diff --git a/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go b/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go
index 767cd190c..a27d2b314 100644
--- a/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	cloudConfigFilePath  = flag.String("cloud-config", "", "Path to GCE cloud provider config")
 	endpoint             = flag.String("endpoint", "unix:/tmp/csi.sock", "CSI endpoint")
+	computeEndpoint      = flag.String("compute-endpoint", "", "If set, used as the endpoint for the GCE API.")
 	runControllerService = flag.Bool("run-controller-service", true, "If set to false then the CSI driver does not activate its controller service (default: true)")
 	runNodeService       = flag.Bool("run-node-service", true, "If set to false then the CSI driver does not activate its node service (default: true)")
 	httpEndpoint         = flag.String("http-endpoint", "", "The TCP network address where the prometheus metrics endpoint will listen (example: `:8080`). The default is empty string, which means metrics endpoint is disabled.")
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ func handle() {
 	//Initialize requirements for the controller service
 	var controllerServer *driver.GCEControllerServer
 	if *runControllerService {
-		cloudProvider, err := gce.CreateCloudProvider(ctx, version, *cloudConfigFilePath)
+		cloudProvider, err := gce.CreateCloudProvider(ctx, version, *cloudConfigFilePath, *computeEndpoint)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Fatalf("Failed to get cloud provider: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/gce-cloud-provider/compute/gce.go b/pkg/gce-cloud-provider/compute/gce.go
index 493989cb4..c921446a5 100644
--- a/pkg/gce-cloud-provider/compute/gce.go
+++ b/pkg/gce-cloud-provider/compute/gce.go
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ const (
 
 	regionURITemplate = "projects/%s/regions/%s"
 
-	GCEComputeAPIEndpoint      = "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/"
-	GCEComputeBetaAPIEndpoint  = "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/beta/"
-	GCEComputeAlphaAPIEndpoint = "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/alpha/"
-
 	replicaZoneURITemplateSingleZone = "projects/%s/zones/%s" // {gce.projectID}/zones/{disk.Zone}
 )
 
@@ -73,7 +69,7 @@ type ConfigGlobal struct {
 	Zone      string `gcfg:"zone"`
 }
 
-func CreateCloudProvider(ctx context.Context, vendorVersion string, configPath string) (*CloudProvider, error) {
+func CreateCloudProvider(ctx context.Context, vendorVersion string, configPath string, computeEndpoint string) (*CloudProvider, error) {
 	configFile, err := readConfig(configPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -88,12 +84,12 @@ func CreateCloudProvider(ctx context.Context, vendorVersion string, configPath s
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	svc, err := createCloudService(ctx, vendorVersion, tokenSource)
+	svc, err := createCloudService(ctx, vendorVersion, tokenSource, computeEndpoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	betasvc, err := createBetaCloudService(ctx, vendorVersion, tokenSource)
+	betasvc, err := createBetaCloudService(ctx, vendorVersion, tokenSource, computeEndpoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -159,12 +155,17 @@ func readConfig(configPath string) (*ConfigFile, error) {
 	return cfg, nil
 }
 
-func createBetaCloudService(ctx context.Context, vendorVersion string, tokenSource oauth2.TokenSource) (*computebeta.Service, error) {
+func createBetaCloudService(ctx context.Context, vendorVersion string, tokenSource oauth2.TokenSource, computeEndpoint string) (*computebeta.Service, error) {
 	client, err := newOauthClient(ctx, tokenSource)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	service, err := computebeta.NewService(ctx, option.WithHTTPClient(client))
+
+	computeOpts := []option.ClientOption{option.WithHTTPClient(client)}
+	if computeEndpoint != "" {
+		computeOpts = append(computeOpts, option.WithEndpoint(computeEndpoint))
+	}
+	service, err := computebeta.NewService(ctx, computeOpts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -172,17 +173,22 @@ func createBetaCloudService(ctx context.Context, vendorVersion string, tokenSour
 	return service, nil
 }
 
-func createCloudService(ctx context.Context, vendorVersion string, tokenSource oauth2.TokenSource) (*compute.Service, error) {
-	svc, err := createCloudServiceWithDefaultServiceAccount(ctx, vendorVersion, tokenSource)
+func createCloudService(ctx context.Context, vendorVersion string, tokenSource oauth2.TokenSource, computeEndpoint string) (*compute.Service, error) {
+	svc, err := createCloudServiceWithDefaultServiceAccount(ctx, vendorVersion, tokenSource, computeEndpoint)
 	return svc, err
 }
 
