diff --git a/cli/commands.go b/cli/commands.go
index 8735fcb3..16fdf79c 100644
--- a/cli/commands.go
+++ b/cli/commands.go
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ func CreateCluster(c *cli.Context) error {
 		k3sServerArgs = append(k3sServerArgs, c.StringSlice("server-arg")...)
 	}
 
+	publishedPorts, err := createPublishedPorts(c.StringSlice("publish"))
+	if (err != nil) {
+		log.Fatalf("ERROR: failed to parse the publish parameter.\n%+v", err)
+	}
+
 	// create the server
 	log.Printf("Creating cluster [%s]", c.String("name"))
 	dockerID, err := createServer(
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ func CreateCluster(c *cli.Context) error {
 		env,
 		c.String("name"),
 		strings.Split(c.String("volume"), ","),
+		publishedPorts,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("ERROR: failed to create cluster\n%+v", err)
diff --git a/cli/container.go b/cli/container.go
index 89947c1d..752ca552 100644
--- a/cli/container.go
+++ b/cli/container.go
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ func startContainer(verbose bool, config *container.Config, hostConfig *containe
 	return resp.ID, nil
 }
 
-func createServer(verbose bool, image string, port string, args []string, env []string, name string, volumes []string) (string, error) {
+func createServer(verbose bool, image string, port string, args []string, env []string,
+                  name string, volumes []string, pPorts *PublishedPorts) (string, error) {
 	log.Printf("Creating server using %s...\n", image)
 
 	containerLabels := make(map[string]string)
@@ -149,17 +150,14 @@ func createServer(verbose bool, image string, port string, args []string, env []
 
 	containerName := fmt.Sprintf("k3d-%s-server", name)
 
-	containerPort := nat.Port(fmt.Sprintf("%s/tcp", port))
+	apiPortSpec := fmt.Sprintf("0.0.0.0:%s:%s/tcp", port, port)
+	serverPublishedPorts, err := pPorts.AddPort(apiPortSpec)
+	if (err != nil) {
+		log.Fatalf("Error: failed to parse API port spec %s \n%+v", apiPortSpec, err)
+	}
 
 	hostConfig := &container.HostConfig{
-		PortBindings: nat.PortMap{
-			containerPort: []nat.PortBinding{
-				{
-					HostIP:   "0.0.0.0",
-					HostPort: port,
-				},
-			},
-		},
+		PortBindings: serverPublishedPorts.PortBindings,
 		Privileged: true,
 	}
 
@@ -179,9 +177,7 @@ func createServer(verbose bool, image string, port string, args []string, env []
 		Hostname: containerName,
 		Image:    image,
 		Cmd:      append([]string{"server"}, args...),
-		ExposedPorts: nat.PortSet{
-			containerPort: struct{}{},
-		},
+		ExposedPorts: serverPublishedPorts.ExposedPorts,
 		Env:    env,
 		Labels: containerLabels,
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ec8b28de..aa3e40a9 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ func main() {
 					Name:  "volume, v",
 					Usage: "Mount one or more volumes into every node of the cluster (Docker notation: `source:destination[,source:destination]`)",
 				},
+				cli.StringSliceFlag{
+					Name:  "publish, add-port",
+					Usage: "publish k3s node ports to the host (Docker notation: `ip:public:private/proto`, use multiple options to expose more ports)",
+				},
 				cli.StringFlag{
 					Name:  "version",
 					Value: version.GetK3sVersion(),