diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-claim.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-claim.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d58bca264ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-claim.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: influxdb-claim
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 10Gi
+  volumeName: influxdb-pv
+
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-grafana-petset.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-grafana-petset.yaml
index f98281cdb47..e9048c2611d 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-grafana-petset.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-grafana-petset.yaml
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ kind: PetSet
 metadata:
   name: monitoring-influxdb-grafana-v3
   namespace: kube-system
-  labels:
+  labels: 
     k8s-app: influxGrafana
     version: v3
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec: 
-  serviceName: monitoring-influxdb
   replicas: 1
   template: 
     metadata: 
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ spec:
             - containerPort: 8083
             - containerPort: 8086
           volumeMounts:
-          - name: influxdb-ps
+          - name: influxdb-persistent-storage
             mountPath: /data
         - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster_grafana:v2.6.0-2
           name: grafana
@@ -59,25 +58,15 @@ spec:
               value: "true"
             - name: GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ORG_ROLE
               value: Admin
-              # This is kubernetes specific endpoint where the service may be reached.
-              # It is embeded in "kube-system" namespace.
             - name: GF_SERVER_ROOT_URL
               value: /api/v1/proxy/namespaces/kube-system/services/monitoring-grafana/
           volumeMounts:
           - name: grafana-persistent-storage
             mountPath: /var
       volumes:
+      - name: influxdb-persistent-storage
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: influxdb-claim
       - name: grafana-persistent-storage
         emptyDir: {}
-  volumeClaimTemplates:
-  - metadata:
-      name: influxdb-ps
-      annotations:
-        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: anything
-    spec:
-      accessModes:
-      - ReadWriteOnce
-      resources:
-        requests:
-          storage: 10Gi
-
+  serviceName: monitoring-influxdb
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-pv.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-pv.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed798ddb859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-pv.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{% set pd_prefix = pillar.get('master_name', '') -%}
+{% set pd_name = pd_prefix + '-influxdb-pd' -%}
+
+kind: PersistentVolume
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: influxdb-pv
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+spec:
+  capacity:
+    storage: 10Gi
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+    - ReadOnlyMany
+  gcePersistentDisk:
+    pdName: {{ pd_name }}
+    fsType: ext4
+  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index f5fdadfd1fb..5f1387bee45 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -865,6 +865,12 @@ function start-kube-addons {
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *nanny_memory *}}@${nanny_memory}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *metrics_cpu_per_node *}}@${metrics_cpu_per_node}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
   fi
+  if [[ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-}" == "influxdb" ]]; then
+    pv_yaml="${dst_dir}/${file_dir}/influxdb-pv.yaml"
+    pd_name="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-influxdb-pd"
+    remove-salt-config-comments "${pv_yaml}"
+    sed -i -e "s@{{ *pd_name *}}@${pd_name}@g" "${pv_yaml}"
+  fi
   if [[ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-}" == "true" ]]; then
     setup-addon-manifests "addons" "dns"
     local -r dns_rc_file="${dst_dir}/dns/skydns-rc.yaml"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 15192b9934a..0ed91f56841 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -712,6 +712,14 @@ function create-master() {
       --size "${CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK_SIZE}" &
   fi
 
+  # Create disk for influxdb if enabled
+  if [[ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-}" == "influxdb" ]]; then
+    gcloud compute disks create "${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-influxdb-pd" \
+      --project "${PROJECT}" \
+      --zone "${ZONE}" \
+      --size "10GiB" &
+  fi
+
   # Generate a bearer token for this cluster. We push this separately
   # from the other cluster variables so that the client (this
   # computer) can forget it later. This should disappear with
@@ -1190,6 +1198,15 @@ function kube-down {
     routes=( "${routes[@]:${batch}}" )
   done
 
+  # Delete persistent disk for influx-db.
+  if gcloud compute disks describe "${INSTANCE_PREFIX}"-influxdb-pd --zone "${ZONE}" --project "${PROJECT}" &>/dev/null; then
+    gcloud compute disks delete \
+      --project "${PROJECT}" \
+      --quiet \
+      --zone "${ZONE}" \
+      "${INSTANCE_PREFIX}"-influxdb-pd
+  fi
+
   # If there are no more remaining master replicas, we should update kubeconfig.
   if [[ "${REMAINING_MASTER_COUNT}" == "0" ]]; then
     export CONTEXT="${PROJECT}_${INSTANCE_PREFIX}"
@@ -1250,6 +1267,11 @@ function check-resources {
     return 1
   fi
 
+  if gcloud compute disks describe --project "${PROJECT}" "${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-influxdb-pd" --zone "${ZONE}" &>/dev/null; then
+    KUBE_RESOURCE_FOUND="Persistent disk ${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-influxdb-pd"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
   # Find out what minions are running.
   local -a minions
   minions=( $(gcloud compute instances list \