diff --git a/examples/persistent-volume-provisioning/README.md b/examples/persistent-volume-provisioning/README.md
index 56f7dbb5d48..6ba72f0c9bd 100644
--- a/examples/persistent-volume-provisioning/README.md
+++ b/examples/persistent-volume-provisioning/README.md
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ metadata:
 provisioner: kubernetes.io/gce-pd
 parameters:
   type: pd-standard
-  zone: us-central1-a
+  zones: us-central1-a, us-central1-b
 ```
 
 * `type`: `pd-standard` or `pd-ssd`. Default: `pd-ssd`
-* `zone`: GCE zone. If not specified, a random zone in the same region as controller-manager will be chosen.
+* `zone`: GCE zone. If neither zone nor zones is specified, volumes are generally round-robin-ed across all active zones where Kubernetes cluster has a node. Note: zone and zones parameters must not be used at the same time.
+* `zones`: a comma separated list of GCE zone(s). If neither zone nor zones is specified, volumes are generally round-robin-ed across all active zones where Kubernetes cluster has a node. Note: zone and zones parameters must not be used at the same time.
 
 #### vSphere
 
diff --git a/pkg/volume/gce_pd/gce_util.go b/pkg/volume/gce_pd/gce_util.go
index 8d71fc0eb4f..0fe15ff0aa5 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/gce_pd/gce_util.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/gce_pd/gce_util.go
@@ -86,33 +86,55 @@ func (gceutil *GCEDiskUtil) CreateVolume(c *gcePersistentDiskProvisioner) (strin
 	// Apply Parameters (case-insensitive). We leave validation of
 	// the values to the cloud provider.
 	diskType := ""
-	zone := ""
+	configuredZone := ""
+	configuredZones := ""
+	zonePresent := false
+	zonesPresent := false
 	for k, v := range c.options.Parameters {
 		switch strings.ToLower(k) {
 		case "type":
 			diskType = v
 		case "zone":
-			zone = v
+			zonePresent = true
+			configuredZone = v
+		case "zones":
+			zonesPresent = true
+			configuredZones = v
 		default:
 			return "", 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid option %q for volume plugin %s", k, c.plugin.GetPluginName())
 		}
 	}
 
+	if zonePresent && zonesPresent {
+		return "", 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("both zone and zones StorageClass parameters must not be used at the same time")
+	}
+
 	// TODO: implement PVC.Selector parsing
 	if c.options.PVC.Spec.Selector != nil {
 		return "", 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("claim.Spec.Selector is not supported for dynamic provisioning on GCE")
 	}
 
-	if zone == "" {
-		// No zone specified, choose one randomly in the same region as the
-		// node is running.
-		zones, err := cloud.GetAllZones()
+	var zones sets.String
+	if !zonePresent && !zonesPresent {
+		zones, err = cloud.GetAllZones()
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.V(2).Infof("error getting zone information from GCE: %v", err)
 			return "", 0, nil, err
 		}
-		zone = volume.ChooseZoneForVolume(zones, c.options.PVC.Name)
 	}
+	if !zonePresent && zonesPresent {
+		if zones, err = volume.ZonesToSet(configuredZones); err != nil {
+			return "", 0, nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	if zonePresent && !zonesPresent {
+		if err := volume.ValidateZone(configuredZone); err != nil {
+			return "", 0, nil, err
+		}
+		zones = make(sets.String)
+		zones.Insert(configuredZone)
+	}
+	zone := volume.ChooseZoneForVolume(zones, c.options.PVC.Name)
 
 	err = cloud.CreateDisk(name, diskType, zone, int64(requestGB), *c.options.CloudTags)
 	if err != nil {