diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index e781b210ff..610701e8eb 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func (s *KubeletServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.MarkDeprecated("system-container", "Use --system-cgroups instead. Will be removed in a future version.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.SystemCgroups, "system-cgroups", s.SystemCgroups, "Optional absolute name of cgroups in which to place all non-kernel processes that are not already inside a cgroup under `/`. Empty for no container. Rolling back the flag requires a reboot. (Default: \"\").")
 
-	fs.BoolVar(&s.CgroupsPerQOS, "cgroups-per-qos", s.CgroupsPerQOS, "Enable creation of QoS cgroup hierarchy, if true top level QoS and pod cgroups are created.")
+	fs.BoolVar(&s.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS, "experimental-cgroups-per-qos", s.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS, "Enable creation of QoS cgroup hierarchy, if true top level QoS and pod cgroups are created.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.CgroupDriver, "cgroup-driver", s.CgroupDriver, "Driver that the kubelet uses to manipulate cgroups on the host.  Possible values: 'cgroupfs', 'systemd'")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.CgroupRoot, "cgroup-root", s.CgroupRoot, "Optional root cgroup to use for pods. This is handled by the container runtime on a best effort basis. Default: '', which means use the container runtime default.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.ContainerRuntime, "container-runtime", s.ContainerRuntime, "The container runtime to use. Possible values: 'docker', 'rkt'. Default: 'docker'.")
diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index 18fad23d52..86f2a32ca2 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ func run(s *options.KubeletServer, kubeDeps *kubelet.KubeletDeps) (err error) {
 				SystemCgroupsName:     s.SystemCgroups,
 				KubeletCgroupsName:    s.KubeletCgroups,
 				ContainerRuntime:      s.ContainerRuntime,
-				CgroupsPerQOS:         s.CgroupsPerQOS,
+				CgroupsPerQOS:         s.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS,
 				CgroupRoot:            s.CgroupRoot,
 				CgroupDriver:          s.CgroupDriver,
 				ProtectKernelDefaults: s.ProtectKernelDefaults,
diff --git a/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt b/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
index f15485ab0b..cec821dc22 100644
--- a/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
+++ b/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ cert-dir
 certificate-authority
 cgroup-driver
 cgroup-root
-cgroups-per-qos
 chaos-chance
 clean-start
 cleanup
@@ -189,6 +188,7 @@ executor-suicide-timeout
 exit-on-lock-contention
 experimental-allowed-unsafe-sysctls
 experimental-bootstrap-kubeconfig
+experimental-cgroups-per-qos
 experimental-keystone-url
 experimental-keystone-ca-file
 experimental-mounter-path
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.generated.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.generated.go
index fbe01371a9..e11812acce 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.generated.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.generated.go
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ func (x *KubeletConfiguration) CodecEncodeSelf(e *codec1978.Encoder) {
 			yyq153[55] = x.CloudProvider != ""
 			yyq153[56] = x.CloudConfigFile != ""
 			yyq153[57] = x.KubeletCgroups != ""
-			yyq153[58] = x.CgroupsPerQOS != false
+			yyq153[58] = x.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS != false
 			yyq153[59] = x.CgroupDriver != ""
 			yyq153[60] = x.RuntimeCgroups != ""
 			yyq153[61] = x.SystemCgroups != ""
@@ -2647,7 +2647,7 @@ func (x *KubeletConfiguration) CodecEncodeSelf(e *codec1978.Encoder) {
 					_ = yym345
 					if false {
 					} else {
-						r.EncodeBool(bool(x.CgroupsPerQOS))
+						r.EncodeBool(bool(x.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS))
 					}
 				} else {
 					r.EncodeBool(false)
@@ -2655,13 +2655,13 @@ func (x *KubeletConfiguration) CodecEncodeSelf(e *codec1978.Encoder) {