-func createCloudServiceWithDefaultServiceAccount(ctx context.Context, vendorVersion string, tokenSource oauth2.TokenSource) (*compute.Service, error) {
+func createCloudServiceWithDefaultServiceAccount(ctx context.Context, vendorVersion string, tokenSource oauth2.TokenSource, computeEndpoint string) (*compute.Service, error) {
 	client, err := newOauthClient(ctx, tokenSource)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	service, err := compute.New(client)
+
+	computeOpts := []option.ClientOption{option.WithHTTPClient(client)}
+	if computeEndpoint != "" {
+		computeOpts = append(computeOpts, option.WithEndpoint(computeEndpoint))
+	}
+	service, err := compute.NewService(ctx, computeOpts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/controller.go b/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/controller.go
index 19ccec2a5..0c68d4107 100644
--- a/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/controller.go
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
+	"regexp"
 	"sort"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/k8s-cloud-provider/pkg/cloud/meta"
@@ -1526,9 +1526,8 @@ func generateCreateVolumeResponse(disk *gce.CloudDisk, zones []string) *csi.Crea
 }
 
 func cleanSelfLink(selfLink string) string {
-	temp := strings.TrimPrefix(selfLink, gce.GCEComputeAPIEndpoint)
-	temp = strings.TrimPrefix(temp, gce.GCEComputeBetaAPIEndpoint)
-	return strings.TrimPrefix(temp, gce.GCEComputeAlphaAPIEndpoint)
+	r, _ := regexp.Compile("https:\\/\\/www.*apis.com\\/.*(v1|beta|alpha)\\/")
+	return r.ReplaceAllString(selfLink, "")
 }
 
 func createRegionalDisk(ctx context.Context, cloudProvider gce.GCECompute, name string, zones []string, params common.DiskParameters, capacityRange *csi.CapacityRange, capBytes int64, snapshotID string, volumeContentSourceVolumeID string, multiWriter bool) (*gce.CloudDisk, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/controller_test.go b/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/controller_test.go
index 2e6fae83a..f7f68b268 100644
--- a/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/controller_test.go
@@ -2294,6 +2294,71 @@ func TestControllerPublishBackoffMissingInstance(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestCleanSelfLink(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name string
+		in   string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "v1 full standard w/ endpoint prefix",
+			in:   "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+			want: "projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "beta full standard w/ endpoint prefix",
+			in:   "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/beta/projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+			want: "projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "alpha full standard w/ endpoint prefix",
+			in:   "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/alpha/projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+			want: "projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "no prefix",
+			in:   "projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+			want: "projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+		},
+
+		{
+			name: "no prefix + project omitted",
+			in:   "zones/zone/disks/disk",
+			want: "zones/zone/disks/disk",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Compute prefix, google api",
+			in:   "https://www.compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+			want: "projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Compute prefix, partner api",
+			in:   "https://www.compute.PARTNERapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+			want: "projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Partner beta api",
+			in:   "https://www.PARTNERapis.com/compute/beta/projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+			want: "projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Partner alpha api",
+			in:   "https://www.partnerapis.com/compute/alpha/projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+			want: "projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Run test cases
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := cleanSelfLink(tc.in)
+			if got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("Expected cleaned self link: %v, got: %v", tc.want, got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func backoffTesterForPublish(t *testing.T, config *backoffTesterConfig) {
 	readyToExecute := make(chan chan gce.Signal)
 	cloudDisks := []*gce.CloudDisk{
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/setup_e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/tests/setup_e2e_test.go
index 9a7932ff4..dc048e5e2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tests/setup_e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/setup_e2e_test.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 
 			klog.Infof("Creating new driver and client for node %s\n", i.GetName())
 			// Create new driver and client
-			testContext, err := testutils.GCEClientAndDriverSetup(i)
+			testContext, err := testutils.GCEClientAndDriverSetup(i, "")
 			if err != nil {
 				klog.Fatalf("Failed to set up Test Context for instance %v: %v", i.GetName(), err)
 			}
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/single_zone_e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/tests/single_zone_e2e_test.go
index abacc5645..522bea183 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tests/single_zone_e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/single_zone_e2e_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -1123,6 +1124,40 @@ var _ = Describe("GCE PD CSI Driver", func() {
 			Expect(gce.IsGCEError(err, "notFound")).To(BeTrue(), "Expected disk to not be found")
 		}()
 	})
+
+	It("Should pass/fail if valid/invalid compute endpoint is passed in", func() {
+		// gets instance set up w/o compute-endpoint set from test setup
+		_, err := getRandomTestContext().Client.ListVolumes()
+		Expect(err).To(BeNil(), "no error expected when passed valid compute url")
+
+		zone := "us-central1-c"
+		nodeID := fmt.Sprintf("gce-pd-csi-e2e-%s", zone)
+		i, err := remote.SetupInstance(*project, *architecture, zone, nodeID, *machineType, *serviceAccount, *imageURL, computeService)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Fatalf("Failed to setup instance %v: %v", nodeID, err)
+		}
+
+		klog.Infof("Creating new driver and client for node %s\n", i.GetName())
+
+		// Create new driver and client w/ invalid endpoint
+		tcInvalid, err := testutils.GCEClientAndDriverSetup(i, "invalid-string")
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Fatalf("Failed to set up Test Context for instance %v: %v", i.GetName(), err)
+		}
+
+		_, err = tcInvalid.Client.ListVolumes()
+		Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring("no such host"), "expected error when passed invalid compute url")
+
+		// Create new driver and client w/ valid, passed-in endpoint
+		tcValid, err := testutils.GCEClientAndDriverSetup(i, "https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/")
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Fatalf("Failed to set up Test Context for instance %v: %v", i.GetName(), err)
+		}
+		_, err = tcValid.Client.ListVolumes()
+
+		Expect(err).To(BeNil(), "no error expected when passed valid compute url")
+	})
 })
 
