diff --git a/test/kubemark/common.sh b/test/kubemark/common.sh
index 099cc504cdf..9c0cd375eed 100644
--- a/test/kubemark/common.sh
+++ b/test/kubemark/common.sh
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/lib/util.sh"
 # what what is default in hack/lib/etcd.sh
 # To avoid it, if it is empty, we set it to 'avoid-overwrite' and
 # clean it after that.
-if [ -z "${ETCD_VERSION}" ]; then
-  ETCD_VERSION="avoid-overwrite"
+if [ -z "${ETCD_IMAGE}" ]; then
+  ETCD_IMAGE="avoid-overwrite"
 fi
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
-if [ "${ETCD_VERSION}" == "avoid-overwrite" ]; then
-  ETCD_VERSION=""
+if [ "${ETCD_IMAGE}" == "avoid-overwrite" ]; then
+  ETCD_IMAGE=""
 fi
 
 detect-project &> /dev/null
diff --git a/test/kubemark/start-kubemark-master.sh b/test/kubemark/start-kubemark-master.sh
index ba51d34e494..d16087a425a 100644
--- a/test/kubemark/start-kubemark-master.sh
+++ b/test/kubemark/start-kubemark-master.sh
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 EVENT_STORE_IP=$1
 EVENT_STORE_URL="http://${EVENT_STORE_IP}:4002"
 NUM_NODES=$2
-KUBEMARK_ETCD_VERSION=$3
-if [[ -z "${KUBEMARK_ETCD_VERSION}" ]]; then
+KUBEMARK_ETCD_IMAGE=$3
+if [[ -z "${KUBEMARK_ETCD_IMAGE}" ]]; then
   # Default etcd version.
-  KUBEMARK_ETCD_VERSION="2.2.1"
+  KUBEMARK_ETCD_IMAGE="2.2.1"
 fi
 
 function retry() {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ if [ "${EVENT_STORE_IP}" == "127.0.0.1" ]; then
 	# Retry starting etcd to avoid pulling image errors.
 	retry sudo docker run --net=host \
 		-v /var/etcd/data-events:/var/etcd/data -v /var/log:/var/log -d \
-		gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:${KUBEMARK_ETCD_VERSION} /bin/sh -c "/usr/local/bin/etcd \
+		gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:${KUBEMARK_ETCD_IMAGE} /bin/sh -c "/usr/local/bin/etcd \
 		--listen-peer-urls http://127.0.0.1:2381 \
 		--advertise-client-urls=http://127.0.0.1:4002 \
 		--listen-client-urls=http://0.0.0.0:4002 \
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ fi
 # Retry starting etcd to avoid pulling image errors.
 retry sudo docker run --net=host \
 	-v /var/etcd/data:/var/etcd/data -v /var/log:/var/log -d \
-	gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:${KUBEMARK_ETCD_VERSION} /bin/sh -c "/usr/local/bin/etcd \
+	gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:${KUBEMARK_ETCD_IMAGE} /bin/sh -c "/usr/local/bin/etcd \
 	--listen-peer-urls http://127.0.0.1:2380 \
 	--advertise-client-urls=http://127.0.0.1:2379 \
 	--listen-client-urls=http://0.0.0.0:2379 \
diff --git a/test/kubemark/start-kubemark.sh b/test/kubemark/start-kubemark.sh
index 48ce8c8dc9a..551136ed3e9 100755
--- a/test/kubemark/start-kubemark.sh
+++ b/test/kubemark/start-kubemark.sh
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ gcloud compute copy-files --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" \
 
 gcloud compute ssh "${MASTER_NAME}" --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" \
   --command="chmod a+x configure-kubectl.sh && chmod a+x start-kubemark-master.sh && \
-             sudo ./start-kubemark-master.sh ${EVENT_STORE_IP:-127.0.0.1} ${NUM_NODES:-0} ${ETCD_VERSION:-}"
+             sudo ./start-kubemark-master.sh ${EVENT_STORE_IP:-127.0.0.1} ${NUM_NODES:-0} ${ETCD_IMAGE:-}"
 
 # create kubeconfig for Kubelet:
 KUBECONFIG_CONTENTS=$(echo "apiVersion: v1