diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index b3def4c988e..5b6bace99c7 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolume
 KUBE_UP_AUTOMATIC_CLEANUP=${KUBE_UP_AUTOMATIC_CLEANUP:-false}
 
 # Networking plugin specific settings.
-NETWORK_PROVIDER="${NETWORK_PROVIDER:-none}" # opencontrail, flannel, kubenet
+NETWORK_PROVIDER="${NETWORK_PROVIDER:-kubenet}" # none, opencontrail, flannel, kubenet
 OPENCONTRAIL_TAG="${OPENCONTRAIL_TAG:-R2.20}"
 OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG="${OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG:-master}"
 OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET="${OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET:-10.1.0.0/16}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index d685efe24e3..bd8cee16db0 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ KUBE_UP_AUTOMATIC_CLEANUP=${KUBE_UP_AUTOMATIC_CLEANUP:-false}
 TEST_CLUSTER="${TEST_CLUSTER:-true}"
 
 # OpenContrail networking plugin specific settings
-NETWORK_PROVIDER="${NETWORK_PROVIDER:-none}" # opencontrail,flannel
+NETWORK_PROVIDER="${NETWORK_PROVIDER:-kubenet}" # none, opencontrail, flannel, kubenet
 OPENCONTRAIL_TAG="${OPENCONTRAIL_TAG:-R2.20}"
 OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG="${OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG:-master}"
 OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET="${OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET:-10.1.0.0/16}"