diff --git a/kubernetes/provider.go b/kubernetes/provider.go
index d8f63794..945335ad 100644
--- a/kubernetes/provider.go
+++ b/kubernetes/provider.go
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ func initializeConfiguration(d *schema.ResourceData) (*restclient.Config, error)
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("exec"); ok {
 		exec := &clientcmdapi.ExecConfig{}
 		if spec, ok := v.([]interface{})[0].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+			exec.InteractiveMode = clientcmdapi.IfAvailableExecInteractiveMode
 			exec.APIVersion = spec["api_version"].(string)
 			exec.Command = spec["command"].(string)
 			exec.Args = expandStringSlice(spec["args"].([]interface{}))