diff --git a/federation/cmd/federation-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go b/federation/cmd/federation-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
index 78a71a2b2db..679a09e2fdc 100644
--- a/federation/cmd/federation-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
+++ b/federation/cmd/federation-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func StartControllers(s *options.CMServer, restClientCfg *restclient.Config) err
 		servicecontroller := servicecontroller.New(scClientset, dns, s.FederationName, s.ServiceDnsSuffix, s.ZoneName, s.ZoneID)
 		glog.Infof("Running service controller")
 		if err := servicecontroller.Run(s.ConcurrentServiceSyncs, wait.NeverStop); err != nil {
-			glog.Errorf("Failed to start service controller: %v", err)
+			glog.Fatalf("Failed to start service controller: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test-federation-cmd.sh b/hack/make-rules/test-federation-cmd.sh
index 56fdfc2be62..8446f7eff59 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/test-federation-cmd.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test-federation-cmd.sh
@@ -58,16 +58,28 @@ function run_federation_controller_manager() {
   kubectl config set-context "context" --cluster="apiserver" --kubeconfig="${kubeconfig}"
   kubectl config use-context "context" --kubeconfig="${kubeconfig}"
 
+  cat << EOF > /tmp/dns-provider.conf
+[Global]
+etcd-endpoints = http://127.0.0.1:2379
+zones = f8n.io
+EOF
+
   # Start controller manager
   kube::log::status "Starting federation-controller-manager"
   "${KUBE_OUTPUT_HOSTBIN}/federation-controller-manager" \
     --port="${CTLRMGR_PORT}" \
     --kubeconfig="${kubeconfig}" \
     --kube-api-content-type="${KUBE_TEST_API_TYPE-}" \
+    --federation-name=federation \
+    --dns-provider=coredns \
+    --dns-provider-config=/tmp/dns-provider.conf \
+    --zone-name=f8n.io \
     --master="127.0.0.1:${API_PORT}" 1>&2 &
   CTLRMGR_PID=$!
 
   kube::util::wait_for_url "http://127.0.0.1:${CTLRMGR_PORT}/healthz" "controller-manager"
+
+  rm -rf /tmp/dns-provider.conf
 }
 
 kube::log::status "Running kubectl tests for federation-apiserver"