diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
index 17ff9de4390..0a604f5a330 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
-const defaultAdmissionControl = "NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota"
-
 // CreateInitStaticPodManifestFiles will write all static pod manifest files needed to bring up the control plane.
 func CreateInitStaticPodManifestFiles(manifestDir string, cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration) error {
 	glog.V(1).Infoln("[controlplane] creating static pod files")
@@ -141,9 +139,14 @@ func createStaticPodFiles(manifestDir string, cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguratio
 // getAPIServerCommand builds the right API server command from the given config object and version
 func getAPIServerCommand(cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration) []string {
 	defaultArguments := map[string]string{
-		"advertise-address":               cfg.API.AdvertiseAddress,
-		"insecure-port":                   "0",
-		"admission-control":               defaultAdmissionControl,
+		"advertise-address":        cfg.API.AdvertiseAddress,
+		"insecure-port":            "0",
+		"enable-admission-plugins": "NodeRestriction",
+		// TODO: remove `PersistentVolumeLabel` in kubeadm v1.11, as it's automatically disabled in v1.11.
+		// ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64326
+		// we can't skip it now as we support v1.10 clusters still.
+		// remove it from the unit tests too.
+		"disable-admission-plugins":       "PersistentVolumeLabel",
 		"service-cluster-ip-range":        cfg.Networking.ServiceSubnet,
 		"service-account-key-file":        filepath.Join(cfg.CertificatesDir, kubeadmconstants.ServiceAccountPublicKeyName),
 		"client-ca-file":                  filepath.Join(cfg.CertificatesDir, kubeadmconstants.CACertName),
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go
index 3e1a7325d33..6da80ae160d 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--enable-admission-plugins=NodeRestriction",
+				"--disable-admission-plugins=PersistentVolumeLabel",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -196,7 +197,8 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--enable-admission-plugins=NodeRestriction",
+				"--disable-admission-plugins=PersistentVolumeLabel",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -233,7 +235,8 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--enable-admission-plugins=NodeRestriction",
+				"--disable-admission-plugins=PersistentVolumeLabel",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -279,7 +282,8 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--enable-admission-plugins=NodeRestriction",
+				"--disable-admission-plugins=PersistentVolumeLabel",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -322,7 +326,8 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--enable-admission-plugins=NodeRestriction",
+				"--disable-admission-plugins=PersistentVolumeLabel",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -360,7 +365,8 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--enable-admission-plugins=NodeRestriction",
+				"--disable-admission-plugins=PersistentVolumeLabel",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -402,7 +408,8 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--enable-admission-plugins=NodeRestriction",
+				"--disable-admission-plugins=PersistentVolumeLabel",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -447,7 +454,8 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--enable-admission-plugins=NodeRestriction",
+				"--disable-admission-plugins=PersistentVolumeLabel",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=baz",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -491,7 +499,8 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--enable-admission-plugins=NodeRestriction",
+				"--disable-admission-plugins=PersistentVolumeLabel",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -531,7 +540,8 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=1234",
-				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--enable-admission-plugins=NodeRestriction",
+				"--disable-admission-plugins=PersistentVolumeLabel",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -571,7 +581,8 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--enable-admission-plugins=NodeRestriction",
+				"--disable-admission-plugins=PersistentVolumeLabel",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",