diff --git a/classes/cluster/k8s-ha-calico-flannel-virtlet/kubernetes/init.yml b/classes/cluster/k8s-ha-calico-flannel-virtlet/kubernetes/init.yml
index 37b5ac0..92fffa1 100644
--- a/classes/cluster/k8s-ha-calico-flannel-virtlet/kubernetes/init.yml
+++ b/classes/cluster/k8s-ha-calico-flannel-virtlet/kubernetes/init.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
     kubernetes_dns_autoscaler_image: gcr.io/google_containers/cluster-proportional-autoscaler-amd64:1.0.0
     kubernetes_netchecker_agent_probeurls: "http://ipinfo.io"
     kubernetes_genie_image: mirantis/cnigenie:latest
+    # kube-controllers image is temporarily added here as it's not defined in TCP-QA by now
+    kubernetes_calico_kube_controllers_image: docker-prod-virtual.docker.mirantis.net/mirantis/projectcalico/calico/kube-controllers:v3.1.3
 
     # switches of addons
     kubernetes_addon_namespace: kube-system