diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 1edb52879b..a40ed47b2f 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS:-false}"
 if [[ "${ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS}" == "true" ]]; then
   ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API=true
 fi
+# Optional: Enable daemonset experimental feature, not ready for production use.
+ENABLE_DAEMONSETS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DAEMONSETS:-false}"
+if [[ "${ENABLE_DAEMONSETS}" == "true" ]]; then
+  ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API=true
+fi
 
 # Admission Controllers to invoke prior to persisting objects in cluster
 ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,SecurityContextDeny,ServiceAccount,ResourceQuota
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 2faa613763..32cab384e8 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="${CLUSTER_IP_RANGE:-10.245.0.0/16}"
 MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"
 MINION_SCOPES="${MINION_SCOPES:-compute-rw,monitoring,logging-write,storage-ro}"
 RUNTIME_CONFIG="${KUBE_RUNTIME_CONFIG:-}"
-ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API="${KUBE_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API:-false}"
+ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API="${KUBE_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API:-true}"
 TERMINATED_POD_GC_THRESHOLD=${TERMINATED_POD_GC_THRESHOLD:-100}
 
 # Increase the sleep interval value if concerned about API rate limits. 3, in seconds, is the default.
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ if [[ "${ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS}" == "true" ]]; then
   ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API=true
 fi
 
+# Optional: Enable daemonset experimental feature, not ready for production use.
+ENABLE_DAEMONSETS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DAEMONSETS:-true}"
+if [[ "${ENABLE_DAEMONSETS}" == "true" ]]; then
+  ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API=true
+fi
+
 ADMISSION_CONTROL="${KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL:-NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,SecurityContextDeny,ServiceAccount,ResourceQuota}"
 
 # Optional: if set to true kube-up will automatically check for existing resources and clean them up.
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 9871678920..8ff6c5461f 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ function verify-prereqs {
       RUNTIME_CONFIG="${RUNTIME_CONFIG},extensions/v1beta1/deployments=true"
     fi
   fi
+  if [[ "${ENABLE_DAEMONSETS}" == "true" ]]; then
+    if [[ -z "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" ]]; then
+      RUNTIME_CONFIG="extensions/v1beta1/daemonsets=true"
+    else
+      RUNTIME_CONFIG="${RUNTIME_CONFIG},extensions/v1beta1/daemonsets=true"
+    fi
+  fi
 
 
   local cmd