diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 5f3b748821..d1114893e3 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ HAIRPIN_MODE="${HAIRPIN_MODE:-promiscuous-bridge}" # promiscuous-bridge, hairpin
 E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT=${KUBE_E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT:-false}
 
 # Evict pods whenever compute resource availability on the nodes gets below a threshold.
-EVICTION_HARD="${EVICTION_HARD:-memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%}"
+EVICTION_HARD="${EVICTION_HARD:-memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%}"
 
 # Optional: custom scheduling algorithm
 SCHEDULING_ALGORITHM_PROVIDER="${SCHEDULING_ALGORITHM_PROVIDER:-}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index d7d01d57aa..07e37b688a 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT=${KUBE_E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT:-false}
 PREPULL_E2E_IMAGES="${PREPULL_E2E_IMAGES:-true}"
 
 # Evict pods whenever compute resource availability on the nodes gets below a threshold.
-EVICTION_HARD="${EVICTION_HARD:-memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%}"
+EVICTION_HARD="${EVICTION_HARD:-memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%}"
 
 # Optional: custom scheduling algorithm
 SCHEDULING_ALGORITHM_PROVIDER="${SCHEDULING_ALGORITHM_PROVIDER:-}"