diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 13bf2af4296..fe68c3816ab 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ ENABLE_METADATA_AGENT="${KUBE_ENABLE_METADATA_AGENT:-none}"
 # Useful for scheduling heapster in large clusters with nodes of small size.
 HEAPSTER_MACHINE_TYPE="${HEAPSTER_MACHINE_TYPE:-}"
 
+MASTER_NODE_LABELS="${KUBE_MASTER_NODE_LABELS:-}"
 # NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS are labels will only be applied on non-master nodes.
 NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS="${KUBE_NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS:-}"
 WINDOWS_NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS="${WINDOWS_NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS:-}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index eaafa514abe..7950767c069 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ CONTROLLER_MANAGER_TEST_ARGS="${CONTROLLER_MANAGER_TEST_ARGS:-} ${TEST_CLUSTER_R
 SCHEDULER_TEST_ARGS="${SCHEDULER_TEST_ARGS:-} ${TEST_CLUSTER_API_CONTENT_TYPE}"
 KUBEPROXY_TEST_ARGS="${KUBEPROXY_TEST_ARGS:-} ${TEST_CLUSTER_API_CONTENT_TYPE}"
 
+MASTER_NODE_LABELS="${KUBE_MASTER_NODE_LABELS:-}"
 # NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS are labels will only be applied on non-master nodes.
 NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS="${KUBE_NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS:-}"
 WINDOWS_NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS="${WINDOWS_NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS:-}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index a8d36f53e57..01140aeecd2 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -619,6 +619,9 @@ function build-linux-node-labels {
   if [[ -n "${NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS:-}" && "${master}" != "true" ]]; then
     node_labels="${node_labels:+${node_labels},}${NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS}"
   fi
+  if [[ -n "${MASTER_NODE_LABELS:-}" && "${master}" == "true" ]]; then
+    node_labels="${node_labels:+${node_labels},}${MASTER_NODE_LABELS}"
+  fi
   echo $node_labels
 }