diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/event-exporter.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/event-exporter.yaml
index 0491f0d947f..1add5229510 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/event-exporter.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/event-exporter.yaml
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ subjects:
 apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
-  name: event-exporter-v0.1.9
+  name: event-exporter-v0.2.1
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: event-exporter
-    version: v0.1.9
+    version: v0.2.1
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
 spec:
@@ -42,15 +42,15 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: event-exporter
-        version: v0.1.9
+        version: v0.2.1
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: event-exporter-sa
       containers:
       - name: event-exporter
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/event-exporter:v0.1.9
+        image: k8s.gcr.io/event-exporter:v0.2.1
         command:
         - /event-exporter
-        - -sink-opts=-location={{ event_exporter_location }}
+        - -sink-opts=-stackdriver-resource-model={{ exporter_sd_resource_model }}
       # BEGIN_PROMETHEUS_TO_SD
       - name: prometheus-to-sd-exporter
         image: k8s.gcr.io/prometheus-to-sd:v0.2.4
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index e88157bb5bd..86bbbf56c8c 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -404,6 +404,9 @@ HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE="${HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE:-4}"
 HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU="${HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU:-80m}"
 HEAPSTER_GCP_CPU_PER_NODE="${HEAPSTER_GCP_CPU_PER_NODE:-0.5}"
 
+# Default Stackdriver resources version exported by Fluentd-gcp addon
+LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES="${LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES:-old}"
+
 # Adding to PROVIDER_VARS, since this is GCP-specific.
 PROVIDER_VARS="${PROVIDER_VARS:-} FLUENTD_GCP_VERSION FLUENTD_GCP_MEMORY_LIMIT FLUENTD_GCP_CPU_REQUEST FLUENTD_GCP_MEMORY_REQUEST HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_MEMORY HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU HEAPSTER_GCP_CPU_PER_NODE CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES"
 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 36241c3d0eb..236868b3c13 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@ HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE="${HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE:-4}"
 HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU="${HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU:-80m}"
 HEAPSTER_GCP_CPU_PER_NODE="${HEAPSTER_GCP_CPU_PER_NODE:-0.5}"
 
+# Default Stackdriver resources version exported by Fluentd-gcp addon
+LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES="${LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES:-old}"
+
 # Adding to PROVIDER_VARS, since this is GCP-specific.
 PROVIDER_VARS="${PROVIDER_VARS:-} FLUENTD_GCP_VERSION FLUENTD_GCP_MEMORY_LIMIT FLUENTD_GCP_CPU_REQUEST FLUENTD_GCP_MEMORY_REQUEST HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_MEMORY HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU HEAPSTER_GCP_CPU_PER_NODE CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES"
 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 7de48f92084..481d13d2a3d 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -2155,12 +2155,8 @@ function update-prometheus-to-sd-parameters {
 
 # Updates parameters in yaml file for event-exporter configuration
 function update-event-exporter {
-  if [[ "${MULTIMASTER:-}" == "true" ]]; then
-    local -r location=${REGION:-}
-  else
-    local -r location=${ZONE:-}
-  fi
-  sed -i -e "s@{{ *event_exporter_location *}}@${location}@g" "$1"
+    local -r stackdriver_resource_model="${LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES:-old}"
+    sed -i -e "s@{{ exporter_sd_resource_model }}@${stackdriver_resource_model}@g" "$1"
 }
 
 function update-dashboard-controller {