diff --git a/pkg/apis/v1beta1/api_test.go b/pkg/apis/v1beta1/api_test.go
index 5ddd29fa425c..c035fee95694 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/v1beta1/api_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/v1beta1/api_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func (s *APISuite) TestValidation() {
 	s.T().Run("accepts_ipv6_as_address", func(t *testing.T) {
 		a := APISpec{
 			Address: "2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334",
+			BindAddress: "2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334",
 		}
 
 		s.Nil(a.Validate())
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ func (s *APISuite) TestValidation() {
 	s.T().Run("invalid_api_address", func(t *testing.T) {
 		a := APISpec{
 			Address: "somehting.that.is.not.valid//(())",
+			BindAddress: "0.0.0.0",
 		}
 
 		errors := a.Validate()
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ func (s *APISuite) TestValidation() {
 	s.T().Run("invalid_sans_address", func(t *testing.T) {
 		a := APISpec{
 			Address: "1.2.3.4",
+			BindAddress: "0.0.0.0",
 			SANs: []string{
 				"somehting.that.is.not.valid//(())",
 			},
@@ -65,6 +68,18 @@ func (s *APISuite) TestValidation() {
 		s.Len(errors, 1)
 		s.Contains(errors[0].Error(), "is not a valid address for sans")
 	})
+
+	s.T().Run("invalid_api_bind_address", func(t *testing.T) {
+		a := APISpec{
+			Address: "1.2.3.4",
+			BindAddress: "somehting.that.is.not.valid//(())",
+		}
+
+		errors := a.Validate()
+		s.NotNil(errors)
+		s.Len(errors, 1)
+		s.Contains(errors[0].Error(), "is not IP address")
+	})
 }
 
 func TestApiSuite(t *testing.T) {