diff --git a/src/cloud-api-adaptor/entrypoint.sh b/src/cloud-api-adaptor/entrypoint.sh
index 25cade483..d511da3ec 100755
--- a/src/cloud-api-adaptor/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/src/cloud-api-adaptor/entrypoint.sh
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ gcp() {
     [[ "${GCP_ZONE}" ]] && optionals+="-zone ${GCP_ZONE} "                         # if not set retrieved from IMDS
     [[ "${GCP_MACHINE_TYPE}" ]] && optionals+="-machine-type ${GCP_MACHINE_TYPE} "     # default e2-medium
     [[ "${GCP_NETWORK}" ]] && optionals+="-network ${GCP_NETWORK} "                # defaults to 'default'
+    [[ "${GCP_DISK_TYPE}" ]] && optionals+="-disk-type ${GCP_DISK_TYPE} "              # defaults to 'pd-standard'
 
     set -x
     exec cloud-api-adaptor gcp \
diff --git a/src/cloud-providers/gcp/manager.go b/src/cloud-providers/gcp/manager.go
index 83cd435b9..5871630d0 100644
--- a/src/cloud-providers/gcp/manager.go
+++ b/src/cloud-providers/gcp/manager.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ func (_ *Manager) ParseCmd(flags *flag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.StringVar(&gcpcfg.ImageName, "image-name", "", "Pod VM image name")
 	flags.StringVar(&gcpcfg.MachineType, "machine-type", "e2-medium", "Pod VM instance type")
 	flags.StringVar(&gcpcfg.Network, "network", "", "Network ID to be used for the Pod VMs")
+	flags.StringVar(&gcpcfg.DiskType, "disk-type", "pd-standard", "Any GCP disk type (pd-standard, pd-ssd, pd-balanced or pd-extreme)")
 }
 
 func (_ *Manager) LoadEnv() {
diff --git a/src/cloud-providers/gcp/provider.go b/src/cloud-providers/gcp/provider.go
index 03c691097..5f2dbd250 100644
--- a/src/cloud-providers/gcp/provider.go
+++ b/src/cloud-providers/gcp/provider.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func (p *gcpProvider) CreateInstance(ctx context.Context, podName, sandboxID str
 					InitializeParams: &computepb.AttachedDiskInitializeParams{
 						DiskSizeGb:  proto.Int64(20),
 						SourceImage: srcImage,
-						DiskType:    proto.String(fmt.Sprintf("zones/%s/diskTypes/pd-standard", p.serviceConfig.Zone)),
+						DiskType:    proto.String(fmt.Sprintf("zones/%s/diskTypes/%s", p.serviceConfig.Zone, p.serviceConfig.DiskType)),
 					},
 					AutoDelete: proto.Bool(true),
 					Boot:       proto.Bool(true),
diff --git a/src/cloud-providers/gcp/types.go b/src/cloud-providers/gcp/types.go
index 617b431d0..0b46bf92f 100644
--- a/src/cloud-providers/gcp/types.go
+++ b/src/cloud-providers/gcp/types.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ImageName      string
 	MachineType    string
 	Network        string
+	DiskType       string
 }
 
 func (c Config) Redact() Config {