diff --git a/federation/cluster/common.sh b/federation/cluster/common.sh
index 90acaeb462..933ad41633 100644
--- a/federation/cluster/common.sh
+++ b/federation/cluster/common.sh
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ function create-federation-api-objects {
     export FEDERATION_API_NODEPORT=32111
     export FEDERATION_NAMESPACE
     export FEDERATION_NAME="${FEDERATION_NAME:-federation}"
+    export DNS_ZONE_NAME="${DNS_ZONE_NAME:-example.com}"
 
     template="go run ${KUBE_ROOT}/federation/cluster/template.go"
 
diff --git a/federation/manifests/federation-controller-manager-deployment.yaml b/federation/manifests/federation-controller-manager-deployment.yaml
index 82b973e481..438e7bf90a 100644
--- a/federation/manifests/federation-controller-manager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/federation/manifests/federation-controller-manager-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ spec:
         - --master=https://{{.FEDERATION_APISERVER_DEPLOYMENT_NAME}}:443
         - --dns-provider={{.FEDERATION_DNS_PROVIDER}}
         - --dns-provider-config={{.FEDERATION_DNS_PROVIDER_CONFIG}}
+        - --federation-name={{.FEDERATION_NAME}}
+        - --zone-name={{.DNS_ZONE_NAME}}
         ports:
         - containerPort: 443
           name: https