diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 2e8cde87e8..3682209c77 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@
     "pkg/version",
     "plugin/pkg/client/auth/exec",
     "plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp",
+    "plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc",
     "rest",
     "rest/watch",
     "testing",
@@ -805,6 +806,6 @@
 [solve-meta]
   analyzer-name = "dep"
   analyzer-version = 1
-  inputs-digest = "6702ab70994ca0b365c3da36b183ec7ae4e7d31ac8c24af8ef0a43d71e9f3d1a"
+  inputs-digest = "d52b35b964f01e5f6dda6ac5f238bb097c5116e410db011a7a3feedc3a46b7ab"
   solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
   solver-version = 1
diff --git a/cmd/e2e-test/main_test.go b/cmd/e2e-test/main_test.go
index 492a67d128..9a06d01742 100644
--- a/cmd/e2e-test/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/e2e-test/main_test.go
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-gce/pkg/e2e"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-gce/pkg/version"
+
 	// Pull in the auth library for GCP.
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/cmd/fuzzer/app/validate.go b/cmd/fuzzer/app/validate.go
index 2c2bd7bde5..57d1ea4b9d 100644
--- a/cmd/fuzzer/app/validate.go
+++ b/cmd/fuzzer/app/validate.go
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/ingress-gce/pkg/e2e"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-gce/pkg/fuzz"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-gce/pkg/fuzz/features"
+
 	// Pull in the auth library for GCP.
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/cmd/fuzzer/fuzzer.go b/cmd/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
index 8c4f6c9a93..83f7a78dee 100644
--- a/cmd/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
+++ b/cmd/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-gce/cmd/fuzzer/app"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/glbc/app/clients.go b/cmd/glbc/app/clients.go
index 40bc5df752..d1877efcdc 100644
--- a/cmd/glbc/app/clients.go
+++ b/cmd/glbc/app/clients.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 	// Register the GCP authorization provider.
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc"
 
 	"k8s.io/ingress-gce/pkg/flags"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-gce/pkg/ratelimit"
diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller.go b/pkg/controller/controller.go
index 18fc82b004..379e551887 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller.go
@@ -452,7 +452,9 @@ func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) sync(key string) error {
 	urlMap, errs := lbc.Translator.TranslateIngress(ing, lbc.ctx.DefaultBackendSvcPortID)
 	syncState := &syncState{urlMap, ing}
 	if errs != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error while evaluating the ingress spec: %v", utils.JoinErrs(errs))
+		msg := fmt.Errorf("error while evaluating the ingress spec: %v", utils.JoinErrs(errs))
+		lbc.ctx.Recorder(ing.Namespace).Eventf(ing, apiv1.EventTypeWarning, "Translate", msg.Error())
+		return msg
 	}
 
 	// Sync GCP resources.
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc/OWNERS b/vendor/k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0f3c6ca98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+approvers:
+- ericchiang
+reviewers:
+- ericchiang
+- rithujohn191
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc/oidc.go b/vendor/k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc/oidc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c3ea0ab8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc/oidc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,379 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 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 oidc
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net"
+	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+)
+
+const (
+	cfgIssuerUrl                = "idp-issuer-url"
+	cfgClientID                 = "client-id"
+	cfgClientSecret             = "client-secret"
+	cfgCertificateAuthority     = "idp-certificate-authority"
+	cfgCertificateAuthorityData = "idp-certificate-authority-data"
+	cfgIDToken                  = "id-token"
+	cfgRefreshToken             = "refresh-token"
+
+	// Unused. Scopes aren't sent during refreshing.
+	cfgExtraScopes = "extra-scopes"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	if err := restclient.RegisterAuthProviderPlugin("oidc", newOIDCAuthProvider); err != nil {
+		glog.Fatalf("Failed to register oidc auth plugin: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// expiryDelta determines how earlier a token should be considered
+// expired than its actual expiration time. It is used to avoid late
+// expirations due to client-server time mismatches.
+//
+// NOTE(ericchiang): this is take from golang.org/x/oauth2
+const expiryDelta = 10 * time.Second
+
+var cache = newClientCache()
+
+// Like TLS transports, keep a cache of OIDC clients indexed by issuer URL. This ensures
+// current requests from different clients don't concurrently attempt to refresh the same
+// set of credentials.
