diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 37ad3b492b..cb140910ed 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ KUBECTL=${KUBECTL:-cluster/kubectl.sh}
 WAIT_FOR_URL_API_SERVER=${WAIT_FOR_URL_API_SERVER:-10}
 ENABLE_DAEMON=${ENABLE_DAEMON:-false}
 HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE=${HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE:-"127.0.0.1"}
+CLOUD_PROVIDER=${CLOUD_PROVIDER:-""}
 
 if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
     echo "WARNING : This script MAY be run as root for docker socket / iptables functionality; if failures occur, retry as root." 2>&1
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ function start_apiserver {
       --advertise-address="${API_HOST}" \
       --etcd-servers="http://127.0.0.1:4001" \
       --service-cluster-ip-range="10.0.0.0/24" \
+      --cloud-provider="${CLOUD_PROVIDER}" \
       --cors-allowed-origins="${API_CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS}" >"${APISERVER_LOG}" 2>&1 &
     APISERVER_PID=$!
 
@@ -290,6 +292,7 @@ function start_controller_manager {
       --enable-hostpath-provisioner="${ENABLE_HOSTPATH_PROVISIONER}" \
       ${node_cidr_args} \
       --pvclaimbinder-sync-period="${CLAIM_BINDER_SYNC_PERIOD}" \
+      --cloud-provider="${CLOUD_PROVIDER}" \
       --master="${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" >"${CTLRMGR_LOG}" 2>&1 &
     CTLRMGR_PID=$!
 }
@@ -338,6 +341,7 @@ function start_kubelet {
         --rkt-path="${RKT_PATH}" \
         --rkt-stage1-image="${RKT_STAGE1_IMAGE}" \
         --hostname-override="${HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE}" \
+        --cloud-provider="${CLOUD_PROVIDER}" \
         --address="127.0.0.1" \
         --api-servers="${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" \
         --cpu-cfs-quota=${CPU_CFS_QUOTA} \
@@ -363,7 +367,7 @@ function start_kubelet {
         -i \
         --cidfile=$KUBELET_CIDFILE \
         gcr.io/google_containers/kubelet \
-        /kubelet --v=3 --containerized ${priv_arg}--chaos-chance="${CHAOS_CHANCE}" --hostname-override="${HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE}" --address="127.0.0.1" --api-servers="${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" --port="$KUBELET_PORT" --resource-container="" &> $KUBELET_LOG &
+        /kubelet --v=3 --containerized ${priv_arg}--chaos-chance="${CHAOS_CHANCE}" --hostname-override="${HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE}" --cloud-provider="${CLOUD_PROVIDER}" --address="127.0.0.1" --api-servers="${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" --port="$KUBELET_PORT" --resource-container="" &> $KUBELET_LOG &
     fi
 }