diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/helm/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/helm/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e0bb27b217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/helm/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+socat_mode: 0700
+socat_owner: kube
+socat_dest: {{ bin_dir }}
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/helm/files/socat b/roles/kubernetes-apps/helm/files/socat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ddb90978a0d
Binary files /dev/null and b/roles/kubernetes-apps/helm/files/socat differ
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/helm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/helm/tasks/main.yml
index edf2509d501..be4c496970d 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/helm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/helm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 ---
-- debug:
-    msg: "No helm charts"
+- name: "Helm | Copy socat binary to {{ kube_binaries_dir }}"
+  copy:
+      src: "{{ role_path }}/files/socat"
+      dest: "{{ socat_dest }}"
+      owner: {{ socat_owner }}
+      mode:  {{ socat_mode }}
+  when: ansible_os_family == "Container Linux by CoreOS" and
+        kubelet_deployment_type == "docker"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/meta/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/meta/main.yml
index f6df2626c2b..854749e3fbe 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/meta/main.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ dependencies:
   - role: kubernetes-apps/efk
     when: efk_enabled
     tags: [ apps, efk ]
+  - {role: kubernetes-apps/helm, tags: [apps, helm]}
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2
index ffea01cec38..917c495bee8 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
   -v /var/lib/kubelet:/var/lib/kubelet:shared \
   -v /var/run:/var/run:rw \
   -v {{kube_config_dir}}:{{kube_config_dir}}:ro \
+ {% if ansible_os_family == "Container Linux by CoreOS" and kubelet_deployment_type == "docker" %}
+  -e PATH="$PATH:{{ socat_dest }}" \
+ {% endif %}
   {{ hyperkube_image_repo }}:{{ hyperkube_image_tag}} \
   ./hyperkube kubelet \
   "$@"