diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
index 42a55530026..b216c74fb70 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
@@ -29,3 +29,11 @@ spec:
             - --sink=gcl
             - --poll_duration=2m
             - --stats_resolution=1m
+          volumeMounts: 
+            - name: ssl-certs
+              mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs
+              readOnly: true
+      volumes: 
+        - name: ssl-certs
+          hostPath: 
+            path: "/etc/ssl/certs"
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
index b05eb098b5d..a51d3f26613 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
@@ -29,3 +29,11 @@ spec:
             - --sink=influxdb:http://monitoring-influxdb:8086
             - --poll_duration=2m
             - --stats_resolution=1m
+          volumeMounts: 
+            - name: ssl-certs
+              mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs
+              readOnly: true
+      volumes: 
+        - name: ssl-certs
+          hostPath: 
+            path: "/etc/ssl/certs"