 			} else {
 				if yyq153[58] {
 					z.EncSendContainerState(codecSelfer_containerMapKey1234)
-					r.EncodeString(codecSelferC_UTF81234, string("cgroupsPerQOS"))
+					r.EncodeString(codecSelferC_UTF81234, string("experimentalCgroupsPerQOS"))
 					z.EncSendContainerState(codecSelfer_containerMapValue1234)
 					yym346 := z.EncBinary()
 					_ = yym346
 					if false {
 					} else {
-						r.EncodeBool(bool(x.CgroupsPerQOS))
+						r.EncodeBool(bool(x.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS))
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -4378,11 +4378,11 @@ func (x *KubeletConfiguration) codecDecodeSelfFromMap(l int, d *codec1978.Decode
 			} else {
 				x.KubeletCgroups = string(r.DecodeString())
 			}
-		case "cgroupsPerQOS":
+		case "experimentalCgroupsPerQOS":
 			if r.TryDecodeAsNil() {
-				x.CgroupsPerQOS = false
+				x.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS = false
 			} else {
-				x.CgroupsPerQOS = bool(r.DecodeBool())
+				x.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS = bool(r.DecodeBool())
 			}
 		case "cgroupDriver":
 			if r.TryDecodeAsNil() {
@@ -5807,9 +5807,9 @@ func (x *KubeletConfiguration) codecDecodeSelfFromArray(l int, d *codec1978.Deco
 	}
 	z.DecSendContainerState(codecSelfer_containerArrayElem1234)
 	if r.TryDecodeAsNil() {
-		x.CgroupsPerQOS = false
+		x.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS = false
 	} else {
-		x.CgroupsPerQOS = bool(r.DecodeBool())
+		x.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS = bool(r.DecodeBool())
 	}
 	yyj649++
 	if yyhl649 {
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
index fdb89bf471..b635e6d347 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ type KubeletConfiguration struct {
 	// And all Burstable and BestEffort pods are brought up under their
 	// specific top level QoS cgroup.
 	// +optional
-	CgroupsPerQOS bool `json:"cgroupsPerQOS,omitempty"`
+	ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS bool `json:"experimentalCgroupsPerQOS,omitempty"`
 	// driver that the kubelet uses to manipulate cgroups on the host (cgroupfs or systemd)
 	// +optional
 	CgroupDriver string `json:"cgroupDriver,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
index 7448f61120..318cdd03cc 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ func SetDefaults_KubeletConfiguration(obj *KubeletConfiguration) {
 	if obj.CertDirectory == "" {
 		obj.CertDirectory = "/var/run/kubernetes"
 	}
-	if obj.CgroupsPerQOS == nil {
-		obj.CgroupsPerQOS = boolVar(false)
+	if obj.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS == nil {
+		obj.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS = boolVar(false)
 	}
 	if obj.ContainerRuntime == "" {
 		obj.ContainerRuntime = "docker"
@@ -391,9 +391,9 @@ func SetDefaults_KubeletConfiguration(obj *KubeletConfiguration) {
 		temp := int32(defaultIPTablesDropBit)
 		obj.IPTablesDropBit = &temp
 	}
-	if obj.CgroupsPerQOS == nil {
+	if obj.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS == nil {
 		temp := false
-		obj.CgroupsPerQOS = &temp
+		obj.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS = &temp
 	}
 	if obj.CgroupDriver == "" {
 		obj.CgroupDriver = "cgroupfs"
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ func SetDefaults_KubeletConfiguration(obj *KubeletConfiguration) {
 	// NOTE: this is for backwards compatibility with earlier releases where cgroup-root was optional.
 	// if cgroups per qos is not enabled, and cgroup-root is not specified, we need to default to the
 	// container runtime default and not default to the root cgroup.
-	if obj.CgroupsPerQOS != nil {
-		if *obj.CgroupsPerQOS {
+	if obj.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS != nil {
+		if *obj.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS {
 			if obj.CgroupRoot == "" {
 				obj.CgroupRoot = "/"
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
index 48f4b66544..1fb8292134 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ type KubeletConfiguration struct {
 	// And all Burstable and BestEffort pods are brought up under their
 	// specific top level QoS cgroup.