+type clientCache struct {
+	mu sync.RWMutex
+
+	cache map[cacheKey]*oidcAuthProvider
+}
+
+func newClientCache() *clientCache {
+	return &clientCache{cache: make(map[cacheKey]*oidcAuthProvider)}
+}
+
+type cacheKey struct {
+	// Canonical issuer URL string of the provider.
+	issuerURL string
+	clientID  string
+}
+
+func (c *clientCache) getClient(issuer, clientID string) (*oidcAuthProvider, bool) {
+	c.mu.RLock()
+	defer c.mu.RUnlock()
+	client, ok := c.cache[cacheKey{issuer, clientID}]
+	return client, ok
+}
+
+// setClient attempts to put the client in the cache but may return any clients
+// with the same keys set before. This is so there's only ever one client for a provider.
+func (c *clientCache) setClient(issuer, clientID string, client *oidcAuthProvider) *oidcAuthProvider {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	key := cacheKey{issuer, clientID}
+
+	// If another client has already initialized a client for the given provider we want
+	// to use that client instead of the one we're trying to set. This is so all transports
+	// share a client and can coordinate around the same mutex when refreshing and writing
+	// to the kubeconfig.
+	if oldClient, ok := c.cache[key]; ok {
+		return oldClient
+	}
+
+	c.cache[key] = client
+	return client
+}
+
+func newOIDCAuthProvider(_ string, cfg map[string]string, persister restclient.AuthProviderConfigPersister) (restclient.AuthProvider, error) {
+	issuer := cfg[cfgIssuerUrl]
+	if issuer == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Must provide %s", cfgIssuerUrl)
+	}
+
+	clientID := cfg[cfgClientID]
+	if clientID == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Must provide %s", cfgClientID)
+	}
+
+	// Check cache for existing provider.
+	if provider, ok := cache.getClient(issuer, clientID); ok {
+		return provider, nil
+	}
+
+	if len(cfg[cfgExtraScopes]) > 0 {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("%s auth provider field depricated, refresh request don't send scopes",
+			cfgExtraScopes)
+	}
+
+	var certAuthData []byte
+	var err error
+	if cfg[cfgCertificateAuthorityData] != "" {
+		certAuthData, err = base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(cfg[cfgCertificateAuthorityData])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	clientConfig := restclient.Config{
+		TLSClientConfig: restclient.TLSClientConfig{
+			CAFile: cfg[cfgCertificateAuthority],
+			CAData: certAuthData,
+		},
+	}
+
+	trans, err := restclient.TransportFor(&clientConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	hc := &http.Client{Transport: trans}
+
+	provider := &oidcAuthProvider{
+		client:    hc,
+		now:       time.Now,
+		cfg:       cfg,
+		persister: persister,
+	}
+
+	return cache.setClient(issuer, clientID, provider), nil
+}
+
+type oidcAuthProvider struct {
+	client *http.Client
+
+	// Method for determining the current time.
+	now func() time.Time
+
+	// Mutex guards persisting to the kubeconfig file and allows synchronized
+	// updates to the in-memory config. It also ensures concurrent calls to
+	// the RoundTripper only trigger a single refresh request.
+	mu        sync.Mutex
+	cfg       map[string]string
+	persister restclient.AuthProviderConfigPersister
+}
+
+func (p *oidcAuthProvider) WrapTransport(rt http.RoundTripper) http.RoundTripper {
+	return &roundTripper{
+		wrapped:  rt,
+		provider: p,
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *oidcAuthProvider) Login() error {
+	return errors.New("not yet implemented")
+}
+
+type roundTripper struct {
+	provider *oidcAuthProvider
+	wrapped  http.RoundTripper
+}
+
+var _ net.RoundTripperWrapper = &roundTripper{}
+
+func (r *roundTripper) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	if len(req.Header.Get("Authorization")) != 0 {
+		return r.wrapped.RoundTrip(req)
+	}
+	token, err := r.provider.idToken()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// shallow copy of the struct
+	r2 := new(http.Request)
+	*r2 = *req
+	// deep copy of the Header so we don't modify the original
+	// request's Header (as per RoundTripper contract).
+	r2.Header = make(http.Header)
+	for k, s := range req.Header {
+		r2.Header[k] = s
+	}
+	r2.Header.Set("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", token))
+
+	return r.wrapped.RoundTrip(r2)
+}
+
+func (t *roundTripper) WrappedRoundTripper() http.RoundTripper { return t.wrapped }
+
+func (p *oidcAuthProvider) idToken() (string, error) {
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	defer p.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if idToken, ok := p.cfg[cfgIDToken]; ok && len(idToken) > 0 {
+		valid, err := idTokenExpired(p.now, idToken)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		if valid {
+			// If the cached id token is still valid use it.
