diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 5e2b87078f0..aed9c24673e 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -556,4 +556,4 @@ export CLOUD_PROVIDER_FLAG="${CLOUD_PROVIDER_FLAG:-gce}"
 # --image-credential-provider-bin-dir=${path-to-auth-provider-binary}
 # Also, it is required that DisableKubeletCloudCredentialProviders and KubeletCredentialProviders
 # feature gates are set to true for kubelet to use external credential provider.
-ENABLE_AUTH_PROVIDER_GCP="${ENABLE_AUTH_PROVIDER_GCP:-false}"
\ No newline at end of file
+ENABLE_AUTH_PROVIDER_GCP="${ENABLE_AUTH_PROVIDER_GCP:-false}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index d0750642be4..875b69f59e9 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ fi
 # Optional: set feature gates
 FEATURE_GATES=${KUBE_FEATURE_GATES:-}
 
+#Optional: disable the cloud provider no schedule taint for testing.
+TEST_IGNORE_CLOUDPROVIDER_TAINT=${KUBE_TEST_IGNORE_CLOUDPROVIDER_TAINT:-}
+
 TERMINATED_POD_GC_THRESHOLD=${TERMINATED_POD_GC_THRESHOLD:-100}
 
 # Extra docker options for nodes.
@@ -294,6 +297,8 @@ export LOGGING_DESTINATION=${KUBE_LOGGING_DESTINATION:-gcp} # options: gcp
 export ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING=${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING:-true}
 export ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS=1
 
+export TEST_IGNORE_CLOUDPROVIDER_TAINT=${KUBE_TEST_IGNORE_CLOUDPROVIDER_TAINT:-false}
+
 # Optional: Don't require https for registries in our local RFC1918 network
 if [[ ${KUBE_ENABLE_INSECURE_REGISTRY:-false} = 'true' ]]; then
   EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS="${EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS} --insecure-registry 10.0.0.0/8"
diff --git a/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh b/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh
index 6d5f6f928f7..edebc6fa2ac 100755
--- a/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ if [[ "${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}" == "azure" ]]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+if [[ "${TEST_IGNORE_CLOUDPROVIDER_TAINT:-}" == true ]]; then
+  echo "Found test ignore cloude provider taint, removing NoSchedule taint from all nodes"
+  "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kubectl.sh" taint nodes --all node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized:NoSchedule-
+fi
+
 ginkgo_args=()
 if [[ -n "${CONFORMANCE_TEST_SKIP_REGEX:-}" ]]; then
   ginkgo_args+=("--skip=${CONFORMANCE_TEST_SKIP_REGEX}")