diff --git a/cluster/config-default.sh b/cluster/config-default.sh
index 4a25ccc0249..d6d1ec09ca2 100755
--- a/cluster/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/config-default.sh
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ MASTER_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
 MINION_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
 MINION_NAMES=($(eval echo ${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion-{1..${NUM_MINIONS}}))
 MINION_IP_RANGES=($(eval echo "10.244.{1..${NUM_MINIONS}}.0/24"))
+MINION_SCOPES=""
diff --git a/cluster/config-test.sh b/cluster/config-test.sh
index 8d3e51aec5d..7685743b29e 100755
--- a/cluster/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/config-test.sh
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ MASTER_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
 MINION_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
 MINION_NAMES=($(eval echo ${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion-{1..${NUM_MINIONS}}))
 MINION_IP_RANGES=($(eval echo "10.245.{1..${NUM_MINIONS}}.0/24"))
-
+MINION_SCOPES=""
diff --git a/cluster/kube-up.sh b/cluster/kube-up.sh
index 3ea610aa333..3a4f97ececc 100755
--- a/cluster/kube-up.sh
+++ b/cluster/kube-up.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ for (( i=0; i<${#MINION_NAMES[@]}; i++)); do
     --image ${IMAGE} \
     --tags ${MINION_TAG} \
     --network ${NETWORK} \
-    --service_account_scopes="" \
+    --service_account_scopes=${MINION_SCOPES} \
     --automatic_restart \
     --can_ip_forward \
     --metadata_from_file startup-script:${KUBE_TEMP}/minion-start-${i}.sh &