+			return idToken, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Try to request a new token using the refresh token.
+	rt, ok := p.cfg[cfgRefreshToken]
+	if !ok || len(rt) == 0 {
+		return "", errors.New("No valid id-token, and cannot refresh without refresh-token")
+	}
+
+	// Determine provider's OAuth2 token endpoint.
+	tokenURL, err := tokenEndpoint(p.client, p.cfg[cfgIssuerUrl])
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	config := oauth2.Config{
+		ClientID:     p.cfg[cfgClientID],
+		ClientSecret: p.cfg[cfgClientSecret],
+		Endpoint:     oauth2.Endpoint{TokenURL: tokenURL},
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), oauth2.HTTPClient, p.client)
+	token, err := config.TokenSource(ctx, &oauth2.Token{RefreshToken: rt}).Token()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to refresh token: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	idToken, ok := token.Extra("id_token").(string)
+	if !ok {
+		// id_token isn't a required part of a refresh token response, so some
+		// providers (Okta) don't return this value.
+		//
+		// See https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/36847
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("token response did not contain an id_token, either the scope \"openid\" wasn't requested upon login, or the provider doesn't support id_tokens as part of the refresh response.")
+	}
+
+	// Create a new config to persist.
+	newCfg := make(map[string]string)
+	for key, val := range p.cfg {
+		newCfg[key] = val
+	}
+
+	// Update the refresh token if the server returned another one.
+	if token.RefreshToken != "" && token.RefreshToken != rt {
+		newCfg[cfgRefreshToken] = token.RefreshToken
+	}
+	newCfg[cfgIDToken] = idToken
+
+	// Persist new config and if successful, update the in memory config.
+	if err = p.persister.Persist(newCfg); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not persist new tokens: %v", err)
+	}
+	p.cfg = newCfg
+
+	return idToken, nil
+}
+
+// tokenEndpoint uses OpenID Connect discovery to determine the OAuth2 token
+// endpoint for the provider, the endpoint the client will use the refresh
+// token against.
+func tokenEndpoint(client *http.Client, issuer string) (string, error) {
+	// Well known URL for getting OpenID Connect metadata.
+	//
+	// https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html#ProviderConfig
+	wellKnown := strings.TrimSuffix(issuer, "/") + "/.well-known/openid-configuration"
+	resp, err := client.Get(wellKnown)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		// Don't produce an error that's too huge (e.g. if we get HTML back for some reason).
+		const n = 80
+		if len(body) > n {
+			body = append(body[:n], []byte("...")...)
+		}
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("oidc: failed to query metadata endpoint %s: %q", resp.Status, body)
+	}
+
+	// Metadata object. We only care about the token_endpoint, the thing endpoint
+	// we'll be refreshing against.
+	//
+	// https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html#ProviderMetadata
+	var metadata struct {
+		TokenURL string `json:"token_endpoint"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &metadata); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("oidc: failed to decode provider discovery object: %v", err)
+	}
+	if metadata.TokenURL == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("oidc: discovery object doesn't contain a token_endpoint")
+	}
+	return metadata.TokenURL, nil
+}
+
+func idTokenExpired(now func() time.Time, idToken string) (bool, error) {
+	parts := strings.Split(idToken, ".")
+	if len(parts) != 3 {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("ID Token is not a valid JWT")
+	}
+
+	payload, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(parts[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	var claims struct {
+		Expiry jsonTime `json:"exp"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(payload, &claims); err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("parsing claims: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return now().Add(expiryDelta).Before(time.Time(claims.Expiry)), nil
+}
+
+// jsonTime is a json.Unmarshaler that parses a unix timestamp.
+// Because JSON numbers don't differentiate between ints and floats,
+// we want to ensure we can parse either.
+type jsonTime time.Time
+
+func (j *jsonTime) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	var n json.Number
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &n); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var unix int64
+
+	if t, err := n.Int64(); err == nil {
+		unix = t
+	} else {
+		f, err := n.Float64()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		unix = int64(f)
+	}
+	*j = jsonTime(time.Unix(unix, 0))
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (j jsonTime) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(time.Time(j).Unix())
+}