diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
index 14f38f35060..d1cb1092714 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ func generateCloudConfig(configFile *ConfigFile) (cloudConfig *CloudConfig, err
 	cloudConfig.TokenSource = google.ComputeTokenSource("")
 	cloudConfig.UseMetadataServer = true
 
+	featureMap := make(map[string]bool)
+	cloudConfig.AlphaFeatureGate = &AlphaFeatureGate{featureMap}
 	if configFile != nil {
 		if configFile.Global.ApiEndpoint != "" {
 			cloudConfig.ApiEndpoint = configFile.Global.ApiEndpoint