diff --git a/nodeup/pkg/model/kubeapiserver.go b/nodeup/pkg/model/kubeapiserver.go
index 3b11c2ef8d..8f074a5112 100644
--- a/nodeup/pkg/model/kubeapiserver.go
+++ b/nodeup/pkg/model/kubeapiserver.go
@@ -73,6 +73,21 @@ func (b *KubeAPIServerBuilder) Build(c *fi.ModelBuilderContext) error {
 		c.AddTask(t)
 	}
 
+	auditLogPath := b.Cluster.Spec.KubeAPIServer.AuditLogPath
+	if auditLogPath != nil {
+		// Touch log file, so that docker doesn't create a directory instead
+		{
+			t := &nodetasks.File{
+				Path:        *auditLogPath,
+				Contents:    fi.NewStringResource(""),
+				Type:        nodetasks.FileType_File,
+				Mode:        s("0400"),
+				IfNotExists: true,
+			}
+			c.AddTask(t)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -183,6 +198,11 @@ func (b *KubeAPIServerBuilder) buildPod() (*v1.Pod, error) {
 
 	addHostPathMapping(pod, container, "logfile", "/var/log/kube-apiserver.log").ReadOnly = false
 
+	auditLogPath := b.Cluster.Spec.KubeAPIServer.AuditLogPath
+	if auditLogPath != nil {
+		addHostPathMapping(pod, container, "auditlogfile", *auditLogPath).ReadOnly = false
+	}
+
 	pod.Spec.Containers = append(pod.Spec.Containers, *container)
 
 	return pod, nil