diff --git a/kubeflow/common/ambassador.libsonnet b/kubeflow/common/ambassador.libsonnet
index 0d8cc1abe9b..f110647de32 100644
--- a/kubeflow/common/ambassador.libsonnet
+++ b/kubeflow/common/ambassador.libsonnet
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
             name: "ambassador",
             port: 80,
             targetPort: 80,
+            [if (params.ambassadorServiceType == 'NodePort') &&
+                (params.ambassadorNodePort >= 30000) &&
+                (params.ambassadorNodePort <= 32767)
+             then 'nodePort']: params.ambassadorNodePort,
           },
         ],
         selector: {
diff --git a/kubeflow/common/prototypes/ambassador.jsonnet b/kubeflow/common/prototypes/ambassador.jsonnet
index 0440bf81521..10b3ccc5182 100644
--- a/kubeflow/common/prototypes/ambassador.jsonnet
+++ b/kubeflow/common/prototypes/ambassador.jsonnet
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 // @shortDescription Ambassador
 // @param name string Name
 // @optionalParam platform string none supported platforms {none|gke|minikube}
-// @optionalParam ambassadorServiceType string ClusterIP The service type for the API Gateway.
+// @optionalParam ambassadorServiceType string ClusterIP The service type for the API Gateway {ClusterIP|NodePort|LoadBalancer}.
+// @optionalParam ambassadorNodePort number 0 Optional nodePort to use when ambassadorServiceType is NodePort {30000-32767}.
 // @optionalParam ambassadorImage string quay.io/datawire/ambassador:0.37.0 The image for the API Gateway.
 // @optionalParam replicas number 3 The number of replicas.