diff --git a/contrib/gce/cloud-init/master.yaml b/contrib/gce/cloud-init/master.yaml
index 63d2ebcd0..b7f2692fb 100644
--- a/contrib/gce/cloud-init/master.yaml
+++ b/contrib/gce/cloud-init/master.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ write_files:
         shim = "/home/containerd/usr/local/bin/containerd-shim"
         runtime = "/home/containerd/usr/local/sbin/runc"
 
+      [plugins.cri]
+        enable_tls_streaming = true
       [plugins.cri.cni]
         bin_dir = "/home/containerd/opt/cni/bin"
         conf_dir = "/home/containerd/etc/cni/net.d"
diff --git a/contrib/gce/cloud-init/node.yaml b/contrib/gce/cloud-init/node.yaml
index 61c8143d8..2428fd85f 100644
--- a/contrib/gce/cloud-init/node.yaml
+++ b/contrib/gce/cloud-init/node.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ write_files:
         shim = "/home/containerd/usr/local/bin/containerd-shim"
         runtime = "/home/containerd/usr/local/sbin/runc"
 
+      [plugins.cri]
+        enable_tls_streaming = true
       [plugins.cri.cni]
         bin_dir = "/home/kubernetes/bin"
         conf_dir = "/etc/cni/net.d"