diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_test.go
index 7c4f35b212a..ce7491c6f40 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_test.go
@@ -178,3 +178,15 @@ func TestEnsureLoadBalancerDeletedDeletesInternalLb(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assertInternalLbResourcesDeleted(t, gce, apiService, vals, true)
 }
+
+func TestBasePath(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	vals := DefaultTestClusterValues()
+	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
+	// Loadbalancer controller code expects basepath to contain the projects string.
+	expectBasePath := "https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/"
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	if gce.service.BasePath != expectBasePath {
+		t.Errorf("Compute basePath has changed. Got %q, want %q", gce.service.BasePath, expectBasePath)
+	}
+}