diff --git a/cluster/gce/env b/cluster/gce/env
index 1d111864d..f448533bc 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/env
+++ b/cluster/gce/env
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ export KUBE_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ENDPOINT="/var/run/cri-containerd.sock"
 export KUBE_LOAD_IMAGE_COMMAND="/home/cri-containerd/usr/local/bin/cri-containerd load"
 export NETWORK_POLICY_PROVIDER="calico"
 export NON_MASQUERADE_CIDR="0.0.0.0/0"
+export KUBE_KUBELET_ARGS="--runtime-cgroups=/runtime"