diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go
index f3c3b18491d..57f9d110cf5 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package cloudprovider
 
 import (
 	"net"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 )
@@ -44,8 +45,15 @@ type Clusters interface {
 
 // TODO(#6812): Use a shorter name that's less likely to be longer than cloud
 // providers' name length limits.
-func GetLoadBalancerName(clusterName, serviceNamespace, serviceName string) string {
-	return clusterName + "-" + serviceNamespace + "-" + serviceName
+func GetLoadBalancerName(service *api.Service) string {
+	//GCE requires that the name of a load balancer starts with a lower case letter.
+	ret := "a" + string(service.UID)
+	ret = strings.Replace(ret, "-", "", -1)
+	//AWS requires that the name of a load balancer is shorter than 32 bytes.
+	if len(ret) > 32 {
+		ret = ret[:32]
+	}
+	return ret
 }
 
 // TCPLoadBalancer is an abstract, pluggable interface for TCP load balancers.
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/nodecontroller/nodecontroller.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/nodecontroller/nodecontroller.go
index 1fb0bb70e96..3eed36eaa32 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/nodecontroller/nodecontroller.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/nodecontroller/nodecontroller.go
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ func (nc *NodeController) reconcileExternalServices(nodes *api.NodeList) (should
 				glog.Errorf("External load balancers for non TCP services are not currently supported: %v.", service)
 				continue
 			}
-			name := cloudprovider.GetLoadBalancerName(nc.clusterName, service.Namespace, service.Name)
+			name := cloudprovider.GetLoadBalancerName(&service)
 			err := balancer.UpdateTCPLoadBalancer(name, zone.Region, hosts)
 			if err != nil {
 				glog.Errorf("External error while updating TCP load balancer: %v.", err)
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/nodecontroller/nodecontroller_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/nodecontroller/nodecontroller_test.go
index b174a3c8875..8155ed6c2b1 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/nodecontroller/nodecontroller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/nodecontroller/nodecontroller_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	fake_cloud "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/fake"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
 )
@@ -609,7 +610,7 @@ func TestSyncCloudNodesReconcilesExternalService(t *testing.T) {
 			// Set of nodes does not change: do nothing.
 			fakeNodeHandler: &FakeNodeHandler{
 				Existing: []*api.Node{newNode("node0"), newNode("node1")},
-				Fake:     testclient.NewSimpleFake(&api.ServiceList{Items: []api.Service{*newService("service0", true), *newService("service1", false)}})},
+				Fake:     testclient.NewSimpleFake(&api.ServiceList{Items: []api.Service{*newService("service0", types.UID(""), true), *newService("service1", types.UID(""), false)}})},
 			fakeCloud: &fake_cloud.FakeCloud{
 				Machines: []string{"node0", "node1"},
 			},
@@ -621,28 +622,28 @@ func TestSyncCloudNodesReconcilesExternalService(t *testing.T) {
 			// Delete "node1", target pool for "service0" should shrink.
 			fakeNodeHandler: &FakeNodeHandler{
 				Existing: []*api.Node{newNode("node0"), newNode("node1")},
-				Fake:     testclient.NewSimpleFake(&api.ServiceList{Items: []api.Service{*newService("service0", true), *newService("service1", false)}})},
+				Fake:     testclient.NewSimpleFake(&api.ServiceList{Items: []api.Service{*newService("service0", types.UID("2c104a7c-e79e-11e4-8187-42010af0068a"), true), *newService("service1", types.UID(""), false)}})},
 			fakeCloud: &fake_cloud.FakeCloud{
 				Machines: []string{"node0"},
 			},
 			matchRE:               ".*",
 			expectedClientActions: []testclient.FakeAction{{Action: "list-pods"}, {Action: "list-services"}},
 			expectedUpdateCalls: []fake_cloud.FakeUpdateBalancerCall{
-				{Name: "kubernetes-namespace-service0", Hosts: []string{"node0"}},
+				{Name: "a2c104a7ce79e11e4818742010af0068", Hosts: []string{"node0"}},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			// Add "node1", target pool for "service0" should grow.
 			fakeNodeHandler: &FakeNodeHandler{
 				Existing: []*api.Node{newNode("node0")},
-				Fake:     testclient.NewSimpleFake(&api.ServiceList{Items: []api.Service{*newService("service0", true), *newService("service1", false)}})},
+				Fake:     testclient.NewSimpleFake(&api.ServiceList{Items: []api.Service{*newService("service0", types.UID("2c104a7c-e79e-11e4-8187-42010af0068a"), true), *newService("service1", types.UID(""), false)}})},
 			fakeCloud: &fake_cloud.FakeCloud{
 				Machines: []string{"node0", "node1"},
 			},
 			matchRE:               ".*",
 			expectedClientActions: []testclient.FakeAction{{Action: "list-services"}},
 			expectedUpdateCalls: []fake_cloud.FakeUpdateBalancerCall{
-				{Name: "kubernetes-namespace-service0", Hosts: []string{"node0", "node1"}},
+				{Name: "a2c104a7ce79e11e4818742010af0068", Hosts: []string{"node0", "node1"}},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -1128,8 +1129,8 @@ func newPod(name, host string) *api.Pod {
 	return &api.Pod{ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: name}, Spec: api.PodSpec{Host: host}}
 }
 
-func newService(name string, external bool) *api.Service {
-	return &api.Service{ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: name, Namespace: "namespace"}, Spec: api.ServiceSpec{CreateExternalLoadBalancer: external}}
+func newService(name string, uid types.UID, external bool) *api.Service {
+	return &api.Service{ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: name, Namespace: "namespace", UID: uid}, Spec: api.ServiceSpec{CreateExternalLoadBalancer: external}}
 }
 
 func sortedNodeNames(nodes []*api.Node) []string {
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/servicecontroller/servicecontroller.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/servicecontroller/servicecontroller.go
index 1d17323f10d..055eb84b1f1 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/servicecontroller/servicecontroller.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/servicecontroller/servicecontroller.go
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ func needsUpdate(oldService *api.Service, newService *api.Service) bool {
 }
 
 func (s *ServiceController) loadBalancerName(service *api.Service) string {
-	return cloudprovider.GetLoadBalancerName(s.clusterName, service.Namespace, service.Name)
+	return cloudprovider.GetLoadBalancerName(service)
 }
 
 func getTCPPorts(service *api.Service) ([]int, error) {