diff --git a/hail/python/hailtop/hailctl/dataproc/start.py b/hail/python/hailtop/hailctl/dataproc/start.py
index 6e31d3a1563..2b79bf3bcd0 100755
--- a/hail/python/hailtop/hailctl/dataproc/start.py
+++ b/hail/python/hailtop/hailctl/dataproc/start.py
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ def jvm_heap_size_gib(machine_type: str, memory_fraction: float) -> int:
     if service_account:
         cmd.append('--service-account={}'.format(service_account))
 
+    cmd.append('--public-ip-address')
+
     cmd.extend(pass_through_args)
 
     # print underlying gcloud command