 	// +optional
-	CgroupsPerQOS *bool `json:"cgroupsPerQOS,omitempty"`
+	ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS *bool `json:"experimentalCgroupsPerQOS,omitempty"`
 	// driver that the kubelet uses to manipulate cgroups on the host (cgroupfs or systemd)
 	// +optional
 	CgroupDriver string `json:"cgroupDriver,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
index 50e2c5a417..a8c1ce5220 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func autoConvert_v1alpha1_KubeletConfiguration_To_componentconfig_KubeletConfigu
 	out.RuntimeCgroups = in.RuntimeCgroups
 	out.SystemCgroups = in.SystemCgroups
 	out.CgroupRoot = in.CgroupRoot
-	if err := api.Convert_Pointer_bool_To_bool(&in.CgroupsPerQOS, &out.CgroupsPerQOS, s); err != nil {
+	if err := api.Convert_Pointer_bool_To_bool(&in.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS, &out.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	out.CgroupDriver = in.CgroupDriver
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ func autoConvert_componentconfig_KubeletConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_KubeletConfigu
 	out.CloudProvider = in.CloudProvider
 	out.CloudConfigFile = in.CloudConfigFile
 	out.KubeletCgroups = in.KubeletCgroups
-	if err := api.Convert_bool_To_Pointer_bool(&in.CgroupsPerQOS, &out.CgroupsPerQOS, s); err != nil {
+	if err := api.Convert_bool_To_Pointer_bool(&in.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS, &out.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	out.CgroupDriver = in.CgroupDriver
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 1b0d684622..2f5bc2852a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -302,12 +302,12 @@ func DeepCopy_v1alpha1_KubeletConfiguration(in interface{}, out interface{}, c *
 		out.RuntimeCgroups = in.RuntimeCgroups
 		out.SystemCgroups = in.SystemCgroups
 		out.CgroupRoot = in.CgroupRoot
-		if in.CgroupsPerQOS != nil {
-			in, out := &in.CgroupsPerQOS, &out.CgroupsPerQOS
+		if in.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS != nil {
+			in, out := &in.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS, &out.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS
 			*out = new(bool)
 			**out = **in
 		} else {
-			out.CgroupsPerQOS = nil
+			out.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS = nil
 		}
 		out.CgroupDriver = in.CgroupDriver
 		out.ContainerRuntime = in.ContainerRuntime
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 639e8de619..9f9ce1bb39 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func DeepCopy_componentconfig_KubeletConfiguration(in interface{}, out interface
 		out.CloudProvider = in.CloudProvider
 		out.CloudConfigFile = in.CloudConfigFile
 		out.KubeletCgroups = in.KubeletCgroups
-		out.CgroupsPerQOS = in.CgroupsPerQOS
+		out.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS = in.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS
 		out.CgroupDriver = in.CgroupDriver
 		out.RuntimeCgroups = in.RuntimeCgroups
 		out.SystemCgroups = in.SystemCgroups
diff --git a/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go b/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
index 22a16b6a6b..e405be86f0 100644
--- a/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -2600,7 +2600,7 @@ var OpenAPIDefinitions *common.OpenAPIDefinitions = &common.OpenAPIDefinitions{
 							Format:      "",
 						},
 					},
-					"cgroupsPerQOS": {
+					"experimentalCgroupsPerQOS": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
 							Description: "Enable QoS based Cgroup hierarchy: top level cgroups for QoS Classes And all Burstable and BestEffort pods are brought up under their specific top level QoS cgroup.",
 							Type:        []string{"boolean"},
@@ -14428,7 +14428,7 @@ var OpenAPIDefinitions *common.OpenAPIDefinitions = &common.OpenAPIDefinitions{
 							Format:      "",
 						},
 					},
-					"cgroupsPerQOS": {
+					"experimentalCgroupsPerQOS": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
 							Description: "Enable QoS based Cgroup hierarchy: top level cgroups for QoS Classes And all Burstable and BestEffort pods are brought up under their specific top level QoS cgroup.",
 							Type:        []string{"boolean"},
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 22ff1ad8ba..a563f1dd57 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration, kubeDeps *Kub
 		nodeStatusUpdateFrequency: kubeCfg.NodeStatusUpdateFrequency.Duration,
 		os:                kubeDeps.OSInterface,
 		oomWatcher:        oomWatcher,
-		cgroupsPerQOS:     kubeCfg.CgroupsPerQOS,
+		cgroupsPerQOS:     kubeCfg.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS,
 		cgroupRoot:        kubeCfg.CgroupRoot,
 		mounter:           kubeDeps.Mounter,
 		writer:            kubeDeps.Writer,
diff --git a/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go b/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go
index e2df407bc5..49433c747d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func GetHollowKubeletConfig(
 	c.EnableCustomMetrics = false
 	c.EnableDebuggingHandlers = true
 	c.EnableServer = true
-	c.CgroupsPerQOS = false
+	c.ExperimentalCgroupsPerQOS = false
 	// hairpin-veth is used to allow hairpin packets. Note that this deviates from
 	// what the "real" kubelet currently does, because there's no way to
 	// set promiscuous mode on docker0.
