diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/helper/helpers.go b/pkg/api/v1/helper/helpers.go
index 2ec957f8e9c..5d2b2f26385 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/helper/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/helper/helpers.go
@@ -203,10 +203,10 @@ func NodeSelectorRequirementsAsSelector(nsm []v1.NodeSelectorRequirement) (label
 	return selector, nil
 }
 
-// AddOrUpdateTolerationInPod tries to add a toleration to the pod's toleration list.
+// AddOrUpdateTolerationInPodSpec tries to add a toleration to the toleration list in PodSpec.
 // Returns true if something was updated, false otherwise.
-func AddOrUpdateTolerationInPod(pod *v1.Pod, toleration *v1.Toleration) bool {
-	podTolerations := pod.Spec.Tolerations
+func AddOrUpdateTolerationInPodSpec(spec *v1.PodSpec, toleration *v1.Toleration) bool {
+	podTolerations := spec.Tolerations
 
 	var newTolerations []v1.Toleration
 	updated := false
@@ -227,10 +227,16 @@ func AddOrUpdateTolerationInPod(pod *v1.Pod, toleration *v1.Toleration) bool {
 		newTolerations = append(newTolerations, *toleration)
 	}
 
-	pod.Spec.Tolerations = newTolerations
+	spec.Tolerations = newTolerations
 	return true
 }
 
+// AddOrUpdateTolerationInPod tries to add a toleration to the pod's toleration list.
+// Returns true if something was updated, false otherwise.
+func AddOrUpdateTolerationInPod(pod *v1.Pod, toleration *v1.Toleration) bool {
+	return AddOrUpdateTolerationInPodSpec(&pod.Spec, toleration)
+}
+
 // TolerationsTolerateTaint checks if taint is tolerated by any of the tolerations.
 func TolerationsTolerateTaint(tolerations []v1.Toleration, taint *v1.Taint) bool {
 	for i := range tolerations {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/daemon/util/BUILD b/pkg/controller/daemon/util/BUILD
index 5e533f83ab8..3b86029c255 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/daemon/util/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/controller/daemon/util/BUILD
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/api:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/api/v1/helper:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/api/v1/pod:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/labels:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/controller/daemon/util/daemonset_util.go b/pkg/controller/daemon/util/daemonset_util.go
index c935076af9c..ce1f3b1882a 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/daemon/util/daemonset_util.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/daemon/util/daemonset_util.go
@@ -22,16 +22,37 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
+	v1helper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/helper"
 	podutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
 	extensions "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1"
 	labelsutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/labels"
 )
 
 // GetPodTemplateWithHash returns copy of provided template with additional
-// label which contains hash of provided template
+// label which contains hash of provided template and sets default daemon tolerations.
 func GetPodTemplateWithGeneration(template v1.PodTemplateSpec, generation int64) v1.PodTemplateSpec {
 	obj, _ := api.Scheme.DeepCopy(template)
 	newTemplate := obj.(v1.PodTemplateSpec)
+	// DaemonSet pods shouldn't be deleted by NodeController in case of node problems.
+	// Add infinite toleration for taint notReady:NoExecute here
+	// to survive taint-based eviction enforced by NodeController
+	// when node turns not ready.
+	v1helper.AddOrUpdateTolerationInPodSpec(&newTemplate.Spec, &v1.Toleration{
+		Key:      metav1.TaintNodeNotReady,
+		Operator: v1.TolerationOpExists,
+		Effect:   v1.TaintEffectNoExecute,
+	})
+
+	// DaemonSet pods shouldn't be deleted by NodeController in case of node problems.
+	// Add infinite toleration for taint unreachable:NoExecute here
+	// to survive taint-based eviction enforced by NodeController
+	// when node turns unreachable.
+	v1helper.AddOrUpdateTolerationInPodSpec(&newTemplate.Spec, &v1.Toleration{
+		Key:      metav1.TaintNodeUnreachable,
+		Operator: v1.TolerationOpExists,
+		Effect:   v1.TaintEffectNoExecute,
+	})
+
 	templateGenerationStr := fmt.Sprint(generation)
 	newTemplate.ObjectMeta.Labels = labelsutil.CloneAndAddLabel(
 		template.ObjectMeta.Labels,