diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 39f1d70f846..00c3d3f0b33 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ EXTERNAL_CLOUD_PROVIDER=${EXTERNAL_CLOUD_PROVIDER:-false}
 EXTERNAL_CLOUD_PROVIDER_BINARY=${EXTERNAL_CLOUD_PROVIDER_BINARY:-""}
 EXTERNAL_CLOUD_VOLUME_PLUGIN=${EXTERNAL_CLOUD_VOLUME_PLUGIN:-""}
 CONFIGURE_CLOUD_ROUTES=${CONFIGURE_CLOUD_ROUTES:-true}
+CLOUD_CTLRMGR_FLAGS=${CLOUD_CTLRMGR_FLAGS:-""}
 CLOUD_PROVIDER=${CLOUD_PROVIDER:-""}
 CLOUD_CONFIG=${CLOUD_CONFIG:-""}
 KUBELET_PROVIDER_ID=${KUBELET_PROVIDER_ID:-"$(hostname)"}
@@ -667,6 +668,7 @@ function start_cloud_controller_manager {
 
     CLOUD_CTLRMGR_LOG=${LOG_DIR}/cloud-controller-manager.log
     ${CONTROLPLANE_SUDO} "${EXTERNAL_CLOUD_PROVIDER_BINARY:-"${GO_OUT}/cloud-controller-manager"}" \
+      "${CLOUD_CTLRMGR_FLAGS}" \
       --v="${LOG_LEVEL}" \
       --vmodule="${LOG_SPEC}" \
       --feature-gates="${FEATURE_GATES}" \