diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 093515cc167..d4cc484be9b 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -153,4 +153,4 @@ 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 6ef55fc987d..ec7f956132a 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -183,4 +183,4 @@ 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%}"