diff --git a/cluster/common.sh b/cluster/common.sh
index b89fdd53455..7cf354be8b1 100755
--- a/cluster/common.sh
+++ b/cluster/common.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors.
+# Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ function find-release-tars() {
 
   # This tarball is used by GCI, Ubuntu Trusty, and Container Linux.
   KUBE_MANIFESTS_TAR=
-  if [[ "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-}" == "trusty" || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-}" == "gci" || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-}" == "container-linux" ]] || \
-     [[ "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-}" == "trusty" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-}" == "gci" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-}" == "container-linux" ]] ; then
+  if [[ "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-}" == "trusty" || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-}" == "gci" || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-}" == "container-linux" || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-}" == "ubuntu" ]] || \
+     [[ "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-}" == "trusty" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-}" == "gci" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-}" == "container-linux" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-}" == "ubuntu" ]] ; then
     KUBE_MANIFESTS_TAR=$(find-tar kubernetes-manifests.tar.gz)
   fi
 }
@@ -587,7 +587,9 @@ function build-kube-env {
   local salt_tar_url=$SALT_TAR_URL
   local kube_manifests_tar_url="${KUBE_MANIFESTS_TAR_URL:-}"
   if [[ "${master}" == "true" && "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "container-linux" ]] || \
-     [[ "${master}" == "false" && "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "container-linux" ]] ; then
+     [[ "${master}" == "false" && "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "container-linux" ]] || \
+     [[ "${master}" == "true" && "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "ubuntu" ]] || \
+     [[ "${master}" == "false" && "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "ubuntu" ]] ; then
     # TODO: Support fallback .tar.gz settings on Container Linux
     server_binary_tar_url=$(split_csv "${SERVER_BINARY_TAR_URL}")
     salt_tar_url=$(split_csv "${SALT_TAR_URL}")
@@ -671,8 +673,8 @@ EOF
 TERMINATED_POD_GC_THRESHOLD: $(yaml-quote ${TERMINATED_POD_GC_THRESHOLD})
 EOF
   fi
-  if [[ "${master}" == "true" && ("${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "trusty" || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "container-linux") ]] || \
-     [[ "${master}" == "false" && ("${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "trusty" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "container-linux") ]] ; then
+  if [[ "${master}" == "true" && ("${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "trusty" || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "container-linux") || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "ubuntu" ]] || \
+     [[ "${master}" == "false" && ("${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "trusty" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "container-linux") || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" = "ubuntu" ]] ; then
     cat >>$file <<EOF
 KUBE_MANIFESTS_TAR_URL: $(yaml-quote ${kube_manifests_tar_url})
 KUBE_MANIFESTS_TAR_HASH: $(yaml-quote ${KUBE_MANIFESTS_TAR_HASH})
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/master.yaml b/cluster/gce/gci/master.yaml
index 845973df84b..7854ab4fa93 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/master.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/master.yaml
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ write_files:
       [Unit]
       Description=Kubernetes
 
+      [Install]
+      WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
 runcmd:
  - systemctl daemon-reload
  - systemctl enable kube-master-installation.service
@@ -120,4 +123,5 @@ runcmd:
  - systemctl enable kubelet-monitor.service
  - systemctl enable kube-logrotate.timer
  - systemctl enable kube-logrotate.service
+ - systemctl enable kubernetes.target
  - systemctl start kubernetes.target
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/node.yaml b/cluster/gce/gci/node.yaml
index de59fcac27b..52971e2a076 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/node.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/node.yaml
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ write_files:
       [Unit]
       Description=Kubernetes
 
+      [Install]
+      WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
 runcmd:
  - systemctl daemon-reload
  - systemctl enable kube-node-installation.service
@@ -120,4 +123,5 @@ runcmd:
  - systemctl enable kubelet-monitor.service
  - systemctl enable kube-logrotate.timer
  - systemctl enable kube-logrotate.service
+ - systemctl enable kubernetes.target
  - systemctl start kubernetes.target
diff --git a/cluster/gce/ubuntu b/cluster/gce/ubuntu
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..67a1dec2892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/gce/ubuntu
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gci
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 6a7cfc7464f..27d47e925cc 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors.
+# Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/gce/${KUBE_CONFIG_FILE-"config-default.sh"}"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/common.sh"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/util.sh"
 
-if [[ "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "debian" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "container-linux" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "trusty" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" ]]; then
+if [[ "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "debian" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "container-linux" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "trusty" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" || "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
   source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/gce/${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}/node-helper.sh"
 else
   echo "Cannot operate on cluster using node os distro: ${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if [[ "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "container-linux" || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "trusty" || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" ]]; then
+if [[ "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "container-linux" || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "trusty" || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" || "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
   source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/gce/${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}/master-helper.sh"
 else
   echo "Cannot operate on cluster using master os distro: ${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" >&2
@@ -643,8 +643,8 @@ function kube-up() {
     create-subnetwork
     create-nodes
   elif [[ ${KUBE_REPLICATE_EXISTING_MASTER:-} == "true" ]]; then
-    if  [[ "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" != "gci" && "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" != "debian" ]]; then
-      echo "Master replication supported only for gci and debian"
+    if  [[ "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" != "gci" && "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" != "debian" && "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" != "ubuntu" ]]; then
+      echo "Master replication supported only for gci, debian, and ubuntu"
       return 1
     fi
     create-loadbalancer