diff --git a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
index d89389d2224..54e749e6fe8 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ opencontrail_kubernetes_tag: '$(echo "$OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG")'
 opencontrail_public_subnet: '$(echo "$OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET")'
 enable_manifest_url: '$(echo "$ENABLE_MANIFEST_URL" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 manifest_url: '$(echo "$MANIFEST_URL" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
+manifest_url_header: '$(echo "$MANIFEST_URL_HEADER" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 EOF
 
     if [ -n "${APISERVER_TEST_ARGS:-}" ]; then
diff --git a/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh b/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
index b91ba90d677..7fa80edc869 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ KUBECFG_KEY: $(yaml-quote ${KUBECFG_KEY_BASE64:-})
 KUBELET_APISERVER: $(yaml-quote ${KUBELET_APISERVER:-})
 ENABLE_MANIFEST_URL: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_MANIFEST_URL:-false})
 MANIFEST_URL: $(yaml-quote ${MANIFEST_URL:-})
+MANIFEST_URL_HEADER: $(yaml-quote ${MANIFEST_URL_HEADER:-})
 EOF
     if [ -n "${APISERVER_TEST_ARGS:-}" ]; then
       cat >>$file <<EOF
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
index f12d540d5e5..8a20a774e73 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@
 {% set config = "--config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests" -%}
 
 {% set manifest_url = "" -%}
+{% set manifest_url_header = "" -%}
 {% if pillar.get('enable_manifest_url', '').lower() == 'true' %}
-  {% set manifest_url = "--manifest-url=" + pillar['manifest_url'] -%}
+  {% set manifest_url = "--manifest-url=" + pillar['manifest_url'] + " --manifest-url-header=" + pillar['manifest_url_header'] -%}
 {% endif -%}
 
 {% set hostname_override = "" -%}