diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/drain/drain.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/drain/drain.go
index 2cb0be633a9..d6657b83a49 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/drain/drain.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/drain/drain.go
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ func NewCmdDrain(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobr
 	}
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.drainer.Force, "force", o.drainer.Force, "Continue even if there are pods not managed by a ReplicationController, ReplicaSet, Job, DaemonSet or StatefulSet.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.drainer.IgnoreAllDaemonSets, "ignore-daemonsets", o.drainer.IgnoreAllDaemonSets, "Ignore DaemonSet-managed pods.")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.drainer.IgnoreErrors, "ignore-errors", o.drainer.IgnoreErrors, "Ignore errors occurred between drain nodes in group.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.drainer.DeleteEmptyDirData, "delete-local-data", o.drainer.DeleteEmptyDirData, "Continue even if there are pods using emptyDir (local data that will be deleted when the node is drained).")
 	cmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated("delete-local-data", "This option is deprecated and will be deleted. Use --delete-emptydir-data.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.drainer.DeleteEmptyDirData, "delete-emptydir-data", o.drainer.DeleteEmptyDirData, "Continue even if there are pods using emptyDir (local data that will be deleted when the node is drained).")
@@ -306,6 +307,13 @@ func (o *DrainCmdOptions) RunDrain() error {
 			drainedNodes.Insert(info.Name)
 			printObj(info.Object, o.Out)
 		} else {
+			if o.drainer.IgnoreErrors && len(o.nodeInfos) > 1 {
+				fmt.Fprintf(o.ErrOut, "error: unable to drain node %q due to error:%s, continuing command...\n", info.Name, err)
+				continue
+			}
+			fmt.Fprintf(o.ErrOut, "DEPRECATED WARNING: Aborting the drain command in a list of nodes will be deprecated.\n"+
+				"The new behavior will make the drain command go through all nodes even if one or more nodes failed during the drain.\n"+
+				"For now, users can try such experience via: --ignore-errors\n")
 			fmt.Fprintf(o.ErrOut, "error: unable to drain node %q, aborting command...\n\n", info.Name)
 			remainingNodes := []string{}
 			fatal = err
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/drain.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/drain.go
index 524850dee86..ad24ce1d678 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/drain.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/drain.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ type Helper struct {
 	GracePeriodSeconds int
 
 	IgnoreAllDaemonSets bool
+	IgnoreErrors        bool
 	Timeout             time.Duration
 	DeleteEmptyDirData  bool
 	Selector            string