diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/BUILD
index a5a450b3cc..4875211768 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/BUILD
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ go_test(
     name = "go_default_test",
     srcs = ["images_test.go"],
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
-    deps = ["//cmd/kubeadm/app/constants:go_default_library"],
+    deps = [
+        "//cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm:go_default_library",
+        "//cmd/kubeadm/app/constants:go_default_library",
+    ],
 )
 
 filegroup(
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go
index 2a2ca0c09c..ea580f80eb 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go
@@ -47,11 +47,14 @@ func GetCoreImage(image, repoPrefix, k8sVersion, overrideImage string) string {
 
 // GetAllImages returns a list of container images kubeadm expects to use on a control plane node
 func GetAllImages(cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration) []string {
+	repoPrefix := cfg.GetControlPlaneImageRepository()
 	imgs := []string{}
-	imgs = append(imgs, GetCoreImage(constants.KubeAPIServer, cfg.ImageRepository, cfg.KubernetesVersion, cfg.UnifiedControlPlaneImage))
-	imgs = append(imgs, GetCoreImage(constants.KubeControllerManager, cfg.ImageRepository, cfg.KubernetesVersion, cfg.UnifiedControlPlaneImage))
-	imgs = append(imgs, GetCoreImage(constants.KubeScheduler, cfg.ImageRepository, cfg.KubernetesVersion, cfg.UnifiedControlPlaneImage))
-	imgs = append(imgs, fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v-%v:%v", cfg.ImageRepository, constants.KubeProxy, runtime.GOARCH, kubeadmutil.KubernetesVersionToImageTag(cfg.KubernetesVersion)))
+	imgs = append(imgs, GetCoreImage(constants.KubeAPIServer, repoPrefix, cfg.KubernetesVersion, cfg.UnifiedControlPlaneImage))
+	imgs = append(imgs, GetCoreImage(constants.KubeControllerManager, repoPrefix, cfg.KubernetesVersion, cfg.UnifiedControlPlaneImage))
+	imgs = append(imgs, GetCoreImage(constants.KubeScheduler, repoPrefix, cfg.KubernetesVersion, cfg.UnifiedControlPlaneImage))
+	imgs = append(imgs, fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v-%v:%v", repoPrefix, constants.KubeProxy, runtime.GOARCH, kubeadmutil.KubernetesVersionToImageTag(cfg.KubernetesVersion)))
+
+	// pause, etcd and kube-dns are not available on the ci image repository so use the default image repository.
 	imgs = append(imgs, fmt.Sprintf("%v/pause-%v:%v", cfg.ImageRepository, runtime.GOARCH, "3.1"))
 
 	// if etcd is not external then add the image as it will be required
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images_test.go
index 466f204500..38f237cc9d 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images_test.go
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ package images
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 )
 
@@ -73,3 +75,46 @@ func TestGetCoreImage(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetAllImages(t *testing.T) {
+	testcases := []struct {
+		name   string
+		cfg    *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration
+		expect string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "defined CIImageRepository",
+			cfg: &kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration{
+				CIImageRepository: "test.repo",
+			},
+			expect: "test.repo",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "undefined CIImagerRepository should contain the default image prefix",
+			cfg: &kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration{
+				ImageRepository: "real.repo",
+			},
+			expect: "real.repo",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "test that etcd is returned when it is not external",
+			cfg: &kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration{
+				Etcd: kubeadmapi.Etcd{
+					Local: &kubeadmapi.LocalEtcd{},
+				},
+			},
+			expect: constants.Etcd,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testcases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			imgs := GetAllImages(tc.cfg)
+			for _, img := range imgs {
+				if strings.Contains(img, tc.expect) {
+					return
+				}
+			}
+			t.Fatalf("did not find %q in %q", tc.expect, imgs)
+		})
+	}
+}