diff --git a/channels/alpha b/channels/alpha
index 638125eae4..727c4fd532 100644
--- a/channels/alpha
+++ b/channels/alpha
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ spec:
     - name: kope.io/k8s-1.7-debian-jessie-amd64-hvm-ebs-2017-07-28
       providerID: aws
       kubernetesVersion: ">=1.7.0"
+    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.8-debian-jessie-amd64-hvm-ebs-2017-11-27
+      providerID: aws
+      kubernetesVersion: ">=1.8.0"
     - providerID: gce
       name: "cos-cloud/cos-stable-60-9592-90-0"
   cluster: