diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 494a3f17aef91..0bc3d0d2dc6eb 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolume
 KUBE_UP_AUTOMATIC_CLEANUP=${KUBE_UP_AUTOMATIC_CLEANUP:-false}
 
 # Networking plugin specific settings.
-NETWORK_PROVIDER="${NETWORK_PROVIDER:-none}" # opencontrail, flannel, kubenet
+NETWORK_PROVIDER="${NETWORK_PROVIDER:-kubenet}" # none, opencontrail, flannel, kubenet
 OPENCONTRAIL_TAG="${OPENCONTRAIL_TAG:-R2.20}"
 OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG="${OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG:-master}"
 OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET="${OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET:-10.1.0.0/16}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index d5a8fa17a5b07..789e6fa50b265 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ KUBE_UP_AUTOMATIC_CLEANUP=${KUBE_UP_AUTOMATIC_CLEANUP:-false}
 TEST_CLUSTER="${TEST_CLUSTER:-true}"
 
 # OpenContrail networking plugin specific settings
-NETWORK_PROVIDER="${NETWORK_PROVIDER:-none}" # opencontrail,flannel
+NETWORK_PROVIDER="${NETWORK_PROVIDER:-kubenet}" # none, opencontrail, flannel, kubenet
 OPENCONTRAIL_TAG="${OPENCONTRAIL_TAG:-R2.20}"
 OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG="${OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG:-master}"
 OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET="${OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET:-10.1.0.0/16}"