diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index f3bb73ade4a..c03e8de6224 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export KUBE_CACHE_MUTATION_DETECTOR
 KUBE_PANIC_WATCH_DECODE_ERROR="${KUBE_PANIC_WATCH_DECODE_ERROR:-true}"
 export KUBE_PANIC_WATCH_DECODE_ERROR
 
+ADMISSION_CONTROL=${ADMISSION_CONTROL:-""}
 ADMISSION_CONTROL_CONFIG_FILE=${ADMISSION_CONTROL_CONFIG_FILE:-""}
 
 # START_MODE can be 'all', 'kubeletonly', or 'nokubelet'
@@ -447,6 +448,14 @@ function start_apiserver {
     if [[ -n "${ALLOW_PRIVILEGED}" ]]; then
       priv_arg="--allow-privileged "
     fi
+
+    if [[ ${ADMISSION_CONTROL} == *"Initializers"* ]]; then
+        if [[ -n "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" ]]; then
+          RUNTIME_CONFIG+=","
+        fi
+        RUNTIME_CONFIG+="admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1alpha1"
+    fi
+
     runtime_config=""
     if [[ -n "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" ]]; then
       runtime_config="--runtime-config=${RUNTIME_CONFIG}"