diff --git a/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh b/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh
index 846bb2591b0..ac8d686299a 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ LOGGING_DESTINATION: $(yaml-quote ${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-})
 ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS: $(yaml-quote ${ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS:-})
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-false})
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY:-false})
+CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK: $(yaml-quote ${CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK})
+CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK_SIZE: $(yaml-quote ${CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK_SIZE})
 DNS_REPLICAS: $(yaml-quote ${DNS_REPLICAS:-})
 DNS_SERVER_IP: $(yaml-quote ${DNS_SERVER_IP:-})
 DNS_DOMAIN: $(yaml-quote ${DNS_DOMAIN:-})
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-false}
 LOGGING_DESTINATION=${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-}
 ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS=${ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS:-}
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS=${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-false}
-ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY=${ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY:-false})
+ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY=${ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY:-false}
 DNS_REPLICAS=${DNS_REPLICAS:-}
 DNS_SERVER_IP=${DNS_SERVER_IP:-}
 DNS_DOMAIN=${DNS_DOMAIN:-}
diff --git a/cluster/gce/coreos/node.yaml b/cluster/gce/coreos/node.yaml
index 0bcffef910f..c00c328c61a 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/coreos/node.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/coreos/node.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ coreos:
         EnvironmentFile=/etc/kube-env
         ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/rm -rf /opt/rkt
         ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /opt/rkt
+        ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /etc/rkt
         ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/wget \
         -O /opt/rkt/rkt-v${RKT_VERSION}.tar.gz \
         https://github.com/coreos/rkt/releases/download/v${RKT_VERSION}/rkt-v${RKT_VERSION}.tar.gz