diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh b/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
index 043df2f7a38..1362332e271 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ done
 echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" >> /etc/hosts # enables cmds like 'kubectl get pods' on master.
 echo "$MASTER_IP $MASTER_NAME" >> /etc/hosts
 
+enable-accounting
 prepare-package-manager
 
 # Configure the master network
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/provision-node.sh b/cluster/vagrant/provision-node.sh
index d62536a5a44..4893424edc8 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/provision-node.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/provision-node.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ for (( i=0; i<${#NODE_NAMES[@]}; i++)); do
   fi
 done
 
+enable-accounting
 prepare-package-manager
 
 # Configure network
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/provision-utils.sh b/cluster/vagrant/provision-utils.sh
index 14481762450..846d9c505ce 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/provision-utils.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/provision-utils.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+function enable-accounting() {
+  mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system.conf.d/
+  cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system.conf.d/kubernetes-accounting.conf
+[Manager]
+DefaultCPUAccounting=yes
+DefaultMemoryAccounting=yes  
+EOF
+  systemctl daemon-reload
+}
+
 function prepare-package-manager() {
   echo "Prepare package manager"