diff --git a/molecule/default/tasks/full.yml b/molecule/default/tasks/full.yml
index 608e3d21..2e3268ed 100644
--- a/molecule/default/tasks/full.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/tasks/full.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,38 @@
         that:
           - output is failed
 
+    - block:
+        - name: Copy default kubeconfig
+          copy:
+            remote_src: yes
+            src: ~/.kube/config
+            dest: ~/.kube/customconfig
+
+        - name: Delete default kubeconfig
+          file:
+            path: ~/.kube/config
+            state: absent
+
+        - name: Using custom config location should succeed
+          kubernetes.core.k8s:
+            name: testing
+            kind: Namespace
+            kubeconfig: ~/.kube/customconfig
+
+      always:
+        - name: Return kubeconfig
+          copy:
+            remote_src: yes
+            src: ~/.kube/customconfig
+            dest: ~/.kube/config
+          ignore_errors: yes
+
+        - name: Delete custom config
+          file:
+            path: ~/.kube/customconfig
+            state: absent
+          ignore_errors: yes
+
     - name: Ensure k8s_info works with empty resources
       k8s_info:
         kind: Deployment
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/k8s.py b/plugins/lookup/k8s.py
index 55125104..9520a1f6 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/k8s.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/k8s.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class KubernetesLookup(K8sAnsibleMixin):
 
     def run(self, terms, variables=None, **kwargs):
         self.params = kwargs
-        self.client = get_api_client()
+        self.client = get_api_client(**kwargs)
 
         cluster_info = kwargs.get('cluster_info')
         if cluster_info == 'version':
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/common.py b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
index 5b0744e0..4474eed3 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/common.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
         changed = False
         results = []
         try:
-            self.client = get_api_client()
+            self.client = get_api_client(self.module)
         # Hopefully the kubernetes client will provide its own exception class one day
         except (urllib3.exceptions.RequestError) as e:
             self.fail_json(msg="Couldn't connect to Kubernetes: %s" % str(e))