diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-loadbalancing/glbc/glbc.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-loadbalancing/glbc/default-svc-controller.yaml
similarity index 50%
rename from cluster/addons/cluster-loadbalancing/glbc/glbc.yaml
rename to cluster/addons/cluster-loadbalancing/glbc/default-svc-controller.yaml
index e08a2abb015..4f3ce1e3b59 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-loadbalancing/glbc/glbc.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-loadbalancing/glbc/default-svc-controller.yaml
@@ -1,33 +1,26 @@
-{% set kube_uid = "" -%}
-{% if pillar['kube_uid'] is defined -%}
-  {% set kube_uid = pillar['kube_uid'] %}
-{% endif -%}
-
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ReplicationController
 metadata:
-  name: l7-lb-controller-v0.6.2
+  name: l7-default-backend-v1.0
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: glbc
-    version: v0.6.2
+    version: v1.0
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     kubernetes.io/name: "GLBC"
 spec:
-  # There should never be more than 1 controller alive simultaneously.
   replicas: 1
   selector:
     k8s-app: glbc
-    version: v0.6.2
+    version: v1.0
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: glbc
-        version: v0.6.2
+        version: v1.0
         name: glbc
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec:
-      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 600
       containers:
       - name: default-http-backend
         # Any image is permissible as long as:
@@ -50,26 +43,3 @@ spec:
           requests:
             cpu: 10m
             memory: 20Mi
-      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/glbc:0.6.2
-        livenessProbe:
-          httpGet:
-            path: /healthz
-            port: 8081
-            scheme: HTTP
-          initialDelaySeconds: 30
-          # healthz reaches out to GCE
-          periodSeconds: 30
-          timeoutSeconds: 5
-        name: l7-lb-controller
-        resources:
-          limits:
-            cpu: 100m
-            memory: 100Mi
-          requests:
-            cpu: 100m
-            memory: 50Mi
-        args:
-        - --default-backend-service=kube-system/default-http-backend
-        - --verbose=true
-        - --sync-period=60s
-        - --cluster-uid={{kube_uid}}
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/l7-gcp/glbc.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/l7-gcp/glbc.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d386ded7cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/l7-gcp/glbc.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: l7-lb-controller-v0.6.0
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: glbc
+    version: v0.6.0
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    kubernetes.io/name: "GLBC"
+spec:
+  terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 600
+  hostNetwork: true
+  containers:
+  # TODO: Push thing image once kubernetes/contrib/pull/680 is in.
+  - image: bprashanth/glbc:0.6.3
+    imagePullPolicy: Always
+    livenessProbe:
+      httpGet:
+        path: /healthz
+        port: 8086
+        scheme: HTTP
+      initialDelaySeconds: 30
+      # healthz reaches out to GCE
+      periodSeconds: 30
+      timeoutSeconds: 5
+    name: l7-lb-controller
+    volumeMounts:
+    - mountPath: /etc/gce.conf
+      name: cloudconfig
+      readOnly: true
+    - mountPath: /var/log/glbc.log
+      name: logfile
+      readOnly: false
+    resources:
+      limits:
+        cpu: 100m
+        memory: 100Mi
+      requests:
+        cpu: 100m
+        memory: 50Mi
+    command:
+    # TODO: split this out into args when we no longer need to pipe stdout to a file #6428
+    - sh
+    - -c
+    - '/glbc --default-backend-service=kube-system/default-http-backend --sync-period=60s --running-in-cluster=false --use-real-cloud=true --config-file-path=/etc/gce.conf --healthz-port=8086 1>>/var/log/glbc.log 2>&1'
+  volumes:
+  - hostPath:
+      path: /etc/gce.conf
+    name: cloudconfig
+  - hostPath:
+      path: /var/log/glbc.log
+    name: logfile
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/l7-gcp/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/l7-gcp/init.sls
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6617d6bf8d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/l7-gcp/init.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/etc/kubernetes/manifests/glbc.manifest:
+  file.managed:
+    - source: salt://l7-gcp/glbc.manifest
+    - template: jinja
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 644
+    - makedirs: true
+    - dir_mode: 755
+
+/var/log/glbc.log:
+  file.managed:
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 644
+
+
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/top.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/top.sls
index cb2f9104185..000bbd9a9e9 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/top.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/top.sls
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ base:
     - cni
 {% elif pillar.get('network_provider', '').lower() == 'cni' %}
     - cni
+{% endif %}
+{% if pillar.get('enable_l7_loadbalancing', '').lower() == 'glbc' %}
+    - l7-gcp
 {% endif %}
     - kube-apiserver
     - kube-controller-manager