diff --git a/scripts/build-images b/scripts/build-images
index 1c697bc114..195058c797 100755
--- a/scripts/build-images
+++ b/scripts/build-images
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ xargs -n1 -t docker image pull --quiet << EOF > build/images.txt
     docker.io/rancher/flannel:v0.13.0-rancher1-rc1
     docker.io/rancher/k8s-metrics-server:v0.3.6
     docker.io/rancher/klipper-helm:v0.3.0
+    docker.io/rancher/kube-proxy:${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
     k8s.gcr.io/defaultbackend-amd64:1.5
     k8s.gcr.io/pause:3.2
     quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx-ingress-controller:0.30.0