diff --git a/examples/compute/kubernetes_services/101-single-cluster/aks.tfvars b/examples/compute/kubernetes_services/101-single-cluster/aks.tfvars
index dbbf22f00e..a55d375ee9 100644
--- a/examples/compute/kubernetes_services/101-single-cluster/aks.tfvars
+++ b/examples/compute/kubernetes_services/101-single-cluster/aks.tfvars
@@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ aks_clusters = {
         key = "aks_nodepool_system"
         #resource_id = "/subscriptions/97958dac-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-9f436fa73bd4/resourceGroups/qxgc-rg-aks-re1/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/qxgc-vnet-aks/subnets/qxgc-snet-aks_nodepool_system"
       }
-      enabled_auto_scaling  = false
-      enable_node_public_ip = false
-      max_pods              = 30
-      node_count            = 1
-      os_disk_size_gb       = 512
+      enabled_auto_scaling        = false
+      enable_node_public_ip       = false
+      max_pods                    = 30
+      node_count                  = 1
+      os_disk_size_gb             = 512
+      temporary_name_for_rotation = "temp"
       tags = {
         "project" = "system services"
       }
@@ -80,4 +81,4 @@ aks_clusters = {
       }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/modules/compute/aks/aks.tf b/modules/compute/aks/aks.tf
index 4e0eb98d9b..14a76b7407 100644
--- a/modules/compute/aks/aks.tf
+++ b/modules/compute/aks/aks.tf
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ resource "azurerm_kubernetes_cluster" "aks" {
     os_disk_type                  = try(var.settings.default_node_pool.os_disk_type, null)
     os_sku                        = try(var.settings.default_node_pool.os_sku, null)
     tags                          = merge(try(var.settings.default_node_pool.tags, {}), local.tags)
+    temporary_name_for_rotation   = try(var.settings.default_node_pool.temporary_name_for_rotation, null)
     type                          = try(var.settings.default_node_pool.type, "VirtualMachineScaleSets")
     ultra_ssd_enabled             = try(var.settings.default_node_pool.ultra_ssd_enabled, false)
     vm_size                       = var.settings.default_node_pool.vm_size