diff --git a/monitor-helm-elastic/centos/monitor-helm-elastic.spec b/monitor-helm-elastic/centos/monitor-helm-elastic.spec
index 8af2664..b019fb1 100644
--- a/monitor-helm-elastic/centos/monitor-helm-elastic.spec
+++ b/monitor-helm-elastic/centos/monitor-helm-elastic.spec
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Patch01: 0001-add-makefile.patch
 Patch02: 0002-Add-compatibility-for-k8s-1.16.patch
 Patch03: 0003-use-oss-image.patch
 Patch04: 0004-Update-to-Elastic-7.4.0-Release.patch
+Patch05: 0005-set-initial-masters-to-master-0.patch
 
 BuildRequires: helm
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ Monitor Helm elasticsearch charts
 %patch02 -p1
 %patch03 -p1
 %patch04 -p1
+%patch05 -p1
 
 %build
 # initialize helm and build the toolkit
diff --git a/monitor-helm-elastic/files/0005-set-initial-masters-to-master-0.patch b/monitor-helm-elastic/files/0005-set-initial-masters-to-master-0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9640e4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monitor-helm-elastic/files/0005-set-initial-masters-to-master-0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 066b7c9996d9bdee56857eca8a1af72bbbaaafff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kevin Smith <kevin.smith@windriver.com>
+Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 11:06:30 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] set initial masters to master-0
+
+---
+ elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml | 2 +-
+ elasticsearch/values.yaml                | 3 +++
+ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml b/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml
+index 36c7af6..e17d39e 100644
+--- a/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml
++++ b/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml
+@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ spec:
+           {{- if eq .Values.roles.master "true" }}
+           {{- if ge (int (include "esMajorVersion" .)) 7 }}
+           - name: cluster.initial_master_nodes
+-            value: "{{ template "endpoints" . }}"
++            value: "{{ .Values.initialMasterNodes }}"
+           {{- else }}
+           - name: discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes
+             value: "{{ .Values.minimumMasterNodes }}"
+diff --git a/elasticsearch/values.yaml b/elasticsearch/values.yaml
+index 6175540..0d983eb 100755
+--- a/elasticsearch/values.yaml
++++ b/elasticsearch/values.yaml
+@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ nodeGroup: "master"
+ # This should be set to clusterName + "-" + nodeGroup for your master group
+ masterService: ""
+ 
++# On initial cluster formation, the initial set of masters.
++initialMasterNodes: "mon-elasticsearch-master-0"
++
+ # Elasticsearch roles that will be applied to this nodeGroup
+ # These will be set as environment variables. E.g. node.master=true
+ roles:
+-- 
+1.8.3.1
+
diff --git a/stx-monitor-helm/stx-monitor-helm/manifests/monitor_manifest.yaml b/stx-monitor-helm/stx-monitor-helm/manifests/monitor_manifest.yaml
index 62e112e..be4151f 100644
--- a/stx-monitor-helm/stx-monitor-helm/manifests/monitor_manifest.yaml
+++ b/stx-monitor-helm/stx-monitor-helm/manifests/monitor_manifest.yaml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ data:
     imageTag: 7.4.0
     esMajorVersion: 7
     masterService: 'mon-elasticsearch-data-headless, mon-elasticsearch-master'
+    podManagementPolicy: OrderedReady
   wait:
     labels:
       release: mon-elasticsearch-data
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ data:
     imageTag: 7.4.0
     esMajorVersion: 7
     masterService: 'mon-elasticsearch-data-headless, mon-elasticsearch-master'
+    podManagementPolicy: OrderedReady
   wait:
     labels:
       release: mon-elasticsearch-client
@@ -220,6 +222,7 @@ data:
     imageTag: 7.4.0
     esMajorVersion: 7
     masterService: 'mon-elasticsearch-data-headless, mon-elasticsearch-master'
+    podManagementPolicy: OrderedReady
   wait:
     labels:
       release: mon-elasticsearch-master