diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/cloud/gce_projects.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/cloud/gce_projects.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package cloud
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/cloud/meta"
+	compute "google.golang.org/api/compute/v1"
+	"google.golang.org/api/googleapi"
+)
+
+// ProjectsOps is the manually implemented methods for the Projects service.
+type ProjectsOps interface {
+	Get(ctx context.Context, projectID string) (*compute.Project, error)
+	SetCommonInstanceMetadata(ctx context.Context, projectID string, m *compute.Metadata) error
+}
+
+// MockProjectOpsState is stored in the mock.X field.
+type MockProjectOpsState struct {
+	metadata map[string]*compute.Metadata
+}
+
+func (m *MockProjects) Get(ctx context.Context, projectID string) (*compute.Project, error) {
+	m.Lock.Lock()
+	defer m.Lock.Unlock()
+
+	if p, ok := m.Objects[*meta.GlobalKey(projectID)]; ok {
+		return p.ToGA(), nil
+	}
+	return nil, &googleapi.Error{
+		Code:    http.StatusNotFound,
+		Message: fmt.Sprintf("MockProjects %v not found", projectID),
+	}
+}
+
+func (g *GCEProjects) Get(ctx context.Context, projectID string) (*compute.Project, error) {
+	rk := &RateLimitKey{
+		ProjectID: projectID,
+		Operation: "Get",
+		Version:   meta.Version("ga"),
+		Service:   "Projects",
+	}
+	if err := g.s.RateLimiter.Accept(ctx, rk); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	call := g.s.GA.Projects.Get(projectID)
+	call.Context(ctx)
+	return call.Do()
+}
+
+func (m *MockProjects) SetCommonInstanceMetadata(ctx context.Context, projectID string, meta *compute.Metadata) error {
+	if m.X == nil {
+		m.X = &MockProjectOpsState{metadata: map[string]*compute.Metadata{}}
+	}
+	state := m.X.(*MockProjectOpsState)
+	state.metadata[projectID] = meta
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (g *GCEProjects) SetCommonInstanceMetadata(ctx context.Context, projectID string, m *compute.Metadata) error {
+	rk := &RateLimitKey{
+		ProjectID: projectID,
+		Operation: "SetCommonInstanceMetadata",
+		Version:   meta.Version("ga"),
+		Service:   "Projects",
+	}
+	if err := g.s.RateLimiter.Accept(ctx, rk); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	call := g.s.GA.Projects.SetCommonInstanceMetadata(projectID, m)
+	call.Context(ctx)
+
+	op, err := call.Do()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return g.s.WaitForCompletion(ctx, op)
+}