diff --git a/scripts/test-run-etcd b/scripts/test-run-etcd
index 78fb649ddfe1..9a3a734a635e 100755
--- a/scripts/test-run-etcd
+++ b/scripts/test-run-etcd
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ all_services=(
 export NUM_SERVERS=2
 export NUM_AGENTS=0
 export WAIT_SERVICES="${all_services[@]}"
-export SERVER_1_ARGS="--cluster-init"
+export SERVER_1_ARGS="--cluster-init --node-taint=node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane=effect:NoSchedule"
 
 REPO=${REPO:-rancher}
 IMAGE_NAME=${IMAGE_NAME:-k3s}