diff --git a/cluster/common.sh b/cluster/common.sh
index 00f00f1706..c5c5afb3d1 100755
--- a/cluster/common.sh
+++ b/cluster/common.sh
@@ -754,6 +754,11 @@ EOF
     if [ -n "${INITIAL_ETCD_CLUSTER:-}" ]; then
       cat >>$file <<EOF
 INITIAL_ETCD_CLUSTER: $(yaml-quote ${INITIAL_ETCD_CLUSTER})
+EOF
+    fi
+    if [ -n "${ETCD_QUORUM_READ:-}" ]; then
+      cat >>$file <<EOF
+ETCD_QUORUM_READ: $(yaml-quote ${ETCD_QUORUM_READ})
 EOF
     fi
 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index aa9c698f04..d6dd5d13cc 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ INSTANCE_PREFIX="${KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX:-kubernetes}"
 CLUSTER_NAME="${CLUSTER_NAME:-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}}"
 MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
 INITIAL_ETCD_CLUSTER="${MASTER_NAME}"
+ETCD_QUORUM_READ="${ENABLE_ETCD_QUORUM_READ:-false}"
 MASTER_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
 NODE_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
 MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index a953ae1cfa..ef653b3b12 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ INSTANCE_PREFIX="${KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX:-e2e-test-${USER}}"
 CLUSTER_NAME="${CLUSTER_NAME:-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}}"
 MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
 INITIAL_ETCD_CLUSTER="${MASTER_NAME}"
+ETCD_QUORUM_READ="${ENABLE_ETCD_QUORUM_READ:-false}"
 MASTER_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
 NODE_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
 CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="${CLUSTER_IP_RANGE:-10.180.0.0/14}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
index b4bf9fd7c6..6fc1bef1cb 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ num_nodes: $(echo "${NUM_NODES:-}" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")
 e2e_storage_test_environment: '$(echo "$E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 kube_uid: '$(echo "${KUBE_UID}" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 initial_etcd_cluster: '$(echo "${INITIAL_ETCD_CLUSTER:-}" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
+etcd_quorum_read: '$(echo "${ETCD_QUORUM_READ:-}" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 
 hostname: $(hostname -s)
 EOF
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 24aba9d032..44b11895c0 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -772,6 +772,9 @@ function start-kube-apiserver {
   if [[ -n "${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE:-}" ]]; then
     params+=" --service-cluster-ip-range=${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE}"
   fi
+  if [[ -n "${ETCD_QUORUM_READ:-}" ]]; then
+    params+=" --etcd-quorum-read=${ETCD_QUORUM_READ}"
+  fi
 
   local admission_controller_config_mount=""
   local admission_controller_config_volume=""
diff --git a/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
index 0b7edfe3de..ab2b237ea7 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
@@ -599,6 +599,9 @@ start_kube_apiserver() {
   if [ -n "${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE:-}" ]; then
     params="${params} --service-cluster-ip-range=${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE}"
   fi
+  if [ -n "${ETCD_QUORUM_READ:-}" ]; then
+    params="${params} --etcd-quorum-read=${ETCD_QUORUM_READ}"
+  fi
 
   local admission_controller_config_mount=""
   local admission_controller_config_volume=""
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver.manifest
index dc50427806..04104c16e8 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver.manifest
@@ -163,7 +163,12 @@
   {% set enable_garbage_collector = "--enable-garbage-collector=" + pillar['enable_garbage_collector'] -%}
 {% endif -%}
 
-{% set params = address + " " + storage_backend + " " + etcd_servers + " " + etcd_servers_overrides + " " + cloud_provider + " " + cloud_config + " " + runtime_config + " " + feature_gates + " " + admission_control + " " + max_requests_inflight + " " + target_ram_mb + " " + service_cluster_ip_range + " " + client_ca_file + basic_auth_file + " " + min_request_timeout + " " + enable_garbage_collector -%}
+{% set etcd_quorum_read = "" %}
+{% if pillar['etcd_quorum_read'] is defined -%}
+  {% set etcd_quorum_read = "--etcd_quorum_read=" + pillar['etcd_quorum_read'] -%}
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% set params = address + " " + storage_backend + " " + etcd_servers + " " + etcd_servers_overrides + " " + cloud_provider + " " + cloud_config + " " + runtime_config + " " + feature_gates + " " + admission_control + " " + max_requests_inflight + " " + target_ram_mb + " " + service_cluster_ip_range + " " + client_ca_file + basic_auth_file + " " + min_request_timeout + " " + enable_garbage_collector + " " + etcd_quorum_read -%}
 {% set params = params + " " + cert_file + " " + key_file + " --secure-port=" + secure_port + token_auth_file + " " + bind_address + " " + log_level + " " + advertise_address  + " " + proxy_ssh_options + authz_mode + abac_policy_file + webhook_authentication_config + webhook_authorization_config + image_review_config -%}
 
 # test_args has to be kept at the end, so they'll overwrite any prior configuration
diff --git a/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt b/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt
index 8299bdd22d..d18e89a1c2 100644
--- a/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt
+++ b/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest:        "value": "{{ storage_backend }}
 cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest:{% if pillar.get('storage_backend', 'etcd2') == 'etcd3' -%}
 cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest:{% set storage_backend = pillar.get('storage_backend', 'etcd2') -%}
 cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-admission-controls/init.sls:{% if 'LimitRanger' in pillar.get('admission_control', '') %}
-cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver.manifest:{% set params = address + " " + storage_backend + " " + etcd_servers + " " + etcd_servers_overrides + " " + cloud_provider + " " + cloud_config + " " + runtime_config + " " + feature_gates + " " + admission_control + " " + max_requests_inflight + " " + target_ram_mb + " " + service_cluster_ip_range + " " + client_ca_file + basic_auth_file + " " + min_request_timeout + " " + enable_garbage_collector -%}
+cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver.manifest:{% set params = address + " " + storage_backend + " " + etcd_servers + " " + etcd_servers_overrides + " " + cloud_provider + " " + cloud_config + " " + runtime_config + " " + feature_gates + " " + admission_control + " " + max_requests_inflight + " " + target_ram_mb + " " + service_cluster_ip_range + " " + client_ca_file + basic_auth_file + " " + min_request_timeout + " " + enable_garbage_collector + " " + etcd_quorum_read -%}
 cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest:{% if pillar.get('enable_hostpath_provisioner', '').lower() == 'true' -%}
 cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest:{% set params = "--master=127.0.0.1:8080" + " " + cluster_name + " " + cluster_cidr + " " + allocate_node_cidrs + " " + service_cluster_ip_range + " " + terminated_pod_gc + " " + enable_garbage_collector + " " + cloud_provider  + " " + cloud_config + " " + service_account_key + " " + log_level + " " + root_ca_file -%}
 cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest:{% set params = params + " " + feature_gates -%}