diff --git a/pkg/cli/server/server.go b/pkg/cli/server/server.go
index b9603e12c67c..67130e5dfbde 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/server/server.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func run(app *cli.Context, cfg *cmds.Server, leaderControllers server.CustomCont
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.EtcdExposeMetrics = cfg.EtcdExposeMetrics
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.EtcdDisableSnapshots = cfg.EtcdDisableSnapshots
 
-	if !cfg.EtcdDisableSnapshots {
+	if !cfg.EtcdDisableSnapshots || cfg.ClusterReset {
 		serverConfig.ControlConfig.EtcdSnapshotCompress = cfg.EtcdSnapshotCompress
 		serverConfig.ControlConfig.EtcdSnapshotName = cfg.EtcdSnapshotName
 		serverConfig.ControlConfig.EtcdSnapshotCron = cfg.EtcdSnapshotCron