diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d90127cea50..e55b8192b6d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golangplus/testing v0.0.0-20180327235837-af21d9c3145e // indirect
 	github.com/google/btree v0.0.0-20180124185431-e89373fe6b4a // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/context v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6e2fe5c3353..3691d9c7b42 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+cloud.google.com/go v0.34.0 h1:eOI3/cP2VTU6uZLDYAoic+eyzzB9YyGmJ7eIjl8rOPg=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.34.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20170929234023-d6e3b3328b78 h1:w+iIsaOQNcT7OZ575w+acHgRric5iCyQh+xv+KJ4HB8=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20170929234023-d6e3b3328b78/go.mod h1:LmzpDX56iTiv29bbRTIsUNlaFfuhWRQBWjQdVyAevI8=
@@ -119,6 +120,8 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.0.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+
 github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.0.0-20170426233943-68f4ded48ba9/go.mod h1:sJBsCZ4ayReDTBIg8b9dl28c5xFWyhBTVRp3pOg5EKY=
 github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.2.0 h1:l6N3VoaVzTncYYW+9yOz2LJJammFZGBO13sqgEhpy9g=
 github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.2.0/go.mod h1:sJBsCZ4ayReDTBIg8b9dl28c5xFWyhBTVRp3pOg5EKY=
+github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud v0.3.0 h1:6sjpKIpVwRIIwmcEGp+WwNovNsem+c+2vm6oxshRpL8=
+github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud v0.3.0/go.mod h1:vxM41WHh5uqHVBMZHzuwNOHh8XEoIEcSTewFxm1c5g8=
 github.com/gorilla/context v1.1.1 h1:AWwleXJkX/nhcU9bZSnZoi3h/qGYqQAGhq6zZe/aQW8=
 github.com/gorilla/context v1.1.1/go.mod h1:kBGZzfjB9CEq2AlWe17Uuf7NDRt0dE0s8S51q0aT7Yg=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.6.2 h1:Pgr17XVTNXAk3q/r4CpKzC5xBM/qW1uVLV+IhRZpIIk=
@@ -274,6 +277,7 @@ go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0 h1:HoEmRHQPVSqub6w2z2d2EOVs2fjyFRGyofhKuyDq0QI=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:wR5kodmAFQ0UK8QlbwjlSNy0Z68gJhDJUG5sjR94q/0=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.9.1 h1:XCJQEf3W6eZaVwhRBof6ImoYGJSITeKWsyeh3HFu/5o=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.9.1/go.mod h1:vwi/ZaCAaUcBkycHslxD9B2zi4UTXhF60s6SWpuDF0Q=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190211182817-74369b46fc67/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2 h1:VklqNMn3ovrHsnt90PveolxSbWFaJdECFbxSq0Mqo2M=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190611184440-5c40567a22f8 h1:1wopBVtVdWnn03fZelqdXTqk7U7zPQCb+T4rbU9ZEoU=
@@ -299,6 +303,7 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181221193216-37e7f081c4d4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJ
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58 h1:8gQV6CLnAEikrhgkHFbMAEhagSSnXWGV915qUMm9mrU=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20170830134202-bb24a47a89ea/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190209173611-3b5209105503/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a h1:1BGLXjeY4akVXGgbC9HugT3Jv3hCI0z56oJR5vAMgBU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190312061237-fead79001313 h1:pczuHS43Cp2ktBEEmLwScxgjWsBSzdaQiKzUyf3DTTc=
diff --git a/pkg/tkctl/cmd/cmd.go b/pkg/tkctl/cmd/cmd.go
index 7ec148760e5..5d11b9498de 100644
--- a/pkg/tkctl/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/tkctl/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-operator/pkg/tkctl/cmd/use"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-operator/pkg/tkctl/cmd/version"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-operator/pkg/tkctl/config"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
+	// TODO: import azure auth plugin after updating to k8s 1.13+
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/exec"
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc"
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/openstack"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 )