diff --git a/salt/_modules/metalk8s_kubernetes.py b/salt/_modules/metalk8s_kubernetes.py
index a0d14f3336..ba471482dc 100644
--- a/salt/_modules/metalk8s_kubernetes.py
+++ b/salt/_modules/metalk8s_kubernetes.py
@@ -1679,6 +1679,8 @@ def __dict_to_service_spec(spec):
                 spec_obj.ports.append(kube_port)
         elif key == 'clusterIP':
             spec_obj.cluster_ip = value
+        elif key == 'externalIPs':
+            spec_obj.external_i_ps = value
         elif hasattr(spec_obj, key):
             setattr(spec_obj, key, value)