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 38f4536a..f17af30b 100644
--- a/pkg/healthchecker/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/healthchecker/types/types.go
@@ -40,19 +40,18 @@ const (
 	KubeProxyComponent = "kube-proxy"
 
 	LogPatternFlagSeparator = ":"
+	hostAddressKey          = "HOST_ADDRESS"
+	kubeletPortKey          = "KUBELET_PORT"
+	kubeProxyPortKey        = "KUBEPROXY_PORT"
 
-	nodeEnvKey       = "HOST_IP"
-	kubeletPortKey   = "KUBELET_PORT"
-	kubeProxyPortKey = "KUBEPROXY_PORT"
-
-	defaultHostIP        = "127.0.0.1"
+	defaultHost          = "127.0.0.1"
 	defaultKubeletPort   = "10248"
 	defaultKubeproxyPort = "10256"
 )
 
 var (
-	KubeletHealthCheckEndpoint   string
-	KubeProxyHealthCheckEndpoint string
+	kubeletHealthCheckEndpoint   string
+	kubeProxyHealthCheckEndpoint string
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -62,13 +61,13 @@ func init() {
 func setKubeEndpoints() {
 	var o string
 
-	hostIP := defaultHostIP
+	hostAddress := defaultHost
 	kubeletPort := defaultKubeletPort
 	kubeProxyPort := defaultKubeproxyPort
 
-	o = os.Getenv(nodeEnvKey)
+	o = os.Getenv(hostAddressKey)
 	if o != "" {
-		hostIP = o
+		hostAddress = o
 	}
 	o = os.Getenv(kubeletPortKey)
 	if o != "" {
@@ -79,11 +78,18 @@ func setKubeEndpoints() {
 		kubeProxyPort = o
 	}
 
-	KubeletHealthCheckEndpoint = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s/healthz", hostIP, kubeletPort)
-	KubeProxyHealthCheckEndpoint = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s/healthz", hostIP, kubeProxyPort)
+	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..36e35872 100644
--- a/pkg/healthchecker/types/types_test.go
+++ b/pkg/healthchecker/types/types_test.go
@@ -98,3 +98,82 @@ 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:   "127.0.0.1:10248",
+			expectedKubeProxyEndpoint: "127.0.0.1:10256",
+		}, {
+			name: "HOST_ADDRESS override supplied",
+			envConfig: map[string]string{
+				"HOST_ADDRESS": "samplehost.testdomain.com",
+			},
+			expectedKubeletEndpoint:   "samplehost.testdomain.com:10248",
+			expectedKubeProxyEndpoint: "samplehost.testdomain.com:10256",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "KUBELET_PORT override supplied",
+			envConfig: map[string]string{
+				"KUBELET_PORT": "12345",
+			},
+			expectedKubeletEndpoint:   "127.0.0.1:12345",
+			expectedKubeProxyEndpoint: "127.0.0.1:10256",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "KUBEPROXY_PORT override supplied",
+			envConfig: map[string]string{
+				"KUBEPROXY_PORT": "12345",
+			},
+			expectedKubeletEndpoint:   "127.0.0.1:10248",
+			expectedKubeProxyEndpoint: "127.0.0.1:12345",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "HOST_ADDRESS and KUBELET_PORT override supplied",
+			envConfig: map[string]string{
+				"HOST_ADDRESS": "samplehost.testdomain.com",
+				"KUBELET_PORT": "12345",
+			},
+			expectedKubeletEndpoint:   "samplehost.testdomain.com:12345",
+			expectedKubeProxyEndpoint: "samplehost.testdomain.com:10256",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "HOST_ADDRESS and KUBEPROXY_PORT override supplied",
+			envConfig: map[string]string{
+				"HOST_ADDRESS":   "samplehost.testdomain.com",
+				"KUBEPROXY_PORT": "12345",
+			},
+			expectedKubeletEndpoint:   "samplehost.testdomain.com:10248",
+			expectedKubeProxyEndpoint: "samplehost.testdomain.com:12345",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "HOST_ADDRESS, KUBELET_PORT and KUBEPROXY_PORT override supplied",
+			envConfig: map[string]string{
+				"HOST_ADDRESS":   "10.0.10.1",
+				"KUBELET_PROXY":  "12345",
+				"KUBEPROXY_PORT": "12346",
+			},
+			expectedKubeletEndpoint:   "10.0.10.1:12345",
+			expectedKubeProxyEndpoint: "10.0.10.1:12346",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range testCases {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			for key, val := range test.envConfig {
+				t.Setenv(key, val)
+			}
+			kubeProxyHCEndpoint := KubeProxyHealthCheckEndpoint()
+			kubeletHCEndpoint := KubeletHealthCheckEndpoint()
+
+			assert.Equal(t, kubeProxyHCEndpoint, test.expectedKubeProxyEndpoint)
+			assert.Equal(t, kubeletHCEndpoint, test.expectedKubeletEndpoint)
+		})
+	}
+}