diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/builder/cloud_provider_builder.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/builder/cloud_provider_builder.go
index 64ab968022..56cb6c4ecb 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/builder/cloud_provider_builder.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/builder/cloud_provider_builder.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func NewCloudProvider(opts config.AutoscalingOptions) cloudprovider.CloudProvide
 
 	switch opts.CloudProviderName {
 	case gce.ProviderNameGCE:
-		return buildGCE(opts, do, rl)
+		return gce.BuildGCE(opts, do, rl)
 	case gke.ProviderNameGKE:
 		return gke.BuildGKE(opts, do, rl)
 	case aws.ProviderName:
@@ -81,29 +81,6 @@ func NewCloudProvider(opts config.AutoscalingOptions) cloudprovider.CloudProvide
 	return nil // This will never happen because the Fatalf will os.Exit
 }
 
-func buildGCE(opts config.AutoscalingOptions, do cloudprovider.NodeGroupDiscoveryOptions, rl *cloudprovider.ResourceLimiter) cloudprovider.CloudProvider {
-	var config io.ReadCloser
-	if opts.CloudConfig != "" {
-		var err error
-		config, err = os.Open(opts.CloudConfig)
-		if err != nil {
-			glog.Fatalf("Couldn't open cloud provider configuration %s: %#v", opts.CloudConfig, err)
-		}
-		defer config.Close()
-	}
-
-	manager, err := gce.CreateGceManager(config, do, opts.Regional)
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Fatalf("Failed to create GCE Manager: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	provider, err := gce.BuildGceCloudProvider(manager, rl)
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Fatalf("Failed to create GCE cloud provider: %v", err)
-	}
-	return provider
-}
-
 func buildAWS(opts config.AutoscalingOptions, do cloudprovider.NodeGroupDiscoveryOptions, rl *cloudprovider.ResourceLimiter) cloudprovider.CloudProvider {
 	var config io.ReadCloser
 	if opts.CloudConfig != "" {
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/gce_cloud_provider.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/gce_cloud_provider.go
index c28462ec7a..0c3e9eecaa 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/gce_cloud_provider.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/gce_cloud_provider.go
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ package gce
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider"
+	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/config"
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/utils/errors"
 	schedulercache "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/cache"
 )
@@ -303,3 +307,27 @@ func (mig *gceMig) TemplateNodeInfo() (*schedulercache.NodeInfo, error) {
 	nodeInfo.SetNode(node)
 	return nodeInfo, nil
 }
+
+// BuildGCE builds GCE cloud provider, manager etc.
+func BuildGCE(opts config.AutoscalingOptions, do cloudprovider.NodeGroupDiscoveryOptions, rl *cloudprovider.ResourceLimiter) cloudprovider.CloudProvider {
+	var config io.ReadCloser
+	if opts.CloudConfig != "" {
+		var err error
+		config, err = os.Open(opts.CloudConfig)
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Fatalf("Couldn't open cloud provider configuration %s: %#v", opts.CloudConfig, err)
+		}
+		defer config.Close()
+	}
+
+	manager, err := CreateGceManager(config, do, opts.Regional)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Fatalf("Failed to create GCE Manager: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	provider, err := BuildGceCloudProvider(manager, rl)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Fatalf("Failed to create GCE cloud provider: %v", err)
+	}
+	return provider
+}