diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/plugins.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/plugins.go
index bb9daed5061..4ec7a295a85 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/plugins.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/plugins.go
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ func ProbeVolumePlugins(featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate) ([]volume.VolumePlu
 	//
 	// Kubelet does not currently need to configure volume plugins.
 	// If/when it does, see kube-controller-manager/app/plugins.go for example of using volume.VolumeConfig
+	var err error
+	allPlugins, err = appendLegacyProviderVolumes(allPlugins, featureGate)
+	if err != nil {
+		return allPlugins, err
+	}
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, emptydir.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, git_repo.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, hostpath.ProbeVolumePlugins(volume.VolumeConfig{})...)
diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/plugins_providers.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/plugins_providers.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..147125e3a9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/plugins_providers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package app
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/component-base/featuregate"
+	"k8s.io/csi-translation-lib/plugins"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/csimigration"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/portworx"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/rbd"
+)
+
+type probeFn func() []volume.VolumePlugin
+
+func appendPluginBasedOnFeatureFlags(plugins []volume.VolumePlugin, inTreePluginName string,
+	featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate, pluginInfo pluginInfo) ([]volume.VolumePlugin, error) {
+	_, err := csimigration.CheckMigrationFeatureFlags(featureGate, pluginInfo.pluginMigrationFeature, pluginInfo.pluginUnregisterFeature)
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.InfoS("Unexpected CSI Migration Feature Flags combination detected, CSI Migration may not take effect", "err", err)
+		// TODO: fail and return here once alpha only tests can set the feature flags for a plugin correctly
+	}
+
+	// Skip appending the in-tree plugin to the list of plugins to be probed/initialized
+	// if the plugin unregister feature flag is set
+	if featureGate.Enabled(pluginInfo.pluginUnregisterFeature) {
+		klog.InfoS("Skipped registration of plugin since feature flag is enabled", "pluginName", inTreePluginName, "featureFlag", pluginInfo.pluginUnregisterFeature)
+		return plugins, nil
+	}
+
+	plugins = append(plugins, pluginInfo.pluginProbeFunction()...)
+	return plugins, nil
+}
+
+type pluginInfo struct {
+	pluginMigrationFeature  featuregate.Feature
+	pluginUnregisterFeature featuregate.Feature
+	pluginProbeFunction     probeFn
+}
+
+func appendLegacyProviderVolumes(allPlugins []volume.VolumePlugin, featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate) ([]volume.VolumePlugin, error) {
+	pluginMigrationStatus := make(map[string]pluginInfo)
+	pluginMigrationStatus[plugins.PortworxVolumePluginName] = pluginInfo{pluginMigrationFeature: features.CSIMigrationPortworx, pluginUnregisterFeature: features.InTreePluginPortworxUnregister, pluginProbeFunction: portworx.ProbeVolumePlugins}
+	pluginMigrationStatus[plugins.RBDVolumePluginName] = pluginInfo{pluginMigrationFeature: features.CSIMigrationRBD, pluginUnregisterFeature: features.InTreePluginRBDUnregister, pluginProbeFunction: rbd.ProbeVolumePlugins}
+	var err error
+	for pluginName, pluginInfo := range pluginMigrationStatus {
+		allPlugins, err = appendPluginBasedOnFeatureFlags(allPlugins, pluginName, featureGate, pluginInfo)
+		if err != nil {
+			return allPlugins, err
+		}
+	}
+	return allPlugins, nil
+}