diff --git a/nodeup/pkg/model/kube_apiserver.go b/nodeup/pkg/model/kube_apiserver.go
index 09e6ef7114..b8853499a0 100644
--- a/nodeup/pkg/model/kube_apiserver.go
+++ b/nodeup/pkg/model/kube_apiserver.go
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ func (b *KubeAPIServerBuilder) buildPod() (*v1.Pod, error) {
 		},
 		Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
 			Requests: v1.ResourceList{
-				v1.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("150m"),
+				v1.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse(b.Cluster.Spec.KubeAPIServer.CPURequest),
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go b/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
index 510eb0b530..e187dc0b08 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
@@ -411,6 +411,8 @@ type KubeAPIServerConfig struct {
 	// The specified file can contain multiple keys, and the flag can be specified multiple times with different files.
 	// If unspecified, --tls-private-key-file is used.
 	ServiceAccountKeyFile []string `json:"serviceAccountKeyFile,omitempty" flag:"service-account-key-file"`
+	// CPURequest, cpu request compute resource for kube proxy e.g. "20m"
+	CPURequest string `json:"cpuRequest,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // KubeControllerManagerConfig is the configuration for the controller