diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/logs.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/logs.go
index a1856d7bc4d4..e6ca33f9fb52 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/logs.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/logs.go
@@ -95,18 +95,18 @@ var logsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			exit.WithError("Unable to get runtime", err)
 		}
 		if followLogs {
-			err := logs.Follow(cr, bs, runner)
+			err := logs.Follow(cr, bs, *cfg, runner)
 			if err != nil {
 				exit.WithError("Follow", err)
 			}
 			return
 		}
 		if showProblems {
-			problems := logs.FindProblems(cr, bs, runner)
+			problems := logs.FindProblems(cr, bs, *cfg, runner)
 			logs.OutputProblems(problems, numberOfProblems)
 			return
 		}
-		err = logs.Output(cr, bs, runner, numberOfLines)
+		err = logs.Output(cr, bs, *cfg, runner, numberOfLines)
 		if err != nil {
 			exit.WithError("Error getting machine logs", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bootstrapper.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bootstrapper.go
index 5627e1b3c34c..598397b17153 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bootstrapper.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bootstrapper.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ type Bootstrapper interface {
 	UpdateNode(config.ClusterConfig, config.Node, cruntime.Manager) error
 	GenerateToken(config.ClusterConfig) (string, error)
 	// LogCommands returns a map of log type to a command which will display that log.
-	LogCommands(LogOptions) map[string]string
+	LogCommands(config.ClusterConfig, LogOptions) map[string]string
 	SetupCerts(config.KubernetesConfig, config.Node) error
 	GetKubeletStatus() (string, error)
 	GetAPIServerStatus(net.IP, int) (string, error)
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/kverify.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/kverify.go
index 5fc89fc2a53b..39cd1ea169b5 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/kverify.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/kverify.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	kconst "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/command"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/cruntime"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/logs"
 )
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ import (
 const minLogCheckTime = 30 * time.Second
 
 // WaitForAPIServerProcess waits for api server to be healthy returns error if it doesn't
-func WaitForAPIServerProcess(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cr command.Runner, start time.Time, timeout time.Duration) error {
+func WaitForAPIServerProcess(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cfg config.ClusterConfig, cr command.Runner, start time.Time, timeout time.Duration) error {
 	glog.Infof("waiting for apiserver process to appear ...")
 	err := wait.PollImmediate(time.Millisecond*500, timeout, func() (bool, error) {
 		if time.Since(start) > timeout {
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func WaitForAPIServerProcess(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, c
 		}
 
 		if time.Since(start) > minLogCheckTime {
-			announceProblems(r, bs, cr)
+			announceProblems(r, bs, cfg, cr)
 			time.Sleep(kconst.APICallRetryInterval * 5)
 		}
 
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ func podStatusMsg(pod core.Pod) string {
 }
 
 // WaitForSystemPods verifies essential pods for running kurnetes is running
-func WaitForSystemPods(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cr command.Runner, client *kubernetes.Clientset, start time.Time, timeout time.Duration) error {
+func WaitForSystemPods(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cfg config.ClusterConfig, cr command.Runner, client *kubernetes.Clientset, start time.Time, timeout time.Duration) error {
 	glog.Info("waiting for kube-system pods to appear ...")
 	pStart := time.Now()
 
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ func WaitForSystemPods(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cr comm
 			return false, fmt.Errorf("cluster wait timed out during pod check")
 		}
 		if time.Since(start) > minLogCheckTime {
-			announceProblems(r, bs, cr)
+			announceProblems(r, bs, cfg, cr)
 			time.Sleep(kconst.APICallRetryInterval * 5)
 		}
 
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ func WaitForSystemPods(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cr comm
 }
 
 // WaitForHealthyAPIServer waits for api server status to be running
-func WaitForHealthyAPIServer(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cr command.Runner, start time.Time, ip string, port int, timeout time.Duration) error {
+func WaitForHealthyAPIServer(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cfg config.ClusterConfig, cr command.Runner, start time.Time, ip string, port int, timeout time.Duration) error {
 	glog.Infof("waiting for apiserver healthz status ...")
 	hStart := time.Now()
 
