diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/config/autoscaling_options.go b/cluster-autoscaler/config/autoscaling_options.go
index 0850874b03..10d47173f8 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/config/autoscaling_options.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/config/autoscaling_options.go
@@ -137,4 +137,6 @@ type AutoscalingOptions struct {
 	IgnoredTaints []string
 	// AWSUseStaticInstanceList tells if AWS cloud provider use static instance type list or dynamically fetch from remote APIs.
 	AWSUseStaticInstanceList bool
+	// Path to kube configuration if available
+	KubeConfigPath string
 }
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
index 7d1cc5e117..cf5f18bd92 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ func createAutoscalingOptions() config.AutoscalingOptions {
 		Regional:                         *regional,
 		NewPodScaleUpDelay:               *newPodScaleUpDelay,
 		IgnoredTaints:                    *ignoreTaintsFlag,
+		KubeConfigPath:                   *kubeConfigFile,
 		NodeDeletionDelayTimeout:         *nodeDeletionDelayTimeout,
 		AWSUseStaticInstanceList:         *awsUseStaticInstanceList,
 	}