diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 6d3562c0c21..f08eb10930a 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -630,7 +630,13 @@ function start-cluster-autoscaler {
     remove-salt-config-comments "${src_file}"
 
     local params=`sed 's/^/"/;s/ /","/g;s/$/",/' <<< "${AUTOSCALER_MIG_CONFIG}"`
+    if [[ -n "${PROJECT_ID:-}" && -n "${TOKEN_URL:-}" && -n "${TOKEN_BODY:-}" && -n "${NODE_NETWORK:-}" ]]; then
+      params+=" --cloud-config=/etc/gce.conf"
+    fi
+
     sed -i -e "s@\"{{param}}\",@${params}@g" "${src_file}"
+    sed -i -e "s@{{cloud_config_mount}}@${CLOUD_CONFIG_MOUNT}@g" "${src_file}"
+    sed -i -e "s@{{cloud_config_volume}}@${CLOUD_CONFIG_VOLUME}@g" "${src_file}"
     sed -i -e "s@{%.*%}@@g" "${src_file}"
     cp "${src_file}" /etc/kubernetes/manifests
   fi
diff --git a/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
index 6bab86b92d6..9bce9344130 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
@@ -622,7 +622,13 @@ start_cluster_autoscaler() {
     remove_salt_config_comments "${src_file}"
 
     local params=`sed 's/^/"/;s/ /","/g;s/$/",/' <<< "${AUTOSCALER_MIG_CONFIG}"`
+    if [ -n "${PROJECT_ID:-}" ] && [ -n "${TOKEN_URL:-}" ] && [ -n "${TOKEN_BODY:-}" ] && [ -n "${NODE_NETWORK:-}" ]; then
+      params="${params} --cloud-config=/etc/gce.conf"
+    fi
+
     sed -i -e "s@\"{{param}}\",@${params}@g" "${src_file}"
+    sed -i -e "s@{{cloud_config_mount}}@${CLOUD_CONFIG_MOUNT}@g" "${src_file}"
+    sed -i -e "s@{{cloud_config_volume}}@${CLOUD_CONFIG_VOLUME}@g" "${src_file}"
     sed -i -e "s@{%.*%}@@g" "${src_file}"
     cp "${src_file}" /etc/kubernetes/manifests
   fi
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.manifest
index ec8e1193911..293a0758eef 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 {% if pillar.get('enable_node_autoscaler', '').lower() == 'true' %}
-{% set params = pillar['autoscaler_mig_config'] -%}
+{% set cloud_config = "" -%}
+{% set cloud_config_mount = "" -%}
+{% set cloud_config_volume = "" -%}
+{% if grains.cloud == 'gce' and grains.cloud_config is defined -%}
+  {% set cloud_config = "--cloud-config=" + grains.cloud_config -%}
+  {% set cloud_config_mount = "{\"name\": \"cloudconfigmount\",\"mountPath\": \"" + grains.cloud_config + "\", \"readOnly\": true}," -%}
+  {% set cloud_config_volume = "{\"name\": \"cloudconfigmount\",\"hostPath\": {\"path\": \"" + grains.cloud_config + "\"}}," -%}
+{% endif -%}
+{% set params = pillar['autoscaler_mig_config'] + " " + cloud_config -%}
+
 {
     "kind": "Pod",
     "apiVersion": "v1",
@@ -36,6 +45,7 @@
                     }
                 },
                 "volumeMounts": [
+                    {{cloud_config_mount}}
                     {
                         "name": "ssl-certs",
                         "readOnly": true,
@@ -47,6 +57,7 @@
             }
         ],
         "volumes": [
+            {{cloud_config_volume}}
             {
                 "name": "ssl-certs",
                 "hostPath": {