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ func WaitForHealthyAPIServer(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, c
 		}
 
 		if time.Since(start) > minLogCheckTime {
-			announceProblems(r, bs, cr)
+			announceProblems(r, bs, cfg, cr)
 			time.Sleep(kconst.APICallRetryInterval * 5)
 		}
 
@@ -212,8 +213,8 @@ func WaitForHealthyAPIServer(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, c
 }
 
 // announceProblems checks for problems, and slows polling down if any are found
-func announceProblems(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cr command.Runner) {
-	problems := logs.FindProblems(r, bs, cr)
+func announceProblems(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cfg config.ClusterConfig, cr command.Runner) {
+	problems := logs.FindProblems(r, bs, cfg, cr)
 	if len(problems) > 0 {
 		logs.OutputProblems(problems, 5)
 		time.Sleep(kconst.APICallRetryInterval * 15)
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
index fef4aa60ab3d..f1f8ea078a18 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (k *Bootstrapper) GetAPIServerStatus(ip net.IP, port int) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // LogCommands returns a map of log type to a command which will display that log.
-func (k *Bootstrapper) LogCommands(o bootstrapper.LogOptions) map[string]string {
+func (k *Bootstrapper) LogCommands(cfg config.ClusterConfig, o bootstrapper.LogOptions) map[string]string {
 	var kubelet strings.Builder
 	kubelet.WriteString("sudo journalctl -u kubelet")
 	if o.Lines > 0 {
@@ -128,9 +128,15 @@ func (k *Bootstrapper) LogCommands(o bootstrapper.LogOptions) map[string]string
 	if o.Lines > 0 {
 		dmesg.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" | tail -n %d", o.Lines))
 	}
+
+	describeNodes := fmt.Sprintf("sudo %s describe node -A --kubeconfig=%s",
+		path.Join(vmpath.GuestPersistentDir, "binaries", cfg.KubernetesConfig.KubernetesVersion, "kubectl"),
+		path.Join(vmpath.GuestPersistentDir, "kubeconfig"))
+
 	return map[string]string{
-		"kubelet": kubelet.String(),
-		"dmesg":   dmesg.String(),
+		"kubelet":        kubelet.String(),
+		"dmesg":          dmesg.String(),
+		"describe nodes": describeNodes,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -288,7 +294,7 @@ func (k *Bootstrapper) WaitForNode(cfg config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node, time
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := kverify.WaitForAPIServerProcess(cr, k, k.c, start, timeout); err != nil {
+	if err := kverify.WaitForAPIServerProcess(cr, k, cfg, k.c, start, timeout); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -297,7 +303,7 @@ func (k *Bootstrapper) WaitForNode(cfg config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node, time
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := kverify.WaitForHealthyAPIServer(cr, k, k.c, start, ip, port, timeout); err != nil {
+	if err := kverify.WaitForHealthyAPIServer(cr, k, cfg, k.c, start, ip, port, timeout); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -306,7 +312,7 @@ func (k *Bootstrapper) WaitForNode(cfg config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node, time
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "get k8s client")
 	}
 
-	if err := kverify.WaitForSystemPods(cr, k, k.c, c, start, timeout); err != nil {
+	if err := kverify.WaitForSystemPods(cr, k, cfg, k.c, c, start, timeout); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "waiting for system pods")
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -406,11 +412,11 @@ func (k *Bootstrapper) restartCluster(cfg config.ClusterConfig) error {
 	}
 
 	// We must ensure that the apiserver is healthy before proceeding
-	if err := kverify.WaitForAPIServerProcess(cr, k, k.c, time.Now(), kconst.DefaultControlPlaneTimeout); err != nil {
+	if err := kverify.WaitForAPIServerProcess(cr, k, cfg, k.c, time.Now(), kconst.DefaultControlPlaneTimeout); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "apiserver healthz")
 	}
 
