diff --git a/sixtyctl/gcp.py b/sixtyctl/gcp.py
index 863bc7f..7255984 100644
--- a/sixtyctl/gcp.py
+++ b/sixtyctl/gcp.py
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ def create_container_cluster(project_id, cluster_name, zone=None):
         return lambda: True  # short circuit if cluster exists
     node_oauth_scopes = [
         'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery',
+        'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform',
         'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute',
         'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_write',
         'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/service.management.readonly',