diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-azure/cloud-provider-azure-config.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-azure/cloud-provider-azure-config.yaml
index 8923a7ecdd54..ce07bee6cac9 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-azure/cloud-provider-azure-config.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-azure/cloud-provider-azure-config.yaml
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ presubmits:
         env:
         - name: K8S_AZURE_LOADBALANCE_SKU
           value: "basic"
+        - name: AZURE_LOADBALANCER_SKU
+          value: "basic"
     annotations:
       testgrid-dashboards: provider-azure-cloud-provider-azure
       testgrid-tab-name: pr-cloud-provider-azure-e2e-ccm-vmss-basic-lb
@@ -196,6 +198,8 @@ presubmits:
           env:
             - name: K8S_AZURE_LOADBALANCE_SKU
               value: "standard"
+            - name: AZURE_LOADBALANCER_SKU
+              value: "standard"
     annotations:
       testgrid-dashboards: provider-azure-cloud-provider-azure
       testgrid-tab-name: pr-cloud-provider-azure-e2e-ccm
@@ -257,6 +261,8 @@ presubmits:
           env:
             - name: K8S_AZURE_LOADBALANCE_SKU
               value: "standard"
+            - name: AZURE_LOADBALANCER_SKU
+              value: "standard"
     annotations:
       testgrid-dashboards: provider-azure-cloud-provider-azure
       testgrid-tab-name: pr-cloud-provider-azure-e2e-ccm-vmss
@@ -338,6 +344,8 @@ periodics:
       env:
       - name: K8S_AZURE_LOADBALANCE_SKU
         value: "standard"
+      - name: AZURE_LOADBALANCER_SKU
+        value: "standard"
       securityContext:
         privileged: true
   annotations:
@@ -403,6 +411,8 @@ periodics:
         value: "-ginkgo.focus=autoscaler"
       - name: K8S_AZURE_LOADBALANCE_SKU
         value: "standard"
+      - name: AZURE_LOADBALANCER_SKU
+        value: "standard"
   annotations:
     testgrid-dashboards: provider-azure-cloud-provider-azure
     testgrid-tab-name: cloud-provider-azure-autoscaling
@@ -466,6 +476,8 @@ periodics:
         value: "-ginkgo.focus=autoscaler"
       - name: K8S_AZURE_LOADBALANCE_SKU
         value: "standard"
+      - name: AZURE_LOADBALANCER_SKU
+        value: "standard"
   annotations:
     testgrid-dashboards: provider-azure-cloud-provider-azure
     testgrid-tab-name: cloud-provider-azure-autoscaling-multipool
@@ -651,7 +663,8 @@ periodics:
         value: azureuser
       - name: K8S_AZURE_LOADBALANCE_SKU
         value: "basic"
-
+      - name: AZURE_LOADBALANCER_SKU
+        value: "standard"
   annotations:
     testgrid-dashboards: provider-azure-cloud-provider-azure
     testgrid-tab-name: cloud-provider-azure-serial
@@ -711,6 +724,8 @@ periodics:
       env:
       - name: K8S_AZURE_LOADBALANCE_SKU
         value: "standard"
+      - name: AZURE_LOADBALANCER_SKU
+        value: "standard"
       securityContext:
         privileged: true
   annotations:
diff --git a/kubetest/aksengine.go b/kubetest/aksengine.go
index 672224e10111..8e6c3b1c5241 100644
--- a/kubetest/aksengine.go
+++ b/kubetest/aksengine.go
@@ -1201,6 +1201,7 @@ func (c *aksEngineDeployer) GetClusterCreated(clusterName string) (time.Time, er
 }
 
 func (c *aksEngineDeployer) setCred() error {
+	// TODO (cecile): remove old variables once the cloud provider e2e test variables are updated.
 	if err := os.Setenv("K8S_AZURE_TENANTID", c.credentials.TenantID); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -1217,6 +1218,21 @@ func (c *aksEngineDeployer) setCred() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if err := os.Setenv("AZURE_TENANT_ID", c.credentials.TenantID); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := os.Setenv("AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID", c.credentials.SubscriptionID); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := os.Setenv("AZURE_CLIENT_ID", c.credentials.ClientID); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := os.Setenv("AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET", c.credentials.ClientSecret); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := os.Setenv("AZURE_LOCATION", c.location); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return nil
 }