diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 32eca86af05..38e3b474ae9 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE=${HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE:-"127.0.0.1"}
 EXTERNAL_CLOUD_PROVIDER=${EXTERNAL_CLOUD_PROVIDER:-false}
 EXTERNAL_CLOUD_PROVIDER_BINARY=${EXTERNAL_CLOUD_PROVIDER_BINARY:-""}
 EXTERNAL_CLOUD_VOLUME_PLUGIN=${EXTERNAL_CLOUD_VOLUME_PLUGIN:-""}
+CONFIGURE_CLOUD_ROUTES=${CONFIGURE_CLOUD_ROUTES:-true}
 CLOUD_PROVIDER=${CLOUD_PROVIDER:-""}
 CLOUD_CONFIG=${CLOUD_CONFIG:-""}
 KUBELET_PROVIDER_ID=${KUBELET_PROVIDER_ID:-"$(hostname)"}
@@ -653,6 +654,7 @@ function start_controller_manager {
     fi
 
     cloud_config_arg=("--cloud-provider=${CLOUD_PROVIDER}" "--cloud-config=${CLOUD_CONFIG}")
+    cloud_config_arg+=("--configure-cloud-routes=${CONFIGURE_CLOUD_ROUTES}")
     if [[ "${EXTERNAL_CLOUD_PROVIDER:-}" == "true" ]]; then
       cloud_config_arg=("--cloud-provider=external")
       cloud_config_arg+=("--external-cloud-volume-plugin=${EXTERNAL_CLOUD_VOLUME_PLUGIN}")
@@ -707,6 +709,7 @@ function start_cloud_controller_manager {
       --feature-gates="${FEATURE_GATES}" \
       --cloud-provider="${CLOUD_PROVIDER}" \
       --cloud-config="${CLOUD_CONFIG}" \
+      --configure-cloud-routes="${CONFIGURE_CLOUD_ROUTES}" \
       --kubeconfig "${CERT_DIR}"/controller.kubeconfig \
       --use-service-account-credentials \
       --leader-elect=false \