diff --git a/alerts/kubelet.libsonnet b/alerts/kubelet.libsonnet
index 1bc4ea558..e09170f8e 100644
--- a/alerts/kubelet.libsonnet
+++ b/alerts/kubelet.libsonnet
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ local utils = import '../lib/utils.libsonnet';
           {
             expr: |||
               kube_node_status_condition{%(kubeStateMetricsSelector)s,condition="Ready",status="true"} == 0
+              and on (%(clusterLabel)s, node)
+              kube_node_spec_unschedulable{%(kubeStateMetricsSelector)s} == 0
             ||| % $._config,
             labels: {
               severity: 'warning',
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ local utils = import '../lib/utils.libsonnet';
             alert: 'KubeNodeReadinessFlapping',
             expr: |||
               sum(changes(kube_node_status_condition{%(kubeStateMetricsSelector)s,status="true",condition="Ready"}[15m])) by (%(clusterLabel)s, node) > 2
+              and on (%(clusterLabel)s, node)
+              kube_node_spec_unschedulable{%(kubeStateMetricsSelector)s} == 0
             ||| % $._config,
             'for': '15m',
             labels: {
diff --git a/tests.yaml b/tests.yaml
index b73aca723..3dd5920ea 100644
--- a/tests.yaml
+++ b/tests.yaml
@@ -570,8 +570,49 @@ tests:
 
 - interval: 1m
   input_series:
+  # node=minikube is uncordoned so we expect the alert to fire
   - series: 'kube_node_status_condition{condition="Ready",endpoint="https-main",cluster="kubernetes",instance="10.0.2.15:10250",job="kube-state-metrics",namespace="monitoring",node="minikube",pod="kube-state-metrics-b894d84cc-d6htw",service="kube-state-metrics",status="true"}'
+    values: '0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0'
+  - series: 'kube_node_spec_unschedulable{endpoint="https-main",cluster="kubernetes",instance="10.0.2.15:10250",job="kube-state-metrics",namespace="monitoring",node="minikube",pod="kube-state-metrics-b894d84cc-d6htw",service="kube-state-metrics",status="true"}'
+    values: '0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0'
+  # node=minikube2 is cordoned so we expect the alert to not fire
+  - series: 'kube_node_status_condition{condition="Ready",endpoint="https-main",cluster="kubernetes",instance="10.0.2.15:10250",job="kube-state-metrics",namespace="monitoring",node="minikube2",pod="kube-state-metrics-b894d84cc-f5e9f",service="kube-state-metrics"}'
+    values: '0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0'
+  - series: 'kube_node_spec_unschedulable{endpoint="https-main",cluster="kubernetes",instance="10.0.2.15:10250",job="kube-state-metrics",namespace="monitoring",node="minikube2",pod="kube-state-metrics-b894d84cc-f5e9f",service="kube-state-metrics"}'
+    values: '1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1'
+  alert_rule_test:
+  - eval_time: 18m
+    alertname: KubeNodeNotReady
+    exp_alerts:
+    - exp_labels:
+        cluster: kubernetes
+        node: minikube
+        severity: warning
+        condition: Ready
+        endpoint: https-main
+        instance: 10.0.2.15:10250
+        job: kube-state-metrics
+        namespace: monitoring
+        pod: kube-state-metrics-b894d84cc-d6htw
+        service: kube-state-metrics
+        status: "true"
+      exp_annotations:
+        summary: "Node is not ready."
+        description: 'minikube has been unready for more than 15 minutes.'
+        runbook_url: 'https://github.com/kubernetes-monitoring/kubernetes-mixin/tree/master/runbook.md#alert-name-kubenodenotready'
+
+- interval: 1m
+  input_series:
+  # node=minikube is uncordoned so we expect the alert to fire
+  - series: 'kube_node_status_condition{condition="Ready",endpoint="https-main",cluster="kubernetes",instance="10.0.2.15:10250",job="kube-state-metrics",namespace="monitoring",node="minikube",pod="kube-state-metrics-b894d84cc-d6htw",service="kube-state-metrics",status="true"}'
+    values: '1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1'
+  - series: 'kube_node_spec_unschedulable{endpoint="https-main",cluster="kubernetes",instance="10.0.2.15:10250",job="kube-state-metrics",namespace="monitoring",node="minikube",pod="kube-state-metrics-b894d84cc-d6htw",service="kube-state-metrics",status="true"}'
+    values: '0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0'
+  # node=minikube2 is cordoned so we expect the alert to not fire
+  - series: 'kube_node_status_condition{condition="Ready",endpoint="https-main",cluster="kubernetes",instance="10.0.2.15:10250",job="kube-state-metrics",namespace="monitoring",node="minikube2",pod="kube-state-metrics-b894d84cc-f5e9f",service="kube-state-metrics",status="true"}'
     values: '1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1'
+  - series: 'kube_node_spec_unschedulable{endpoint="https-main",cluster="kubernetes",instance="10.0.2.15:10250",job="kube-state-metrics",namespace="monitoring",node="minikube2",pod="kube-state-metrics-b894d84cc-f5e9f",service="kube-state-metrics"}'
+    values: '1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1'
   alert_rule_test:
   - eval_time: 18m
     alertname: KubeNodeReadinessFlapping