diff --git a/pkg/provision/providers/vm/loadbalancer.go b/pkg/provision/providers/vm/loadbalancer.go
index 635fb273e..27379323b 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/providers/vm/loadbalancer.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/providers/vm/loadbalancer.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (p *Provisioner) CreateLoadBalancer(state *State, clusterReq provision.Clus
 
 	args := []string{
 		"loadbalancer-launch",
-		"--loadbalancer-addr", clusterReq.Network.GatewayAddrs[0].String(),
+		"--loadbalancer-addr", getLbBindIP(clusterReq.Network.GatewayAddrs[0]),
 		"--loadbalancer-upstreams", strings.Join(controlPlaneIPs, ","),
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/provision/providers/vm/loadbalancer_darwin.go b/pkg/provision/providers/vm/loadbalancer_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce9dd2e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/provision/providers/vm/loadbalancer_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+package vm
+
+import "net/netip"
+
+// getLbBindIP returns the 0.0.0.0 address to bind to all interfaces on macos.
+// The bridge interface address is not used as the bridge is not yet created at this stage.
+// Multiple loadbalancers can be assigned via different ports.
+func getLbBindIP(_ netip.Addr) string {
+	return "0.0.0.0"
+}
diff --git a/pkg/provision/providers/vm/loadbalancer_linux.go b/pkg/provision/providers/vm/loadbalancer_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a93d03a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/provision/providers/vm/loadbalancer_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+package vm
+
+import "net/netip"
+
+// getLbBindIP returns the gateway address to bind the loadbalancer to the bridge interface.
+func getLbBindIP(gateway netip.Addr) string {
+	return gateway.String()
+}