diff --git a/cluster/common.sh b/cluster/common.sh
index 070cee01db4..222f18d07b1 100755
--- a/cluster/common.sh
+++ b/cluster/common.sh
@@ -649,6 +649,11 @@ NUM_NODES: $(yaml-quote ${NUM_NODES})
 STORAGE_BACKEND: $(yaml-quote ${STORAGE_BACKEND:-})
 ENABLE_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR:-})
 EOF
+    if [ -n "${TEST_ETCD_VERSION:-}" ]; then
+      cat >>$file <<EOF
+TEST_ETCD_VERSION: $(yaml-quote ${TEST_ETCD_VERSION})
+EOF
+    fi
     if [ -n "${APISERVER_TEST_ARGS:-}" ]; then
       cat >>$file <<EOF
 APISERVER_TEST_ARGS: $(yaml-quote ${APISERVER_TEST_ARGS})
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index f02434b7b2f..515041faa95 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ ENABLE_L7_LOADBALANCING="${KUBE_ENABLE_L7_LOADBALANCING:-glbc}"
 #   standalone     - Heapster only. Metrics available via Heapster REST API.
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-influxdb}"
 
+# Set etcd version (e.g. 3.0.4-migration.1) if you need non-default version.
+TEST_ETCD_VERSION=""
+
 # Default Log level for all components in test clusters and variables to override it in specific components.
 TEST_CLUSTER_LOG_LEVEL="${TEST_CLUSTER_LOG_LEVEL:---v=4}"
 KUBELET_TEST_LOG_LEVEL="${KUBELET_TEST_LOG_LEVEL:-$TEST_CLUSTER_LOG_LEVEL}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
index 07e7f4c8303..5335211bc26 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
@@ -466,6 +466,11 @@ kubelet_port: '$(echo "$KUBELET_PORT" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 EOF
     fi
     # Configuration changes for test clusters
+    if [ -n "${TEST_ETCD_VERSION:-}" ]; then
+      cat <<EOF >>/srv/salt-overlay/pillar/cluster-params.sls
+etcd_docker_tag: '$(echo "$TEST_ETCD_VERSION" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
+EOF
+    fi
     if [ -n "${APISERVER_TEST_ARGS:-}" ]; then
       cat <<EOF >>/srv/salt-overlay/pillar/cluster-params.sls
 apiserver_test_args: '$(echo "$APISERVER_TEST_ARGS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 5e4ab283827..8b14cbb5a68 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -558,6 +558,11 @@ function prepare-etcd-manifest {
   sed -i -e "s@{{ *etcd_cluster *}}@$etcd_cluster@g" "${temp_file}"
   sed -i -e "s@{{ *storage_backend *}}@${STORAGE_BACKEND:-}@g" "${temp_file}"
   sed -i -e "s@{{ *cluster_state *}}@$cluster_state@g" "${temp_file}"
+  if [[ -n "${TEST_ETCD_VERSION:-}" ]]; then
+    sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\.get('etcd_docker_tag', '\(.*\)') *}}@${TEST_ETCD_VERSION}@g" "${temp_file}"
+  else
+    sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\.get('etcd_docker_tag', '\(.*\)') *}}@\1@g" "${temp_file}"
+  fi
   # Replace the volume host path.
   sed -i -e "s@/mnt/master-pd/var/etcd@/mnt/disks/master-pd/var/etcd@g" "${temp_file}"
   mv "${temp_file}" /etc/kubernetes/manifests
diff --git a/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
index 449554ccb12..96a69a208f3 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
@@ -431,6 +431,11 @@ prepare_etcd_manifest() {
   sed -i -e "s@{{ *etcd_cluster *}}@$etcd_cluster@g" "${etcd_temp_file}"
   sed -i -e "s@{{ *storage_backend *}}@${STORAGE_BACKEND:-}@g" "${temp_file}"
   sed -i -e "s@{{ *cluster_state *}}@$cluster_state@g" "${etcd_temp_file}"
+  if [[ -n "${TEST_ETCD_VERSION:-}" ]]; then
+    sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\.get('etcd_docker_tag', '\(.*\)') *}}@${TEST_ETCD_VERSION}@g" "${etcd_temp_file}"
+  else
+    sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\.get('etcd_docker_tag', '\(.*\)') *}}@\1@g" "${etcd_temp_file}"
+  fi
   # Replace the volume host path
   sed -i -e "s@/mnt/master-pd/var/etcd@/mnt/disks/master-pd/var/etcd@g" "${etcd_temp_file}"
   mv "${etcd_temp_file}" /etc/kubernetes/manifests
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest
index 9838ed45c81..a8bc742c654 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 "containers":[
     {
     "name": "etcd-container",
-    "image": "gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:3.0.4",
+    "image": "gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:{{ pillar.get('etcd_docker_tag', '3.0.4') }}",
     "resources": {
       "requests": {
         "cpu": {{ cpulimit }}