diff --git a/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md b/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
index 3d0cbca..a335745 100644
--- a/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
+++ b/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/kube-apiserver \\
   --authorization-mode=Node,RBAC \\
   --bind-address=0.0.0.0 \\
   --client-ca-file=/var/lib/kubernetes/ca.pem \\
+  --cloud-provider=gce \\
   --enable-admission-plugins=NamespaceLifecycle,NodeRestriction,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,ResourceQuota \\
   --etcd-cafile=/var/lib/kubernetes/ca.pem \\
   --etcd-certfile=/var/lib/kubernetes/kubernetes.pem \\
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ Documentation=https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/kube-controller-manager \\
   --address=0.0.0.0 \\
+  --cloud-provider=gce \\
   --cluster-cidr=10.200.0.0/16 \\
   --cluster-name=kubernetes \\
   --cluster-signing-cert-file=/var/lib/kubernetes/ca.pem \\