diff --git a/local_setup.sh b/local_setup.sh
index 23d9c97..55e3cc2 100755
--- a/local_setup.sh
+++ b/local_setup.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ROOT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
 # install all the required tools for managing the cluster
-sudo apt install -y google-cloud-sdk kubectl docker
+sudo apt install -y google-cloud-sdk kubectl docker google-cloud-sdk-gke-gcloud-auth-plugin
 
 # configure gCloud
 source "${ROOT_DIR}/k8s_config"
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ gcloud config set project ${GCP_PROJECT}
 gcloud config set compute/zone ${GCP_ZONE}
 # setup docker for pushing containers
 gcloud auth configure-docker
-gcloud container clusters get-credentials $GCP_CLUSTER
\ No newline at end of file
+gcloud container clusters get-credentials $GCP_CLUSTER