diff --git a/test/e2e/util.go b/test/e2e/util.go
index 60f60443826..c41be09d532 100644
--- a/test/e2e/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/util.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientcmd"
+	clientcmdapi "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientcmd/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl"
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ func loadConfig() (*client.Config, error) {
 			fmt.Printf(">>> testContext.KubeContext: %s\n", testContext.KubeContext)
 			c.CurrentContext = testContext.KubeContext
 		}
-		return clientcmd.NewDefaultClientConfig(*c, &clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{}).ClientConfig()
+		return clientcmd.NewDefaultClientConfig(*c, &clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{ClusterInfo: clientcmdapi.Cluster{Server: testContext.Host}}).ClientConfig()
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("KubeConfig must be specified to load client config")
 	}