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
index 6a1a4b7989..8cfd2be9cc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func RegisterNodeFlags() {
 	// TODO(random-liu): Find someway to get kubelet configuration, and automatic config and filter test based on the configuration.
 	flag.BoolVar(&TestContext.DisableKubenet, "disable-kubenet", false, "If true, start kubelet without kubenet. (default false)")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.EvictionHard, "eviction-hard", "memory.available<250Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%", "The hard eviction thresholds. If set, pods get evicted when the specified resources drop below the thresholds.")
-	flag.BoolVar(&TestContext.CgroupsPerQOS, "cgroups-per-qos", false, "Enable creation of QoS cgroup hierarchy, if true top level QoS and pod cgroups are created.")
+	flag.BoolVar(&TestContext.CgroupsPerQOS, "experimental-cgroups-per-qos", false, "Enable creation of QoS cgroup hierarchy, if true top level QoS and pod cgroups are created.")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.CgroupDriver, "cgroup-driver", "", "Driver that the kubelet uses to manipulate cgroups on the host.  Possible values: 'cgroupfs', 'systemd'")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.ManifestPath, "manifest-path", "", "The path to the static pod manifest file.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&TestContext.PrepullImages, "prepull-images", true, "If true, prepull images so image pull failures do not cause test failures.")
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/benchmark/jenkins-benchmark.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/benchmark/jenkins-benchmark.properties
index fb72761509..cd56c3b5e0 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/benchmark/jenkins-benchmark.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/benchmark/jenkins-benchmark.properties
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ GCE_PROJECT=k8s-jkns-ci-node-e2e
 CLEANUP=true
 GINKGO_FLAGS='--skip="\[Flaky\]"'
 SETUP_NODE=false
-TEST_ARGS='--feature-gates=DynamicKubeletConfig=true --cgroups-per-qos=true'
+TEST_ARGS='--feature-gates=DynamicKubeletConfig=true --experimental-cgroups-per-qos=true'
 PARALLELISM=1
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties
index 8f352a03ac..999c74b57b 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ GCE_PROJECT=k8s-jkns-ci-node-e2e
 CLEANUP=true
 GINKGO_FLAGS='--skip="\[Flaky\]|\[Serial\]"'
 SETUP_NODE=false
-TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=true
+TEST_ARGS=--experimental-cgroups-per-qos=true
 TIMEOUT=1h
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-flaky.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-flaky.properties
index f36446535a..13bceda3d1 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-flaky.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-flaky.properties
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ GCE_PROJECT=k8s-jkns-ci-node-e2e
 CLEANUP=true
 GINKGO_FLAGS='--focus="\[Flaky\]"'
 SETUP_NODE=false
-TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=true
+TEST_ARGS=--experimental-cgroups-per-qos=true
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties
index 60e0ec2a1b..90d01371c7 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ GCE_PROJECT=k8s-jkns-pr-node-e2e
 CLEANUP=true
 GINKGO_FLAGS='--skip="\[Flaky\]|\[Slow\]|\[Serial\]" --flakeAttempts=2'
 SETUP_NODE=false
-TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=true
+TEST_ARGS=--experimental-cgroups-per-qos=true
 
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties
index cf0af24cc3..e694272b1e 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ GCE_PROJECT=k8s-jkns-ci-node-e2e
 CLEANUP=true
 GINKGO_FLAGS='--focus="\[Serial\]" --skip="\[Flaky\]|\[Benchmark\]"'
 SETUP_NODE=false
-TEST_ARGS='--feature-gates=DynamicKubeletConfig=true --cgroups-per-qos=true'
+TEST_ARGS='--feature-gates=DynamicKubeletConfig=true --experimental-cgroups-per-qos=true'
 PARALLELISM=1
 TIMEOUT=3h
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/template.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/template.properties
index a15c959556..8a361b3dff 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/template.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/template.properties
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ CLEANUP=true
 # If true, current user will be added to the docker group on test node
 SETUP_NODE=false
 # If true QoS Cgroup Hierarchy is created and tests specifc to the cgroup hierarchy run
-TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=true
+TEST_ARGS=--experimental-cgroups-per-qos=true
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/services/services.go b/test/e2e_node/services/services.go
index 87341371eb..f678ef35c6 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/services/services.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/services/services.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func (e *E2EServices) startKubelet() (*server, error) {
 	}
 	if framework.TestContext.CgroupsPerQOS {
 		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs,
-			"--cgroups-per-qos", "true",
+			"--experimental-cgroups-per-qos", "true",
 			"--cgroup-root", "/",
 		)
 	}