diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/Makefile b/cluster-autoscaler/Makefile
index 512cedcc4315..8bf5a487d552 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/Makefile
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ifndef REGISTRY
 	$(ERR)
 endif
 	docker build --pull -t ${REGISTRY}/cluster-autoscaler:${TAG} .
-	gcloud docker -- push ${REGISTRY}/cluster-autoscaler:${TAG}
+	./push_image.sh ${REGISTRY}/cluster-autoscaler:${TAG}
 
 clean:
 	rm -f cluster-autoscaler
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/push_image.sh b/cluster-autoscaler/push_image.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..d383b2a04c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/push_image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+IMAGE_TO_PUSH=$1
+if [ -z $IMAGE_TO_PUSH ]; then
+  echo No image passed
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "About to push image $IMAGE_TO_PUSH"
+read -r -p "Are you sure? [y/N] " response
+if [[ "$response" =~ ^([yY])+$ ]]; then
+  gcloud docker -- pull $IMAGE_TO_PUSH
+  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo $IMAGE_TO_PUSH already exists
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  gcloud docker -- push $IMAGE_TO_PUSH
+else
+  echo Aborted
+  exit 1
+fi
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