diff --git a/cluster/gce/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest b/cluster/gce/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest
index 4be27c81b20..d045c844c47 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest
+++ b/cluster/gce/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
         "port": 8080,
         "path": "/healthz"
       },
+      "periodSeconds": 1,
       "timeoutSeconds": 15
     },
     "ports":[