diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/utils/gce_url/gce_url.go b/cluster-autoscaler/utils/gce_url/gce_url.go
index e921c113af..32b08b35cc 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/utils/gce_url/gce_url.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/utils/gce_url/gce_url.go
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	gcePrefix           = "https://content.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/"
+	gceUrlSchema        = "https"
+	gceDomainSufix      = "googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/"
+	gcePrefix           = gceUrlSchema + "://content." + gceDomainSufix
 	instanceUrlTemplate = gcePrefix + "%s/zones/%s/instances/%s"
 	migUrlTemplate      = gcePrefix + "%s/zones/%s/instanceGroups/%s"
 )
@@ -51,10 +53,13 @@ func GenerateMigUrl(project, zone, name string) string {
 
 func parseGceUrl(url, expectedResource string) (project string, zone string, name string, err error) {
 	errMsg := fmt.Errorf("Wrong url: expected format https://content.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/<project-id>/zones/<zone>/%s/<name>, got %s", expectedResource, url)
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(url, gcePrefix) {
+	if !strings.Contains(url, gceDomainSufix) {
 		return "", "", "", errMsg
 	}
-	splitted := strings.Split(strings.TrimLeft(url, gcePrefix), "/")
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(url, gceUrlSchema) {
+		return "", "", "", errMsg
+	}
+	splitted := strings.Split(strings.Split(url, gceDomainSufix)[1], "/")
 	if len(splitted) != 5 || splitted[1] != "zones" {
 		return "", "", "", errMsg
 	}
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/utils/gce_url/gce_url_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/utils/gce_url/gce_url_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5540979a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/utils/gce_url/gce_url_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package gceurl
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestParseUrl(t *testing.T) {
+	proj, zone, name, err := parseGceUrl("https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/mwielgus-proj/zones/us-central1-b/instanceGroups/kubernetes-minion-group", "instanceGroups")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "mwielgus-proj", proj)
+	assert.Equal(t, "us-central1-b", zone)
+	assert.Equal(t, "kubernetes-minion-group", name)
+
+	proj, zone, name, err = parseGceUrl("https://content.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/mwielgus-proj/zones/us-central1-b/instanceGroups/kubernetes-minion-group", "instanceGroups")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "mwielgus-proj", proj)
+	assert.Equal(t, "us-central1-b", zone)
+	assert.Equal(t, "kubernetes-minion-group", name)
+
+	proj, zone, name, err = parseGceUrl("www.onet.pl", "instanceGroups")
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+
+	proj, zone, name, err = parseGceUrl("https://content.googleapis.com/compute/vabc/projects/mwielgus-proj/zones/us-central1-b/instanceGroups/kubernetes-minion-group", "instanceGroups")
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+}