diff --git a/kubernetes-ts-jenkins/README.md b/kubernetes-ts-jenkins/README.md
index 1c7ec3745..305d0f587 100644
--- a/kubernetes-ts-jenkins/README.md
+++ b/kubernetes-ts-jenkins/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+# Continuous Integration with Jenkins
+
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-# Continuous Integration with Jenkins
-
 This example deploys a container running the Jenkins continuous integration system onto a running
 Kubernetes cluster using Pulumi and `@pulumi/kubernetes`.
 
@@ -14,35 +14,41 @@ Kubernetes](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/cloud-providers/kubernetes/setup/)
 > _Note_: The code in this repo assumes you are deploying to a cluster that supports the
 > [`LoadBalancer`](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#type-loadbalancer) service type.
 > This includes most cloud providers as well as [Docker for Mac Edge w/
-> Kubernetes](https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/kubernetes/). If not (for example if you are targeting `minikube`
-> or your own custom Kubernetes cluster), replace `type: "LoadBalancer"` with `type: "ClusterIP"` in `jenkins.ts`. See
-> the Kubernetes [Services
-> docs](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#publishing-services---service-types) for more
-> details.
+> Kubernetes](https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/kubernetes/).
 
 Install dependencies:
 
-```
-$ npm install
+```bash
+
+npm install
 ```
 
 Create a new stack:
 
-```
-$ pulumi stack init dev
+```bash
+pulumi stack init dev
 ```
 
 Create configuration keys for the root username and password for the Jenkins instance we are
 about to create:
 
+```bash
+pulumi config set username <your desired username>
+pulumi config set password <your desired password> --secret
 ```
-$ pulumi config set username <your desired username>
-$ pulumi config set password <your desired password> --secret
+
+Setting the minikube values:
+>_Note_: [MetalLb](https://metallb.io/) is required for minikube. You will either need to enable it yourself with:
+>`minikube addons enable metallb` or set `enableMetalLB` to true.
+
+```bash
+pulumi config set isMinikube true #set to false if you are not using minikube
+pulumi config set enableMetalLB true
 ```
 
 Preview the deployment of the application:
 
-```
+```bash
 $ pulumi preview
 Previewing update (dev):
      Type                                         Name                       Plan
@@ -59,7 +65,8 @@ Resources:
 
 Perform the deployment:
 
-```
+```bash
+
 $ pulumi up --skip-preview
 Updating (dev):
      Type                                         Name                       Status
@@ -81,7 +88,8 @@ Duration: 1m58s
 
 The deployment is complete! Use `pulumi stack output externalIp` to see the IP of the Service that we just deployed:
 
-```
+```bash
+
 $ pulumi stack output externalIp
 35.184.131.21
 ```
@@ -96,7 +104,8 @@ You can use the username and password that you saved in your Pulumi config to lo
 
 When you're ready to be done with Jenkins, you can destroy the instance:
 
-```
+```bash
+
 $ pulumi destroy
 Do you want to perform this destroy? yes
 Destroying (dev):
diff --git a/kubernetes-ts-jenkins/index.ts b/kubernetes-ts-jenkins/index.ts
index fafcf01bd..64fab6acb 100644
--- a/kubernetes-ts-jenkins/index.ts
+++ b/kubernetes-ts-jenkins/index.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,65 @@
 // Copyright 2016-2019, Pulumi Corporation.  All rights reserved.
-
+import * as command from "@pulumi/command";
+import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes";
 import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
 import * as jenkins from "./jenkins";
 
 // Minikube does not implement services of type `LoadBalancer`; require the user to specify if we're
 // running on minikube, and if so, create only services of type ClusterIP.
 const config = new pulumi.Config();
+let metalLB: command.local.Command | undefined = undefined;
+let checkMetalLB: command.local.Command | undefined = undefined;
+let metalLBConfig: k8s.core.v1.ConfigMap | undefined = undefined;
+
 if (config.require("isMinikube") === "true") {
-    throw new Error("This example does not yet support minikube");
-}
+  if (config.require("enableMetalLB") === "true") {
+    // Enable MetalLB in Minikube with wait
+    metalLB = new command.local.Command("MetalLB", {
+      create: `minikube addons enable metallb && minikube addons list | grep metallb | grep -q enabled`,
+      delete: `minikube addons disable metallb`,
+    }, {
+      deleteBeforeReplace: true,
+    });
+  }
+  checkMetalLB = new command.local.Command("MetalLB", {
+    create: `minikube addons list --output json`,
+  }, { deleteBeforeReplace: true, dependsOn: metalLB ? [metalLB] : [] });
+  pulumi.jsonParse(checkMetalLB.stdout).apply(json => {
+    if (json["metallb"]["Status"] !== "enabled") {
+      throw new Error("This example requires MetalLB to be enabled in minikube, you can enable it by running `minikube addons enable metallb`");
+    }
+  });
 
-const instance = new jenkins.Instance({
-    name: pulumi.getStack(),
-    credentials: {
-        username: config.require("username"),
-        password: config.require("password"),
+  metalLBConfig = new k8s.core.v1.ConfigMap("metallbConfig", {
+    metadata: {
+      namespace: "metallb-system",
+      name: "config",
+      annotations: {
+        "pulumi.com/patchForce": "true",
+      },
     },
-    resources: {
-        memory: "512Mi",
-        cpu: "100m",
+    data: {
+      config: `
+          address-pools:
+          - name: default
+            protocol: layer2
+            addresses:
+            - 192.168.49.240-192.168.49.250
+        `,
     },
-});
+  }, { deleteBeforeReplace: true, dependsOn: [checkMetalLB] });
+}
+
+const instance = new jenkins.Instance({
+  name: pulumi.getStack(),
+  credentials: {
+    username: config.require("username"),
+    password: config.require("password"),
+  },
+  resources: {
+    memory: "512Mi",
+    cpu: "100m",
+  },
+}, { dependsOn: metalLBConfig ? [metalLBConfig] : [] });
+
 export const externalIp = instance.externalIp;
diff --git a/kubernetes-ts-jenkins/package.json b/kubernetes-ts-jenkins/package.json
index c82f27ea0..fc0b88747 100644
--- a/kubernetes-ts-jenkins/package.json
+++ b/kubernetes-ts-jenkins/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     "@types/node": "12.20.55"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@pulumi/command": "^1.0.1",
     "@pulumi/kubernetes": "4.19.0",
     "@pulumi/pulumi": "3.145.0"
   }