diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-kubeapiserver.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-kubeapiserver.sh
index 87d9f3126f5..aaf68112e56 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-kubeapiserver.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-kubeapiserver.sh
@@ -343,6 +343,12 @@ function start-kube-apiserver {
     fi
     container_env+="{\"name\": \"KUBE_PATCH_CONVERSION_DETECTOR\", \"value\": \"${ENABLE_PATCH_CONVERSION_DETECTOR}\"}"
   fi
+  if [[ -n "${KUBE_APISERVER_GODEBUG:-}" ]]; then
+    if [[ -n "${container_env}" ]]; then
+      container_env="${container_env}, "
+    fi
+    container_env+="{\"name\": \"GODEBUG\", \"value\": \"${KUBE_APISERVER_GODEBUG}\"}"
+  fi
   if [[ -n "${container_env}" ]]; then
     container_env="\"env\":[${container_env}],"
   fi
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index cf8f5502dfd..7c16093f01a 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -1320,6 +1320,12 @@ EOF
     if [ -n "${KUBE_APISERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SEC:-}" ]; then
       cat >>"$file" <<EOF
 KUBE_APISERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SEC: $(yaml-quote "${KUBE_APISERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SEC}")
+EOF
+    fi
+    # KUBE_APISERVER_GODEBUG (if set) controls the value of GODEBUG env var for kube-apiserver.
+    if [ -n "${KUBE_APISERVER_GODEBUG:-}" ]; then
+      cat >>"$file" <<EOF
+KUBE_APISERVER_GODEBUG: $(yaml-quote "${KUBE_APISERVER_GODEBUG}")
 EOF
     fi
     # ETCD_IMAGE (if set) allows to use a custom etcd image.