diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/model/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/apis/kops/model/BUILD.bazel
index dd9a0e9503d7c..0200ce574e9b4 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/model/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/model/BUILD.bazel
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ go_library(
 
 go_test(
     name = "go_default_test",
-    srcs = ["utils_test.go"],
+    srcs = [
+        "features_test.go",
+        "utils_test.go",
+    ],
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
     deps = ["//pkg/apis/kops:go_default_library"],
 )
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/model/features_test.go b/pkg/apis/kops/model/features_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a5e30370cc68e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/model/features_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 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.
+*/
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/kops/pkg/apis/kops"
+)
+
+func TestUseCiliumEtcd(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		cluster  *kops.Cluster
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{
+			cluster: &kops.Cluster{
+				Spec: kops.ClusterSpec{
+					EtcdClusters: []kops.EtcdClusterSpec{
+						{
+							Name: "cilium",
+						},
+					},
+					Networking: &kops.NetworkingSpec{
+						Cilium: &kops.CiliumNetworkingSpec{
+							Version: "v1.8",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			cluster: &kops.Cluster{
+				Spec: kops.ClusterSpec{
+					EtcdClusters: []kops.EtcdClusterSpec{
+						{
+							Name: "cilium",
+						},
+					},
+					Networking: &kops.NetworkingSpec{},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			cluster: &kops.Cluster{
+				Spec: kops.ClusterSpec{
+					EtcdClusters: []kops.EtcdClusterSpec{
+						{
+							Name: "calico",
+						},
+					},
+					Networking: &kops.NetworkingSpec{
+						Cilium: &kops.CiliumNetworkingSpec{
+							Version: "v1.8",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: false,
+		},
+	} {
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.expected, UseCiliumEtcd(tc.cluster)) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %v, but got %v", tc.expected, UseCiliumEtcd(tc.cluster))
+		}
+	}
+}