _, err := execCommand(hco.HealthCheckTimeout, getDockerPath(), "ps"); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/healthchecker/types/types.go b/pkg/healthchecker/types/types.go
index 97039f03..e7e7266c 100644
--- a/pkg/healthchecker/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/healthchecker/types/types.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package types
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -38,12 +39,57 @@ const (
 	ContainerdService  = "containerd"
 	KubeProxyComponent = "kube-proxy"
 
-	KubeletHealthCheckEndpoint   = "http://127.0.0.1:10248/healthz"
-	KubeProxyHealthCheckEndpoint = "http://127.0.0.1:10256/healthz"
-
 	LogPatternFlagSeparator = ":"
+	hostAddressKey          = "HOST_ADDRESS"
+	kubeletPortKey          = "KUBELET_PORT"
+	kubeProxyPortKey        = "KUBEPROXY_PORT"
+
+	defaultHostAddress   = "127.0.0.1"
+	defaultKubeletPort   = "10248"
+	defaultKubeproxyPort = "10256"
 )
 
+var (
+	kubeletHealthCheckEndpoint   string
+	kubeProxyHealthCheckEndpoint string
+)
+
+func init() {
+	setKubeEndpoints()
+}
+
+func setKubeEndpoints() {
+	var o string
+
+	hostAddress := defaultHostAddress
+	kubeletPort := defaultKubeletPort
+	kubeProxyPort := defaultKubeproxyPort
+
+	o = os.Getenv(hostAddressKey)
+	if o != "" {
+		hostAddress = o
+	}
+	o = os.Getenv(kubeletPortKey)
+	if o != "" {
+		kubeletPort = o
+	}
+	o = os.Getenv(kubeProxyPortKey)
+	if o != "" {
+		kubeProxyPort = o
+	}
+
+	kubeletHealthCheckEndpoint = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s/healthz", hostAddress, kubeletPort)
+	kubeProxyHealthCheckEndpoint = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s/healthz", hostAddress, kubeProxyPort)
+
+}
+
+func KubeProxyHealthCheckEndpoint() string {
+	return kubeProxyHealthCheckEndpoint
+}
+func KubeletHealthCheckEndpoint() string {
+	return kubeletHealthCheckEndpoint
+}
+
 type HealthChecker interface {
 	CheckHealth() (bool, error)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/healthchecker/types/types_test.go b/pkg/healthchecker/types/types_test.go
index b5da17f5..007f79c5 100644
--- a/pkg/healthchecker/types/types_test.go
+++ b/pkg/healthchecker/types/types_test.go
@@ -98,3 +98,84 @@ func TestLogPatternFlag(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestKubeEndpointConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name                      string
+		envConfig                 map[string]string
+		expectedKubeletEndpoint   string
+		expectedKubeProxyEndpoint string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:                      "no overrides supplied",
+			envConfig:                 map[string]string{},
+			expectedKubeletEndpoint:   "http://127.0.0.1:10248/healthz",
+			expectedKubeProxyEndpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:10256/healthz",
+		}, {
+			name: "HOST_ADDRESS override supplied",
+			envConfig: map[string]string{
+				"HOST_ADDRESS": "samplehost.testdomain.com",
+			},
+			expectedKubeletEndpoint:   "http://samplehost.testdomain.com:10248/healthz",
+			expectedKubeProxyEndpoint: "http://samplehost.testdomain.com:10256/healthz",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "KUBELET_PORT override supplied",
+			envConfig: map[string]string{
+				"KUBELET_PORT": "12345",
+			},
+			expectedKubeletEndpoint:   "http://127.0.0.1:12345/healthz",
+			expectedKubeProxyEndpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:10256/healthz",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "KUBEPROXY_PORT override supplied",
+			envConfig: map[string]string{
+				"KUBEPROXY_PORT": "12345",
+			},
+			expectedKubeletEndpoint:   "http://127.0.0.1:10248/healthz",
+			expectedKubeProxyEndpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:12345/healthz",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "HOST_ADDRESS and KUBELET_PORT override supplied",
+			envConfig: map[string]string{
+				"HOST_ADDRESS": "samplehost.testdomain.com",
+				"KUBELET_PORT": "12345",
+			},
+			expectedKubeletEndpoint:   "http://samplehost.testdomain.com:12345/healthz",
+			expectedKubeProxyEndpoint: "http://samplehost.testdomain.com:10256/healthz",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "HOST_ADDRESS and KUBEPROXY_PORT override supplied",
+			envConfig: map[string]string{
+				"HOST_ADDRESS":   "samplehost.testdomain.com",
+				"KUBEPROXY_PORT": "12345",
+			},
+			expectedKubeletEndpoint:   "http://samplehost.testdomain.com:10248/healthz",
+			expectedKubeProxyEndpoint: "http://samplehost.testdomain.com:12345/healthz",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "HOST_ADDRESS, KUBELET_PORT and KUBEPROXY_PORT override supplied",
+			envConfig: map[string]string{
+				"HOST_ADDRESS":   "10.0.10.1",
+				"KUBELET_PORT":   "12345",
+				"KUBEPROXY_PORT": "12346",
+			},
+			expectedKubeletEndpoint:   "http://10.0.10.1:12345/healthz",
+			expectedKubeProxyEndpoint: "http://10.0.10.1:12346/healthz",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range testCases {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			for key, val := range test.envConfig {
+				t.Setenv(key, val)
+			}
+			setKubeEndpoints()
+
+			kubeProxyHCEndpoint := KubeProxyHealthCheckEndpoint()
+			kubeletHCEndpoint := KubeletHealthCheckEndpoint()
+
+			assert.Equal(t, kubeProxyHCEndpoint, test.expectedKubeProxyEndpoint)
+			assert.Equal(t, kubeletHCEndpoint, test.expectedKubeletEndpoint)
+		})
+	}
+}