-	if err := kverify.WaitForSystemPods(cr, k, k.c, client, time.Now(), kconst.DefaultControlPlaneTimeout); err != nil {
+	if err := kverify.WaitForSystemPods(cr, k, cfg, k.c, client, time.Now(), kconst.DefaultControlPlaneTimeout); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "system pods")
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/logs/logs.go b/pkg/minikube/logs/logs.go
index 5b497ce858b2..97afcd59a4ad 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/logs/logs.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/logs/logs.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/command"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/cruntime"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/out"
 )
@@ -87,9 +88,9 @@ type logRunner interface {
 const lookBackwardsCount = 400
 
 // Follow follows logs from multiple files in tail(1) format
-func Follow(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cr logRunner) error {
+func Follow(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cfg config.ClusterConfig, cr logRunner) error {
 	cs := []string{}
-	for _, v := range logCommands(r, bs, 0, true) {
+	for _, v := range logCommands(r, bs, cfg, 0, true) {
 		cs = append(cs, v+" &")
 	}
 	cs = append(cs, "wait")
@@ -109,9 +110,9 @@ func IsProblem(line string) bool {
 }
 
 // FindProblems finds possible root causes among the logs
-func FindProblems(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cr logRunner) map[string][]string {
+func FindProblems(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cfg config.ClusterConfig, cr logRunner) map[string][]string {
 	pMap := map[string][]string{}
-	cmds := logCommands(r, bs, lookBackwardsCount, false)
+	cmds := logCommands(r, bs, cfg, lookBackwardsCount, false)
 	for name := range cmds {
 		glog.Infof("Gathering logs for %s ...", name)
 		var b bytes.Buffer
@@ -153,8 +154,8 @@ func OutputProblems(problems map[string][]string, maxLines int) {
 }
 
 // Output displays logs from multiple sources in tail(1) format
-func Output(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, runner command.Runner, lines int) error {
-	cmds := logCommands(r, bs, lines, false)
+func Output(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cfg config.ClusterConfig, runner command.Runner, lines int) error {
+	cmds := logCommands(r, bs, cfg, lines, false)
 	cmds["kernel"] = "uptime && uname -a && grep PRETTY /etc/os-release"
 
 	names := []string{}
@@ -191,8 +192,8 @@ func Output(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, runner command.Run
 }
 
 // logCommands returns a list of commands that would be run to receive the anticipated logs
-func logCommands(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, length int, follow bool) map[string]string {
-	cmds := bs.LogCommands(bootstrapper.LogOptions{Lines: length, Follow: follow})
+func logCommands(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, cfg config.ClusterConfig, length int, follow bool) map[string]string {
+	cmds := bs.LogCommands(cfg, bootstrapper.LogOptions{Lines: length, Follow: follow})
 	for _, pod := range importantPods {
 		ids, err := r.ListContainers(cruntime.ListOptions{Name: pod})
 		if err != nil {
@@ -211,5 +212,6 @@ func logCommands(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, length int, f
 	}
 	cmds[r.Name()] = r.SystemLogCmd(length)
 	cmds["container status"] = cruntime.ContainerStatusCommand()
+
 	return cmds
 }
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
index d69bad75f754..204ed14b977e 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func Start(cc config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node, existingAddons map[string]boo
 		bs = setupKubeAdm(machineAPI, cc, n)
 		err = bs.StartCluster(cc)
 		if err != nil {
-			exit.WithLogEntries("Error starting cluster", err, logs.FindProblems(cr, bs, mRunner))
+			exit.WithLogEntries("Error starting cluster", err, logs.FindProblems(cr, bs, cc, mRunner))
 		}
 	} else {
 		bs, err = cluster.Bootstrapper(machineAPI, viper.GetString(cmdcfg.Bootstrapper), cc, n)