diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
index 75fdcf0c304..ed221a2bf7c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ func RegisterCommonFlags(flags *flag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.NonblockingTaints, "non-blocking-taints", `node-role.kubernetes.io/master`, "Nodes with taints in this comma-delimited list will not block the test framework from starting tests.")
 
 	flags.BoolVar(&TestContext.ListImages, "list-images", false, "If true, will show list of images used for runnning tests.")
+	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.KubectlPath, "kubectl-path", "kubectl", "The kubectl binary to use. For development, you might use 'cluster/kubectl.sh' here.")
 }
 
 // RegisterClusterFlags registers flags specific to the cluster e2e test suite.
@@ -307,7 +308,6 @@ func RegisterClusterFlags(flags *flag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.RepoRoot, "repo-root", "../../", "Root directory of kubernetes repository, for finding test files.")
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.Provider, "provider", "", "The name of the Kubernetes provider (gce, gke, local, skeleton (the fallback if not set), etc.)")
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.Tooling, "tooling", "", "The tooling in use (kops, gke, etc.)")
-	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.KubectlPath, "kubectl-path", "kubectl", "The kubectl binary to use. For development, you might use 'cluster/kubectl.sh' here.")
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.OutputDir, "e2e-output-dir", "/tmp", "Output directory for interesting/useful test data, like performance data, benchmarks, and other metrics.")
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.Prefix, "prefix", "e2e", "A prefix to be added to cloud resources created during testing.")
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.MasterOSDistro, "master-os-distro", "debian", "The OS distribution of cluster master (debian, ubuntu, gci, coreos, or custom).")