diff --git a/contrib/terraform/gcp/README.md b/contrib/terraform/gcp/README.md
index a7f23b35485831ff4af5c82b7ab78c56f4e3391a..3bf120e5a62a4a6ba9383a206c2fcf9a9ac01b0d 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/gcp/README.md
+++ b/contrib/terraform/gcp/README.md
@@ -78,14 +78,18 @@ ansible-playbook -i contrib/terraform/gcs/inventory.ini cluster.yml -b -v
 ### Optional
 
 * `prefix`: Prefix to use for all resources, required to be unique for all clusters in the same project *(Defaults to `default`)*
-* `master_sa_email`: Service account email to use for the master nodes *(Defaults to `""`, auto generate one)*
-* `master_sa_scopes`: Service account email to use for the master nodes *(Defaults to `["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"]`)*
+* `master_sa_email`: Service account email to use for the control plane nodes *(Defaults to `""`, auto generate one)*
+* `master_sa_scopes`: Service account email to use for the control plane nodes *(Defaults to `["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"]`)*
 * `master_preemptible`: Enable [preemptible](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/preemptible)
-  for the master nodes *(Defaults to `false`)*
+  for the control plane nodes *(Defaults to `false`)*
+* `master_additional_disk_type`: [Disk type](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/#disk-types)
+  for extra disks added on the control plane nodes *(Defaults to `"pd-ssd"`)*
 * `worker_sa_email`: Service account email to use for the worker nodes *(Defaults to `""`, auto generate one)*
 * `worker_sa_scopes`: Service account email to use for the worker nodes *(Defaults to `["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"]`)*
 * `worker_preemptible`: Enable [preemptible](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/preemptible)
   for the worker nodes *(Defaults to `false`)*
+* `worker_additional_disk_type`: [Disk type](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/#disk-types)
+  for extra disks added on the worker nodes *(Defaults to `"pd-ssd"`)*
 
 An example variables file can be found `tfvars.json`
 
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/gcp/main.tf b/contrib/terraform/gcp/main.tf
index 43ede77d8345c91ca5761deb20411405d6573740..94333e74c1f570c04ad3bd863600b4d6886d62ff 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/gcp/main.tf
+++ b/contrib/terraform/gcp/main.tf
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ module "kubernetes" {
   master_sa_email    = var.master_sa_email
   master_sa_scopes   = var.master_sa_scopes
   master_preemptible = var.master_preemptible
+  master_additional_disk_type = var.master_additional_disk_type
   worker_sa_email    = var.worker_sa_email
   worker_sa_scopes   = var.worker_sa_scopes
   worker_preemptible = var.worker_preemptible
+  worker_additional_disk_type = var.worker_additional_disk_type
 
   ssh_whitelist        = var.ssh_whitelist
   api_server_whitelist = var.api_server_whitelist
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/gcp/modules/kubernetes-cluster/main.tf b/contrib/terraform/gcp/modules/kubernetes-cluster/main.tf
index 937cc564199f678b0ecb02e5c2dc3eab1d0af0f2..1cea6eebfb13859a98153373922540669740066e 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/gcp/modules/kubernetes-cluster/main.tf
+++ b/contrib/terraform/gcp/modules/kubernetes-cluster/main.tf
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ resource "google_compute_disk" "master" {
    }
 
   name = "${var.prefix}-${each.key}"
-  type = "pd-ssd"
+  type = var.master_additional_disk_type
   zone = each.value.machine.zone
   size = each.value.disk_size
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ resource "google_compute_disk" "worker" {
    }
 
   name = "${var.prefix}-${each.key}"
-  type = "pd-ssd"
+  type = var.worker_additional_disk_type
   zone = each.value.machine.zone
   size = each.value.disk_size
 
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/gcp/modules/kubernetes-cluster/variables.tf b/contrib/terraform/gcp/modules/kubernetes-cluster/variables.tf
index 5fddca26d03f27c0ecf367cfcd5c013eff08ac25..2724f2b2339da542651f168a9ce16e38f0939531 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/gcp/modules/kubernetes-cluster/variables.tf
+++ b/contrib/terraform/gcp/modules/kubernetes-cluster/variables.tf
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ variable "master_preemptible" {
   type = bool
 }
 
+variable "master_additional_disk_type" {
+  type = string
+}
+
 variable "worker_sa_email" {
   type = string
 }
@@ -43,6 +47,10 @@ variable "worker_preemptible" {
   type = bool
 }
 
+variable "worker_additional_disk_type" {
+  type = string
+}
+
 variable "ssh_pub_key" {}
 
 variable "ssh_whitelist" {
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/gcp/variables.tf b/contrib/terraform/gcp/variables.tf
index 207a803211651c1b7603d34043eb70136b903c39..c2593d33b92bd69b6f57db9c98760051ebc2b634 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/gcp/variables.tf
+++ b/contrib/terraform/gcp/variables.tf
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ variable "master_preemptible" {
   default = false
 }
 
+variable "master_additional_disk_type" {
+  type = string
+  default = "pd-ssd"
+}
+
 variable "worker_sa_email" {
   type    = string
   default = ""
@@ -64,6 +69,11 @@ variable "worker_preemptible" {
   default = false
 }
 
+variable "worker_additional_disk_type" {
+  type = string
+  default = "pd-ssd"
+}
+
 variable ssh_pub_key {
   description = "Path to public SSH key file which is injected into the VMs."
   type        = string