diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 31883ac147b..029fc587881 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ CLOUD_PROVIDER=${CLOUD_PROVIDER:-""}
 CLOUD_CONFIG=${CLOUD_CONFIG:-""}
 KUBELET_PROVIDER_ID=${KUBELET_PROVIDER_ID:-"$(hostname)"}
 FEATURE_GATES=${FEATURE_GATES:-"AllAlpha=false"}
+EMULATED_VERSION=${EMULATED_VERSION:+kube=$EMULATED_VERSION}
 CPUMANAGER_POLICY=${CPUMANAGER_POLICY:-""}
 CPUMANAGER_RECONCILE_PERIOD=${CPUMANAGER_RECONCILE_PERIOD:-""}
 CPUMANAGER_POLICY_OPTIONS=${CPUMANAGER_POLICY_OPTIONS:-""}
@@ -632,6 +633,7 @@ EOF
       --etcd-servers="http://${ETCD_HOST}:${ETCD_PORT}" \
       --service-cluster-ip-range="${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE}" \
       --feature-gates="${FEATURE_GATES}" \
+      --emulated-version="${EMULATED_VERSION}" \
       --external-hostname="${EXTERNAL_HOSTNAME}" \
       --requestheader-username-headers=X-Remote-User \
       --requestheader-group-headers=X-Remote-Group \
@@ -692,6 +694,7 @@ function start_controller_manager {
       --enable-hostpath-provisioner="${ENABLE_HOSTPATH_PROVISIONER}" \
       --pvclaimbinder-sync-period="${CLAIM_BINDER_SYNC_PERIOD}" \
       --feature-gates="${FEATURE_GATES}" \
+      --emulated-version="${EMULATED_VERSION}" \
       "${cloud_config_arg[@]}" \
       --authentication-kubeconfig "${CERT_DIR}"/controller.kubeconfig \
       --authorization-kubeconfig "${CERT_DIR}"/controller.kubeconfig \
@@ -1025,6 +1028,7 @@ EOF
       --v="${LOG_LEVEL}" \
       --config="${TMP_DIR}"/kube-scheduler.yaml \
       --feature-gates="${FEATURE_GATES}" \
+      --emulated-version="${EMULATED_VERSION}" \
       --authentication-kubeconfig "${CERT_DIR}"/scheduler.kubeconfig \
       --authorization-kubeconfig "${CERT_DIR}"/scheduler.kubeconfig \
       --master="https://${API_HOST}:${API_SECURE_PORT}" >"${SCHEDULER_LOG}" 2>&1 &