diff --git a/run_k8s_ansible.sh b/run_k8s_ansible.sh
index c842d948ff..0b8a994e51 100755
--- a/run_k8s_ansible.sh
+++ b/run_k8s_ansible.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export MASTER_FLAVOR="v2-highcpu-4"
 export MASTER_BOOT_FROM_VOLUME="True"
 export IGNORE_VOLUME_AZ="True"
 export FLOATING_IP_NETWORK_UUID="0048fce6-c715-4106-a810-473620326cb0"
+export NODE_COUNT="4"
 export NODE_FLAVOR="v2-highcpu-8"
 export NODE_AUTO_IP="True"
 export NODE_BOOT_FROM_VOLUME="True"