diff --git a/docs/clusterdefinition.md b/docs/clusterdefinition.md
index 9cb8e06b9..456bc277e 100644
--- a/docs/clusterdefinition.md
+++ b/docs/clusterdefinition.md
@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ Below is a list of apiserver options that acs-engine will configure by default:
 
 |apiserver option|default value|
 |---|---|
-|"--admission-control"|"NamespaceLifecycle, LimitRanger, ServiceAccount, DefaultStorageClass, ResourceQuota, DenyEscalatingExec, AlwaysPullImages"|
+|"--admission-control"|"NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,ResourceQuota,DenyEscalatingExec,AlwaysPullImages" (Kubernetes versions prior to 1.9.0|
+|"--enable-admission-plugins"`*`|"NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota,DenyEscalatingExec,AlwaysPullImages" (Kubernetes versions 1.9.0 and later|
 |"--authorization-mode"|"Node", "RBAC" (*the latter if enabledRbac is true*)|
 |"--audit-log-maxage"|"30"|
 |"--audit-log-maxbackup"|"10"|
@@ -324,6 +325,8 @@ Below is a list of apiserver options that acs-engine will configure by default:
 |"--oidc-client-id"|*calculated value that represents OID client ID* (*if has AADProfile*)|
 |"--oidc-issuer-url"|*calculated value that represents OID issuer URL* (*if has AADProfile*)|
 
+`*` In Kubernetes versions 1.10.0 and later the `--admission-control` flag is deprecated and `--enable-admission-plugins` is used in its stead.
+
 
 Below is a list of apiserver options that are *not* currently user-configurable, either because a higher order configuration vector is available that enforces apiserver configuration, or because a static configuration is required to build a functional cluster:
 
diff --git a/pkg/acsengine/defaults-apiserver.go b/pkg/acsengine/defaults-apiserver.go
index 3b7c7edb6..620cbfda0 100644
--- a/pkg/acsengine/defaults-apiserver.go
+++ b/pkg/acsengine/defaults-apiserver.go
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ func setAPIServerConfig(cs *api.ContainerService) {
 
 	// Default apiserver config
 	defaultAPIServerConfig := map[string]string{
-		"--admission-control":   "NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,ResourceQuota,DenyEscalatingExec,AlwaysPullImages",
 		"--audit-log-maxage":    "30",
 		"--audit-log-maxbackup": "10",
 		"--audit-log-maxsize":   "100",
@@ -104,10 +103,9 @@ func setAPIServerConfig(cs *api.ContainerService) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Pod Security Policy configuration
-	if helpers.IsTrueBoolPointer(o.KubernetesConfig.EnablePodSecurityPolicy) {
-		defaultAPIServerConfig["--admission-control"] = defaultAPIServerConfig["--admission-control"] + ",PodSecurityPolicy"
-	}
+	// Set default admission controllers
+	admissionControlKey, admissionControlValues := getDefaultAdmissionControls(cs)
+	defaultAPIServerConfig[admissionControlKey] = admissionControlValues
 
 	// If no user-configurable apiserver config values exists, use the defaults
 	if o.KubernetesConfig.APIServerConfig == nil {
@@ -141,3 +139,29 @@ func setAPIServerConfig(cs *api.ContainerService) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func getDefaultAdmissionControls(cs *api.ContainerService) (string, string) {
+	o := cs.Properties.OrchestratorProfile
+	admissionControlKey := "--enable-admission-plugins"
+	var admissionControlValues string
+
+	// --admission-control was used in v1.9 and earlier and was deprecated in 1.10
+	if !common.IsKubernetesVersionGe(o.OrchestratorVersion, "1.10.0") {
+		admissionControlKey = "--admission-control"
+	}
+
+	// Add new version case when applying admission controllers only available in that version or later
+	switch {
+	case common.IsKubernetesVersionGe(o.OrchestratorVersion, "1.9.0"):
+		admissionControlValues = "NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota,DenyEscalatingExec,AlwaysPullImages"
+	default:
+		admissionControlValues = "NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,ResourceQuota,DenyEscalatingExec,AlwaysPullImages"
+	}
+
+	// Pod Security Policy configuration
+	if helpers.IsTrueBoolPointer(o.KubernetesConfig.EnablePodSecurityPolicy) {
+		admissionControlValues += ",PodSecurityPolicy"
+	}
+
+	return admissionControlKey, admissionControlValues
+}
diff --git a/pkg/acsengine/defaults-apiserver_test.go b/pkg/acsengine/defaults-apiserver_test.go
index f3ed27c5f..791170caa 100644
--- a/pkg/acsengine/defaults-apiserver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/acsengine/defaults-apiserver_test.go
@@ -291,6 +291,43 @@ func TestAPIServerConfigEnableSecureKubelet(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAPIServerConfigDefaultAdmissionControls(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test --enable-admission-plugins for v1.10 and above
+	version := "1.10.0"
+	cs := createContainerService("testcluster", version, 3, 2)
+	setAPIServerConfig(cs)
+	a := cs.Properties.OrchestratorProfile.KubernetesConfig.APIServerConfig
+
+	enableAdmissionPluginsKey := "--enable-admission-plugins"
+	admissonControlKey := "--admission-control"
+
+	// --enable-admission-plugins should be set for v1.10 and above
+	if _, found := a[enableAdmissionPluginsKey]; !found {
+		t.Fatalf("Admission control key '%s' not set in API server config for version %s", enableAdmissionPluginsKey, version)
+	}
+
+	// --admission-control was deprecated in v1.10
+	if _, found := a[admissonControlKey]; found {
+		t.Fatalf("Deprecated admission control key '%s' set in API server config for version %s", admissonControlKey, version)
+	}
+
+	// Test --admission-control for v1.9 and below
+	version = "1.9.0"
+	cs = createContainerService("testcluster", version, 3, 2)
+	setAPIServerConfig(cs)
+	a = cs.Properties.OrchestratorProfile.KubernetesConfig.APIServerConfig
+
+	// --enable-admission-plugins is available for v1.10 and above and should not be set here
+	if _, found := a[enableAdmissionPluginsKey]; found {
+		t.Fatalf("Unknown admission control key '%s' set in API server config for version %s", enableAdmissionPluginsKey, version)
+	}
+
+	// --admission-control is used for v1.9 and below
+	if _, found := a[admissonControlKey]; !found {
+		t.Fatalf("Admission control key '%s' not set in API server config for version %s", enableAdmissionPluginsKey, version)
+	}
+}
+
 func createContainerService(containerServiceName string, orchestratorVersion string, masterCount int, agentCount int) *api.ContainerService {
 	cs := api.ContainerService{}
 	cs.ID = uuid.NewV4().String()