 func equalWithinEpsilon(a, b, epsiolon int64) bool {
@@ -1204,7 +1239,6 @@ func createAndValidateUniqueZonalMultiWriterDisk(client *remote.CsiClient, proje
 }
 
 func cleanSelfLink(selfLink string) string {
-	temp := strings.TrimPrefix(selfLink, gce.GCEComputeAPIEndpoint)
-	temp = strings.TrimPrefix(temp, gce.GCEComputeBetaAPIEndpoint)
-	return strings.TrimPrefix(temp, gce.GCEComputeAlphaAPIEndpoint)
+	r, _ := regexp.Compile("https:\\/\\/www.*apis.com\\/.*(v1|beta|alpha)\\/")
+	return r.ReplaceAllString(selfLink, "")
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/utils/utils.go b/test/e2e/utils/utils.go
index 6d0198ebe..80d2da30d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/utils/utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/utils/utils.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ var (
 	boskos, _ = boskosclient.NewClient(os.Getenv("JOB_NAME"), "http://boskos", "", "")
 )
 
-func GCEClientAndDriverSetup(instance *remote.InstanceInfo) (*remote.TestContext, error) {
+func GCEClientAndDriverSetup(instance *remote.InstanceInfo, computeEndpoint string) (*remote.TestContext, error) {
 	port := fmt.Sprintf("%v", 1024+rand.Intn(10000))
 	goPath, ok := os.LookupEnv("GOPATH")
 	if !ok {
@@ -53,10 +53,14 @@ func GCEClientAndDriverSetup(instance *remote.InstanceInfo) (*remote.TestContext
 	binPath := path.Join(pkgPath, "bin/gce-pd-csi-driver")
 
 	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("tcp://localhost:%s", port)
+	computeFlag := ""
+	if computeEndpoint != "" {
+		computeFlag = fmt.Sprintf("--compute-endpoint %s", computeEndpoint)
+	}
 
 	workspace := remote.NewWorkspaceDir("gce-pd-e2e-")
-	driverRunCmd := fmt.Sprintf("sh -c '/usr/bin/nohup %s/gce-pd-csi-driver -v=4 --endpoint=%s --extra-labels=%s=%s 2> %s/prog.out < /dev/null > /dev/null &'",
-		workspace, endpoint, DiskLabelKey, DiskLabelValue, workspace)
+	driverRunCmd := fmt.Sprintf("sh -c '/usr/bin/nohup %s/gce-pd-csi-driver -v=4 --endpoint=%s %s --extra-labels=%s=%s 2> %s/prog.out < /dev/null > /dev/null &'",
+		workspace, endpoint, computeFlag, DiskLabelKey, DiskLabelValue, workspace)
 
 	config := &remote.ClientConfig{
 		PkgPath:      pkgPath,