diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest
index 31175293ea3..5cb36c73765 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 {% if pillar['node_instance_prefix'] is defined -%}
   {% set minion_regexp = "--minion_regexp='" + pillar['node_instance_prefix'] + ".*'" -%}
 {% endif -%}
+{% if pillar['instance_prefix'] is defined -%}		
+  {% set cluster_name = "--cluster_name=" + pillar['instance_prefix'] -%}		
+{% endif -%}
 {% if pillar['cluster_cidr'] is defined and pillar['cluster_cidr'] != "" -%}
   {% set cluster_cidr = "--cluster-cidr=" + pillar['cluster_cidr'] -%}
 {% endif -%}
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@
 {% endif -%}
 {% endif -%}
 
-{% set params = "--master=127.0.0.1:8080" + " " + machines + " " + " " + cluster_cidr + " " + allocate_node_cidrs + " " + minion_regexp + " " + cloud_provider  + " " + sync_nodes + " " + cloud_config + service_account_key + pillar['log_level'] -%}
+{% set params = "--master=127.0.0.1:8080" + " " + machines + " " + cluster_name + " " + cluster_cidr + " " + allocate_node_cidrs + " " + minion_regexp + " " + cloud_provider  + " " + sync_nodes + " " + cloud_config + service_account_key + pillar['log_level'] -%}
 
 {
 "apiVersion": "v1beta3",
diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
index 4b404af0648..51bb3fc5c68 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ func (s *CMServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.Int64Var(&s.NodeMilliCPU, "node-milli-cpu", s.NodeMilliCPU, "The amount of MilliCPU provisioned on each node")
 	fs.Var(resource.NewQuantityFlagValue(&s.NodeMemory), "node-memory", "The amount of memory (in bytes) provisioned on each node")
 	fs.BoolVar(&s.EnableProfiling, "profiling", true, "Enable profiling via web interface host:port/debug/pprof/")
+	fs.StringVar(&s.ClusterName, "cluster-name", s.ClusterName, "The instance prefix for the cluster")
 	fs.Var(&s.ClusterCIDR, "cluster-cidr", "CIDR Range for Pods in cluster.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&s.AllocateNodeCIDRs, "allocate-node-cidrs", false, "Should CIDRs for Pods be allocated and set on the cloud provider.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.Master, "master", s.Master, "The address of the Kubernetes API server (overrides any value in kubeconfig)")