diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 1094f7e5090..009ede2f075 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -1461,8 +1461,12 @@ function start-kube-apiserver {
   params+=" --allow-privileged=true"
   params+=" --cloud-provider=gce"
   params+=" --client-ca-file=${CA_CERT_BUNDLE_PATH}"
-  params+=" --etcd-servers=http://127.0.0.1:2379"
-  params+=" --etcd-servers-overrides=/events#http://127.0.0.1:4002"
+  params+=" --etcd-servers=${ETCD_SERVERS:-http://127.0.0.1:2379}"
+  if [[ -z "${ETCD_SERVERS:-}" ]]; then
+    params+=" --etcd-servers-overrides=${ETCD_SERVERS_OVERRIDES:-/events#http://127.0.0.1:4002}"
+  elif [[ -n "${ETCD_SERVERS_OVERRIDES:-}" ]]; then
+    params+=" --etcd-servers-overrides=${ETCD_SERVERS_OVERRIDES:-}"
+  fi
   params+=" --secure-port=443"
   params+=" --tls-cert-file=${APISERVER_SERVER_CERT_PATH}"
   params+=" --tls-private-key-file=${APISERVER_SERVER_KEY_PATH}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index adc33491d22..81bde5ebeee 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -1070,6 +1070,16 @@ EOF
     if [ -n "${ETCD_EXTRA_ARGS:-}" ]; then
     cat >>$file <<EOF
 ETCD_EXTRA_ARGS: $(yaml-quote ${ETCD_EXTRA_ARGS})
+EOF
+    fi
+    if [ -n "${ETCD_SERVERS:-}" ]; then
+    cat >>$file <<EOF
+ETCD_SERVERS: $(yaml-quote ${ETCD_SERVERS})
+EOF
+    fi
+    if [ -n "${ETCD_SERVERS_OVERRIDES:-}" ]; then
+    cat >>$file <<EOF
+ETCD_SERVERS_OVERRIDES: $(yaml-quote ${ETCD_SERVERS_OVERRIDES})
 EOF
     fi
     if [ -n "${APISERVER_TEST_ARGS:-}" ]; then