diff --git a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
index bac2839a304..1e8ac6884c6 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
@@ -65,3 +65,6 @@ ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS=true
 DNS_SERVER_IP="10.0.0.10"
 DNS_DOMAIN="kubernetes.local"
 DNS_REPLICAS=1
+
+# Admission Controllers to invoke prior to persisting objects in cluster
+ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceAutoProvision,LimitRanger,ResourceQuota
diff --git a/cluster/aws/util.sh b/cluster/aws/util.sh
index dbce068df5b..13897f39195 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/util.sh
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ function kube-up {
     echo "readonly DNS_REPLICAS='${DNS_REPLICAS:-}'"
     echo "readonly DNS_SERVER_IP='${DNS_SERVER_IP:-}'"
     echo "readonly DNS_DOMAIN='${DNS_DOMAIN:-}'"
+    echo "readonly ADMISSION_CONTROL='${ADMISSION_CONTROL:-}'"    
     grep -v "^#" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/aws/templates/common.sh"
     grep -v "^#" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh"
     grep -v "^#" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/aws/templates/download-release.sh"
diff --git a/cluster/azure/config-default.sh b/cluster/azure/config-default.sh
index f7822c4ce4b..38b1f3e7d8b 100644
--- a/cluster/azure/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/azure/config-default.sh
@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@ LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch # options: elasticsearch, gcp
 # Optional: When set to true, Elasticsearch and Kibana will be setup as part of the cluster bring up.
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING=false
 ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS=1
+
+# Admission Controllers to invoke prior to persisting objects in cluster
+ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceAutoProvision,LimitRanger,ResourceQuota
diff --git a/cluster/azure/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh b/cluster/azure/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
index 977738b007c..548c6ff2620 100644
--- a/cluster/azure/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
+++ b/cluster/azure/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ cat <<EOF >/srv/salt-overlay/pillar/cluster-params.sls
 instance_prefix: '$(echo "$INSTANCE_PREFIX" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 node_instance_prefix: $NODE_INSTANCE_PREFIX
 portal_net: $PORTAL_NET
+admission_control: '$(echo "$ADMISSION_CONTROL" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 EOF
 
 mkdir -p /srv/salt-overlay/salt/nginx
diff --git a/cluster/azure/util.sh b/cluster/azure/util.sh
index 40710bd5ab2..c5da546970b 100644
--- a/cluster/azure/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/azure/util.sh
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ function kube-up {
         echo "readonly SALT_TAR_URL='${SALT_TAR_URL}'"
         echo "readonly MASTER_HTPASSWD='${htpasswd}'"
         echo "readonly PORTAL_NET='${PORTAL_NET}'"
+        echo "readonly ADMISSION_CONTROL='${ADMISSION_CONTROL:-}'"        
         grep -v "^#" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/azure/templates/common.sh"
         grep -v "^#" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/azure/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh"
         grep -v "^#" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/azure/templates/download-release.sh"