diff --git a/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml b/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml
index 806138ec3bbbd..c0ae08226ff4b 100644
--- a/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml
+++ b/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml
@@ -2684,6 +2684,9 @@ spec:
                         description: NPCMemoryRequest memory request of weave npc container. Default 200Mi
                         pattern: ^(\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))(([KMGTPE]i)|[numkMGTPE]|([eE](\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))))?$
                         x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
+                      version:
+                        description: Version overrides the default tag of Weave container image.
+                        type: string
                     type: object
                 type: object
               nodeAuthorization:
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/networking.go b/pkg/apis/kops/networking.go
index 47bc3c76d7754..35747d55d0e82 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/networking.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/networking.go
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ type WeaveNetworkingSpec struct {
 	NPCCPULimit *resource.Quantity `json:"npcCPULimit,omitempty"`
 	// NPCExtraArgs are extra arguments that are passed to weave-npc.
 	NPCExtraArgs string `json:"npcExtraArgs,omitempty"`
+
+	// Version overrides the default tag of Weave container image.
+	Version string `json:"version,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // FlannelNetworkingSpec declares that we want Flannel networking
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/networking.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/networking.go
index 3db3cf3cd0de3..1389cd95fecd3 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/networking.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/networking.go
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ type WeaveNetworkingSpec struct {
 	NPCCPULimit *resource.Quantity `json:"npcCPULimit,omitempty"`
 	// NPCExtraArgs are extra arguments that are passed to weave-npc.
 	NPCExtraArgs string `json:"npcExtraArgs,omitempty"`
+
+	// Version overrides the default tag of Weave container image.
+	Version string `json:"version,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // FlannelNetworkingSpec declares that we want Flannel networking
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
index 26d59a64cb32f..bf74575138ee5 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -5770,6 +5770,7 @@ func autoConvert_v1alpha2_WeaveNetworkingSpec_To_kops_WeaveNetworkingSpec(in *We
 	out.NPCMemoryLimit = in.NPCMemoryLimit
 	out.NPCCPULimit = in.NPCCPULimit
 	out.NPCExtraArgs = in.NPCExtraArgs
+	out.Version = in.Version
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -5792,6 +5793,7 @@ func autoConvert_kops_WeaveNetworkingSpec_To_v1alpha2_WeaveNetworkingSpec(in *ko
 	out.NPCMemoryLimit = in.NPCMemoryLimit
 	out.NPCCPULimit = in.NPCCPULimit
 	out.NPCExtraArgs = in.NPCExtraArgs
+	out.Version = in.Version
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/upup/models/bindata.go b/upup/models/bindata.go
index fd9f013f8a767..9fcef55e9ac47 100644
--- a/upup/models/bindata.go
+++ b/upup/models/bindata.go
@@ -13577,7 +13577,7 @@ spec:
                   name: weave-net
                   key: network-password
             {{- end }}
-          image: 'weaveworks/weave-kube:2.7.0'
+          image: 'weaveworks/weave-kube:{{ or .Networking.Weave.Version "2.7.0" }}'
           ports:
             - name: metrics
               containerPort: 6782
@@ -13624,7 +13624,7 @@ spec:
             - name: EXTRA_ARGS
               value: "{{ .Networking.Weave.NPCExtraArgs }}"
             {{- end }}
-          image: 'weaveworks/weave-npc:2.7.0'
+          image: 'weaveworks/weave-npc:{{ or .Networking.Weave.Version "2.7.0" }}'
           ports:
             - name: metrics
               containerPort: 6781
diff --git a/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/networking.weave/k8s-1.12.yaml.template b/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/networking.weave/k8s-1.12.yaml.template
index 63358e79c0e30..4248fd21ca3b6 100644
--- a/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/networking.weave/k8s-1.12.yaml.template
+++ b/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/networking.weave/k8s-1.12.yaml.template
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ spec:
                   name: weave-net
                   key: network-password
             {{- end }}
-          image: 'weaveworks/weave-kube:2.7.0'
+          image: 'weaveworks/weave-kube:{{ or .Networking.Weave.Version "2.7.0" }}'
           ports:
             - name: metrics
               containerPort: 6782
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ spec:
             - name: EXTRA_ARGS
               value: "{{ .Networking.Weave.NPCExtraArgs }}"
             {{- end }}
-          image: 'weaveworks/weave-npc:2.7.0'
+          image: 'weaveworks/weave-npc:{{ or .Networking.Weave.Version "2.7.0" }}'
           ports:
             - name: metrics
               containerPort: 6781