diff --git a/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.15.yaml.template b/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.15.yaml.template
index 5586bb64f2..1d8a28f4d2 100644
--- a/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.15.yaml.template
+++ b/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.15.yaml.template
@@ -318,10 +318,8 @@ spec:
             - --aws-use-static-instance-list={{ .AWSUseStaticInstanceList }}
             {{ end }}
             - --expander={{ .Expander }}
-            {{ range $name, $spec := GetNodeInstanceGroups }}
-            {{ if WithDefaultBool $spec.Autoscale true }}
-            - --nodes={{ $spec.MinSize }}:{{ $spec.MaxSize }}:{{ $name }}{{- if not (eq GetCloudProvider "gce") }}.{{ ClusterName }}{{ end -}}
-            {{ end }}
+            {{ range $nodeGroup := GetClusterAutoscalerNodeGroups }}
+            - --nodes={{ $nodeGroup.MinSize }}:{{ $nodeGroup.MaxSize }}:{{ $nodeGroup.Other }}
             {{ end }}
             - --scale-down-utilization-threshold={{ .ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold }}
             - --skip-nodes-with-local-storage={{ .SkipNodesWithLocalStorage }}
@@ -335,9 +333,11 @@ spec:
             - --logtostderr=true
             - --stderrthreshold=info
             - --v=4
+          {{ if (eq GetCloudProvider "aws") }}
           env:
             - name: AWS_REGION
               value: "{{ Region }}"
+          {{ end }}
           livenessProbe:
             failureThreshold: 3
             httpGet:
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/template_functions.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/template_functions.go
index 01142b8cae..70b328b2ae 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/template_functions.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/template_functions.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ func (tf *TemplateFunctions) AddTo(dest template.FuncMap, secretStore fi.SecretS
 	dest["GetCloudProvider"] = cluster.Spec.GetCloudProvider
 	dest["GetInstanceGroup"] = tf.GetInstanceGroup
 	dest["GetNodeInstanceGroups"] = tf.GetNodeInstanceGroups
+	dest["GetClusterAutoscalerNodeGroups"] = tf.GetClusterAutoscalerNodeGroups
 	dest["HasHighlyAvailableControlPlane"] = tf.HasHighlyAvailableControlPlane
 	dest["ControlPlaneControllerReplicas"] = tf.ControlPlaneControllerReplicas
 	dest["APIServerNodeRole"] = tf.APIServerNodeRole
@@ -824,6 +825,37 @@ func (tf *TemplateFunctions) GetNodeInstanceGroups() map[string]kops.InstanceGro
 	return nodegroups
 }
 
+type ClusterAutoscalerNodeGroup struct {
+	AutoScale *bool
+	MinSize   int32
+	MaxSize   int32
+	Other     string
+}
+
+// GetClusterAutoscalerGroups returns a map containing ClusterAutoscaler info for each instance group of type Node.
+func (tf *TemplateFunctions) GetClusterAutoscalerNodeGroups() map[string]ClusterAutoscalerNodeGroup {
+	cluster := tf.Cluster
+	groups := make(map[string]ClusterAutoscalerNodeGroup)
+	for _, ig := range tf.KopsModelContext.InstanceGroups {
+		if ig.Spec.Role == kops.InstanceGroupRoleNode && (ig.Spec.Autoscale == nil || fi.ValueOf(ig.Spec.Autoscale)) {
+			group := ClusterAutoscalerNodeGroup{
+				AutoScale: ig.Spec.Autoscale,
+				MinSize:   fi.ValueOf(ig.Spec.MinSize),
+				MaxSize:   fi.ValueOf(ig.Spec.MaxSize),
+			}
+			if cluster.Spec.GetCloudProvider() == kops.CloudProviderGCE {
+				cloud := tf.cloud.(gce.GCECloud)
+				format := "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/%s/zones/%s/instanceGroups/%s"
+				group.Other = fmt.Sprintf(format, cloud.Project(), ig.Spec.Zones[0], gce.NameForInstanceGroupManager(cluster, ig, ig.Spec.Zones[0]))
+			} else {
+				group.Other = ig.Name + "." + cluster.Name
+			}
+			groups[ig.Name] = group
+		}
+	}
+	return groups
+}
+
 func (tf *TemplateFunctions) architectureOfAMI(amiID string) string {
 	image, _ := tf.cloud.(awsup.AWSCloud).ResolveImage(amiID)
 	switch *image.Architecture {