diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubeconfig.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubeconfig.go
index 108af43579e..d698f768e85 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubeconfig.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubeconfig.go
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ func getKubeConfigSubCommands(out io.Writer, outDir, defaultKubernetesVersion st
 	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var cfgPath, token, clientName string
+	var organizations []string
 	var subCmds []*cobra.Command
 
 	subCmdProperties := []struct {
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ func getKubeConfigSubCommands(out io.Writer, outDir, defaultKubernetesVersion st
 				}
 
 				// Otherwise, write a kubeconfig file with a generate client cert
-				return kubeconfigphase.WriteKubeConfigWithClientCert(out, cfg, clientName)
+				return kubeconfigphase.WriteKubeConfigWithClientCert(out, cfg, clientName, organizations)
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ func getKubeConfigSubCommands(out io.Writer, outDir, defaultKubernetesVersion st
 		if properties.use == "user" {
 			cmd.Flags().StringVar(&token, "token", token, "The token that should be used as the authentication mechanism for this kubeconfig, instead of client certificates")
 			cmd.Flags().StringVar(&clientName, "client-name", clientName, "The name of user. It will be used as the CN if client certificates are created")
+			cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&organizations, "org", organizations, "The orgnizations of the client certificate. It will be used as the O if client certificates are created")
 		}
 
 		subCmds = append(subCmds, cmd)
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.go
index b3449ff7bf3..a3e2060204e 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.go
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func createKubeConfigFileIfNotExists(outDir, filename string, config *clientcmda
 }
 
 // WriteKubeConfigWithClientCert writes a kubeconfig file - with a client certificate as authentication info  - to the given writer.
-func WriteKubeConfigWithClientCert(out io.Writer, cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration, clientName string) error {
+func WriteKubeConfigWithClientCert(out io.Writer, cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration, clientName string, organizations []string) error {
 
 	// creates the KubeConfigSpecs, actualized for the current MasterConfiguration
 	caCert, caKey, err := pkiutil.TryLoadCertAndKeyFromDisk(cfg.CertificatesDir, kubeadmconstants.CACertAndKeyBaseName)
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ func WriteKubeConfigWithClientCert(out io.Writer, cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfigur
 		APIServer:  masterEndpoint,
 		CACert:     caCert,
 		ClientCertAuth: &clientCertAuth{
-			CAKey: caKey,
+			CAKey:         caKey,
+			Organizations: organizations,
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubeconfig/kubeconfig_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubeconfig/kubeconfig_test.go
index 6904ce7cf33..cbb74be7b28 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubeconfig/kubeconfig_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubeconfig/kubeconfig_test.go
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ func TestWriteKubeConfigFailsIfCADoesntExists(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{ // Test WriteKubeConfigWithClientCert
 			writeKubeConfigFunction: func(out io.Writer) error {
-				return WriteKubeConfigWithClientCert(out, cfg, "myUser")
+				return WriteKubeConfigWithClientCert(out, cfg, "myUser", []string{"myOrg"})
 			},
 		},
 		{ // Test WriteKubeConfigWithToken
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func TestWriteKubeConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{ // Test WriteKubeConfigWithClientCert
 			writeKubeConfigFunction: func(out io.Writer) error {
-				return WriteKubeConfigWithClientCert(out, cfg, "myUser")
+				return WriteKubeConfigWithClientCert(out, cfg, "myUser", []string{"myOrg"})
 			},
 			withClientCert: true,
 		},