diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/physical-build.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/physical-build.groovy
index 9dfb588..17d48b3 100755
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/physical-build.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/physical-build.groovy
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 // NOTE we are importing the library even if it's global so that it's
 // easier to change the keywords during a replay
-
 library identifier: 'cord-jenkins-libraries@master',
     retriever: modernSCM([
       $class: 'GitSCMSource',
diff --git a/vars/createKubernetesCluster.groovy b/vars/createKubernetesCluster.groovy
index 399532a..9229d69 100644
--- a/vars/createKubernetesCluster.groovy
+++ b/vars/createKubernetesCluster.groovy
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@
       for MNODE in \$(kubectl get node --selector='node-role.kubernetes.io/master' -o json | jq -r '.items[].metadata.name'); do
           kubectl taint node "\$MNODE" node-role.kubernetes.io/master:NoSchedule-
       done
+      # install ingress-nginx to allow usage of ingress to expose voltha
+      # endpoints (etcd and voltha-api)
+      kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/helm-chart-4.2.5/deploy/static/provider/kind/deploy.yaml
 """)
 
     sh(label  : 'Normalize config permissions',