diff --git a/cluster/kubemark/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/kubemark/gce/config-default.sh
index 3804c29275..8314484f82 100644
--- a/cluster/kubemark/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/kubemark/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fi
 ENABLE_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR=${ENABLE_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR:-true}
 USE_REAL_PROXIER=${USE_REAL_PROXIER:-true}  # for hollow-proxy
 
-CUSTOM_ADMISSION_PLUGINS="${CUSTOM_ADMISSION_PLUGINS:-Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PodPreset,DefaultTolerationSeconds,ResourceQuota}"
+CUSTOM_ADMISSION_PLUGINS="${CUSTOM_ADMISSION_PLUGINS:-Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PodPreset,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota}"
 
 KUBELET_TEST_ARGS="--max-pods=100 $TEST_CLUSTER_LOG_LEVEL ${TEST_CLUSTER_API_CONTENT_TYPE}"
 APISERVER_TEST_ARGS="--runtime-config=extensions/v1beta1 ${API_SERVER_TEST_LOG_LEVEL} ${TEST_CLUSTER_STORAGE_MEDIA_TYPE} ${TEST_CLUSTER_MAX_REQUESTS_INFLIGHT} ${TEST_CLUSTER_DELETE_COLLECTION_WORKERS} --enable-garbage-collector=${ENABLE_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR}"
diff --git a/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/addons/kubemark-rbac-bindings/kubelet-binding.yaml b/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/addons/kubemark-rbac-bindings/kubelet-binding.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0ce195546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/addons/kubemark-rbac-bindings/kubelet-binding.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# The Kubemark environment currently gives all kubelets a single shared credential.
+#
+# TODO: give each kubelet a credential in the system:nodes group with username system:node:<nodeName>,
+# to exercise the Node authorizer and admission, then remove this binding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: kubelet-node
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: system:node
+subjects:
+- apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: User
+  name: kubelet
diff --git a/test/kubemark/resources/start-kubemark-master.sh b/test/kubemark/resources/start-kubemark-master.sh
index bdc11bc64b..cea2932b3f 100755
--- a/test/kubemark/resources/start-kubemark-master.sh
+++ b/test/kubemark/resources/start-kubemark-master.sh
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ function compute-kube-apiserver-params {
 	params+=" --storage-backend=${STORAGE_BACKEND}"
 	params+=" --service-cluster-ip-range=${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE}"
 	params+=" --admission-control=${CUSTOM_ADMISSION_PLUGINS}"
-	params+=" --authorization-mode=RBAC"
+	params+=" --authorization-mode=Node,RBAC"
 	echo "${params}"
 }