diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index d5ef2cc43064..c875f0ebf3e7 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -898,6 +898,20 @@ func validateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, drvName string) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// validate kubeadm extra args
+	if invalidOpts := bsutil.FindInvalidExtraConfigFlags(config.ExtraOptions); len(invalidOpts) > 0 {
+		out.ErrT(
+			out.Warning,
+			"These --extra-config parameters are invalid: {{.invalid_extra_opts}}",
+			out.V{"invalid_extra_opts": invalidOpts},
+		)
+		exit.WithCodeT(
+			exit.Config,
+			"Valid components are: {{.valid_extra_opts}}",
+			out.V{"valid_extra_opts": bsutil.KubeadmExtraConfigOpts},
+		)
+	}
+
 	// check that kubeadm extra args contain only allowed parameters
 	for param := range config.ExtraOptions.AsMap().Get(bsutil.Kubeadm) {
 		if !config.ContainsParam(bsutil.KubeadmExtraArgsAllowed[bsutil.KubeadmCmdParam], param) &&
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/extraconfig.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/extraconfig.go
index 0f64b89f10db..946d087836d2 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/extraconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/extraconfig.go
@@ -95,6 +95,21 @@ func CreateFlagsFromExtraArgs(extraOptions config.ExtraOptionSlice) string {
 	return convertToFlags(kubeadmExtraOpts)
 }
 
+// FindInvalidExtraConfigFlags returns all invalid 'extra-config' options
+func FindInvalidExtraConfigFlags(opts config.ExtraOptionSlice) []string {
+	invalidOptsMap := make(map[string]struct{})
+	var invalidOpts []string
+	for _, extraOpt := range opts {
+		if _, ok := componentToKubeadmConfigKey[extraOpt.Component]; !ok {
+			if _, ok := invalidOptsMap[extraOpt.Component]; !ok {
+				invalidOpts = append(invalidOpts, extraOpt.Component)
+				invalidOptsMap[extraOpt.Component] = struct{}{}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return invalidOpts
+}
+
 // extraConfigForComponent generates a map of flagname-value pairs for a k8s
 // component.
 func extraConfigForComponent(component string, opts config.ExtraOptionSlice, version semver.Version) (map[string]string, error) {
@@ -133,20 +148,12 @@ func defaultOptionsForComponentAndVersion(component string, version semver.Versi
 
 // newComponentOptions creates a new componentOptions
 func newComponentOptions(opts config.ExtraOptionSlice, version semver.Version, featureGates string, cp config.Node) ([]componentOptions, error) {
-	var kubeadmExtraArgs []componentOptions
-	for _, extraOpt := range opts {
-		if _, ok := componentToKubeadmConfigKey[extraOpt.Component]; !ok {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown component %q. valid components are: %v", componentToKubeadmConfigKey, componentToKubeadmConfigKey)
-		}
-	}
-
-	keys := []string{}
-	for k := range componentToKubeadmConfigKey {
-		keys = append(keys, k)
+	if invalidOpts := FindInvalidExtraConfigFlags(opts); len(invalidOpts) > 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown components %v. valid components are: %v", invalidOpts, KubeadmExtraConfigOpts)
 	}
-	sort.Strings(keys)
 
-	for _, component := range keys {
+	var kubeadmExtraArgs []componentOptions
+	for _, component := range KubeadmExtraConfigOpts {
 		kubeadmComponentKey := componentToKubeadmConfigKey[component]
 		if kubeadmComponentKey == "" {
 			continue
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/extraconfig_test.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/extraconfig_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb43a77f1507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/extraconfig_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Package bsutil will eventually be renamed to kubeadm package after getting rid of older one
+package bsutil
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
+)
+
+func TestFindInvalidExtraConfigFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	defaultOpts := getExtraOpts()
+	badOption1 := config.ExtraOption{Component: "bad_option_1"}
+	badOption2 := config.ExtraOption{Component: "bad_option_2"}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		opts config.ExtraOptionSlice
+		want []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "with valid options only",
+			opts: defaultOpts,
+			want: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "with invalid options",
+			opts: append(defaultOpts, badOption1, badOption2),
+			want: []string{"bad_option_1", "bad_option_2"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "with invalid options and duplicates",
+			opts: append(defaultOpts, badOption2, badOption1, badOption1),
+			want: []string{"bad_option_2", "bad_option_1"},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := FindInvalidExtraConfigFlags(tt.opts); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("FindInvalidExtraConfigFlags() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm.go
index 7fa1f157dfc9..db5e24485ff4 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm.go
@@ -147,15 +147,26 @@ func GenerateKubeadmYAML(cc config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node, r cruntime.Mana
 // These are the components that can be configured
 // through the "extra-config"
 const (
-	Kubelet           = "kubelet"
-	Kubeadm           = "kubeadm"
 	Apiserver         = "apiserver"
-	Scheduler         = "scheduler"
 	ControllerManager = "controller-manager"
-	Kubeproxy         = "kube-proxy"
+	Scheduler         = "scheduler"
 	Etcd              = "etcd"
+	Kubeadm           = "kubeadm"
+	Kubeproxy         = "kube-proxy"
+	Kubelet           = "kubelet"
 )
 
+// KubeadmExtraConfigOpts is a list of allowed "extra-config" components
+var KubeadmExtraConfigOpts = []string{
+	Apiserver,
+	ControllerManager,
+	Scheduler,
+	Etcd,
+	Kubeadm,
+	Kubelet,
+	Kubeproxy,
+}
+
 // InvokeKubeadm returns the invocation command for Kubeadm
 func InvokeKubeadm(version string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("sudo env PATH=%s:$PATH kubeadm", binRoot(version))