diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
index b0befd9c022..4ffc0a3deb4 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
@@ -295,9 +295,14 @@ function install-node-problem-detector {
     return
   fi
 
-  echo "Downloading ${npd_tar}."
-  local -r npd_release_path="${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_RELEASE_PATH:-https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release}"
-  download-or-bust "${npd_hash}" "${npd_release_path}/node-problem-detector/${npd_tar}"
+  if [[ -n "${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_RELEASE_PATH:-}" ]]; then
+    echo "Downloading ${npd_tar} from ${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_RELEASE_PATH}."
+    local -r download_path="${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_RELEASE_PATH}/node-problem-detector/${npd_tar}"
+  else
+    echo "Downloading ${npd_tar} from github."
+    local -r download_path="https://github.com/kubernetes/node-problem-detector/releases/download/${npd_version}/${npd_tar}"
+  fi
+  download-or-bust "${npd_hash}" "${download_path}"
   local -r npd_dir="${KUBE_HOME}/node-problem-detector"
   mkdir -p "${npd_dir}"
   tar xzf "${KUBE_HOME}/${npd_tar}" -C "${npd_dir}" --overwrite