diff --git a/cluster/common.sh b/cluster/common.sh
index 57fd9b8251..590a369432 100755
--- a/cluster/common.sh
+++ b/cluster/common.sh
@@ -619,6 +619,8 @@ ENABLE_L7_LOADBALANCING: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_L7_LOADBALANCING:-none})
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING:-false})
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI:-false})
 ENABLE_NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR:-none})
+NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_VERSION: $(yaml-quote ${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_VERSION:-})
+NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_TAR_HASH: $(yaml-quote ${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_TAR_HASH:-})
 ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-false})
 ENABLE_RESCHEDULER: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_RESCHEDULER:-false})
 LOGGING_DESTINATION: $(yaml-quote ${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-})
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index f5470c647f..8220e04a48 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ if [[ "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" ]]; then
 else
   ENABLE_NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR="${KUBE_ENABLE_NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR:-daemonset}"
 fi
+NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_VERSION="${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_VERSION:-}"
+NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_TAR_HASH="${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_TAR_HASH:-}"
 
 # Optional: Create autoscaler for cluster's nodes.
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_AUTOSCALER:-false}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 5eb9a68af3..c408487cfd 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ if [[ "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" ]]; then
 else
   ENABLE_NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR="${KUBE_ENABLE_NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR:-daemonset}"
 fi
+NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_VERSION="${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_VERSION:-}"
+NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_TAR_HASH="${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_TAR_HASH:-}"
 
 # Optional: Create autoscaler for cluster's nodes.
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_AUTOSCALER:-false}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
index d1377d0f9e..df1fac98b4 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
@@ -131,8 +131,13 @@ function install-gci-mounter-tools {
 
 # Install node problem detector binary.
 function install-node-problem-detector {
-  local -r npd_version="v0.3.0"
-  local -r npd_sha1="2e6423c5798e14464271d9c944e56a637ee5a4bc"
+  if [[ -n "${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_VERSION:-}" ]]; then
+      local -r npd_version="${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_VERSION}"
+      local -r npd_sha1="${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_TAR_HASH}"
+  else
+      local -r npd_version="v0.3.0"
+      local -r npd_sha1="2e6423c5798e14464271d9c944e56a637ee5a4bc"
+  fi
   local -r npd_release_path="https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release"
   local -r npd_tar="node-problem-detector-${npd_version}.tar.gz"
   download-or-bust "${npd_sha1}" "${npd_release_path}/node-problem-detector/${npd_tar}"