diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 775745bd0e5..e98b2801049 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ function construct-linux-kubelet-flags {
       #TODO(mikedanese): allow static pods to start before creating a client
       #flags+=" --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/bootstrap-kubeconfig"
       #flags+=" --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig"
+      flags+=" --register-with-taints=node-role.kubernetes.io/master=:NoSchedule"
       flags+=" --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/bootstrap-kubeconfig"
       flags+=" --register-schedulable=false"
     fi