diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 3e2dec051a1..29f871d85d8 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -156,4 +156,4 @@ HAIRPIN_MODE="${HAIRPIN_MODE:-promiscuous-bridge}" # promiscuous-bridge, hairpin
 E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT=${KUBE_E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT:-false}
 
 # Evict pods whenever compute resource availability on the nodes gets below a threshold.
-EVICTION_HARD="${EVICTION_HARD:-memory.available<100Mi}"
+EVICTION_HARD="${EVICTION_HARD:-memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 8944660e4fc..f02434b7b2f 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -186,4 +186,4 @@ E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT=${KUBE_E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT:-false}
 PREPULL_E2E_IMAGES="${PREPULL_E2E_IMAGES:-true}"
 
 # Evict pods whenever compute resource availability on the nodes gets below a threshold.
-EVICTION_HARD="${EVICTION_HARD:-memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<256Mi}"
+EVICTION_HARD="${EVICTION_HARD:-memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%}"