diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index a21db8dcab7..a2cca3241f6 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ ZONE=us-central1-b
 MASTER_SIZE=n1-standard-1
 MINION_SIZE=n1-standard-1
 NUM_MINIONS=4
-# gcloud/gcutil will expand this to the latest supported image.
-IMAGE=backports-debian-7-wheezy
+# TODO(dchen1107): Filed an internal issue to create an alias
+# for containervm image, so that gcloud/gcutil will expand this
+# to the latest supported image.
+IMAGE=container-vm-v20141016
 NETWORK=default
 INSTANCE_PREFIX=kubernetes
 MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index a5cc2389798..ce853979693 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ ZONE=us-central1-b
 MASTER_SIZE=g1-small
 MINION_SIZE=g1-small
 NUM_MINIONS=2
-# gcloud/gcutil will expand this to the latest supported image.
-IMAGE=backports-debian-7-wheezy
+# TODO(dchen1107): Filed an internal issue to create an alias
+# for containervm image, so that gcloud/gcutil will expand this
+# to the latest supported image.
+IMAGE=container-vm-v20141016
 NETWORK=e2e
 INSTANCE_PREFIX="e2e-test-${USER}"
 MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index e8e62b78c4e..87eb02683cc 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ function kube-up {
   local htpasswd
   htpasswd=$(cat "${KUBE_TEMP}/htpasswd")
 
+  if ! gcutil getimage "${IMAGE}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Adding new image: ${IMAGE}"
+    gcutil addimage "${IMAGE}" \
+      "gs://gcp-containers-images/${IMAGE}.tar.gz" \
+      --project "${PROJECT}"
+  fi
+
   if ! gcutil getnetwork "${NETWORK}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo "Creating new network for: ${NETWORK}"
     # The network needs to be created synchronously or we have a race. The