diff --git a/test/integration/federation/framework/federation.go b/test/integration/federation/framework/federation.go
index 54d4548ea43..1a213a415b5 100644
--- a/test/integration/federation/framework/federation.go
+++ b/test/integration/federation/framework/federation.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	federationapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/apis/federation/v1beta1"
+	federationclientset "k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/client/clientset_generated/federation_clientset"
 	clustercontroller "k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/pkg/federation-controller/cluster"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/master"
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ type FederationFixture struct {
 	Clusters            []*MemberCluster
 	ClusterClients      []clientset.Interface
 	ClusterController   *clustercontroller.ClusterController
+	fedClient           federationclientset.Interface
 	stopChan            chan struct{}
 }
 
@@ -64,46 +66,46 @@ func (f *FederationFixture) SetUp(t *testing.T) {
 	monitorPeriod := 1 * time.Second
 	clustercontroller.StartClusterController(f.APIFixture.NewConfig(), f.stopChan, monitorPeriod)
 
-	f.startClusters()
+	f.fedClient = f.APIFixture.NewClient("federation-fixture")
+	for i := 0; i < f.DesiredClusterCount; i++ {
+		f.StartCluster(t)
+	}
 }
 
-func (f *FederationFixture) startClusters() {
-	fedClient := f.APIFixture.NewClient("federation-fixture")
-	for i := 0; i < f.DesiredClusterCount; i++ {
-		config := framework.NewMasterConfig()
-		_, _, closeFn := framework.RunAMaster(config)
-		host := config.GenericConfig.LoopbackClientConfig.Host
+func (f *FederationFixture) StartCluster(t *testing.T) {
+	config := framework.NewMasterConfig()
+	_, _, closeFn := framework.RunAMaster(config)
+	host := config.GenericConfig.LoopbackClientConfig.Host
 
-		// Use fmt to ensure the output will be visible when run with go test -v
-		fmt.Printf("Federated cluster %d serving on %s", i, host)
+	clusterClient := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(config.GenericConfig.LoopbackClientConfig)
+	f.ClusterClients = append(f.ClusterClients, clusterClient)
+	f.Clusters = append(f.Clusters, &MemberCluster{
+		CloseFn: closeFn,
+		Config:  config,
+		Client:  clusterClient,
+		Host:    host,
+	})
 
-		clusterClient := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(config.GenericConfig.LoopbackClientConfig)
-		f.Clusters = append(f.Clusters, &MemberCluster{
-			CloseFn: closeFn,
-			Config:  config,
-			Client:  clusterClient,
-			Host:    host,
-		})
+	clusterId := len(f.ClusterClients)
 
-		f.ClusterClients = append(f.ClusterClients, clusterClient)
+	t.Logf("Federated cluster %d serving on %s", clusterId, host)
 
-		cluster := &federationapi.Cluster{
-			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name: fmt.Sprintf("cluster-%d", i),
-			},
-			Spec: federationapi.ClusterSpec{
-				ServerAddressByClientCIDRs: []federationapi.ServerAddressByClientCIDR{
-					{
-						ClientCIDR:    "0.0.0.0/0",
-						ServerAddress: host,
-					},
+	cluster := &federationapi.Cluster{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: fmt.Sprintf("cluster-%d", clusterId),
+		},
+		Spec: federationapi.ClusterSpec{
+			ServerAddressByClientCIDRs: []federationapi.ServerAddressByClientCIDR{
+				{
+					ClientCIDR:    "0.0.0.0/0",
+					ServerAddress: host,
 				},
-				// Use insecure access
-				SecretRef: nil,
 			},
-		}
-		fedClient.FederationV1beta1().Clusters().Create(cluster)
+			// Use insecure access
+			SecretRef: nil,
+		},
 	}
+	f.fedClient.FederationV1beta1().Clusters().Create(cluster)
 }
 
 func (f *FederationFixture) TearDown(t *testing.T) {