diff --git a/hack/jenkins/common.sh b/hack/jenkins/common.sh
index d5b152f0f6a6..548bf01b8809 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/common.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/common.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 # Copy only the files we need to this workspace
 mkdir -p out/ testdata/
 gsutil cp gs://minikube-builds/${MINIKUBE_LOCATION}/minikube-${OS_ARCH} out/
+gsutil cp gs://minikube-builds/${MINIKUBE_LOCATION}/localkube out/
 gsutil cp gs://minikube-builds/${MINIKUBE_LOCATION}/docker-machine-driver-* out/
 gsutil cp gs://minikube-builds/${MINIKUBE_LOCATION}/e2e-${OS_ARCH} out/
 gsutil cp gs://minikube-builds/${MINIKUBE_LOCATION}/testdata/busybox.yaml testdata/
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_test_virtualbox.ps1 b/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_test_virtualbox.ps1
index 5479e03a5d41..6db7ce01e40a 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_test_virtualbox.ps1
+++ b/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_test_virtualbox.ps1
@@ -14,15 +14,14 @@
 
 mkdir -p out
 gsutil.cmd cp gs://minikube-builds/$env:MINIKUBE_LOCATION/minikube-windows-amd64.exe out/
+gsutil.cmd cp gs://minikube-builds/$env:MINIKUBE_LOCATION/localkube out/
 gsutil.cmd cp gs://minikube-builds/$env:MINIKUBE_LOCATION/e2e-windows-amd64.exe out/
 gsutil.cmd cp -r gs://minikube-builds/$env:MINIKUBE_LOCATION/testdata .
 
-
 ./out/minikube-windows-amd64.exe delete
 Remove-Item -Recurse -Force C:\Users\jenkins\.minikube
 
-out/e2e-windows-amd64.exe --% -minikube-start-args="--vm-driver=virtualbox --kubernetes-version=file://./out/localkube " -minikube-args="--v=10 --logtostderr" -test.v -test.timeout=30m -binary=out/minikube-windows-amd64.exe
-
+out/e2e-windows-amd64.exe -minikube-start-largs="--vm-driver=virtualbox --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube-builds/$env:MINIKUBE_LOCATION/localkube" -minikube-args="--v=10 --logtostderr" -binary=out/minikube-windows-amd64.exe -test.v -test.timeout=30m
 $env:result=$lastexitcode
 # If the last exit code was 0->success, x>0->error
 If($env:result -eq 0){$env:status="success"}
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_test_virtualbox_kubeadm_crio.ps1 b/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_test_virtualbox_kubeadm_crio.ps1
index 8d1077d3200b..07ff23020b72 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_test_virtualbox_kubeadm_crio.ps1
+++ b/hack/jenkins/windows_integration_test_virtualbox_kubeadm_crio.ps1
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ gsutil.cmd cp -r gs://minikube-builds/$env:MINIKUBE_LOCATION/testdata .
 ./out/minikube-windows-amd64.exe delete
 Remove-Item -Recurse -Force C:\Users\jenkins\.minikube
 
-out/e2e-windows-amd64.exe --% -minikube-start-args="--vm-driver=virtualbox --container-runtime=cri-o" -minikube-args="--v=10 --logtostderr --bootstrapper=kubeadm" -test.v -test.timeout=30m -binary=out/minikube-windows-amd64.exe
+out/e2e-windows-amd64.exe --% -minikube-start-args="--vm-driver=virtualbox --container-runtime=cri-o" -minikube-args="--v=10 --logtostderr --bootstrapper=kubeadm" --% -test.v -test.timeout=30m -binary=out/minikube-windows-amd64.exe
 
 $env:result=$lastexitcode
 # If the last exit code was 0->success, x>0->error
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/kubernetes_versions/kubernetes_versions.go b/pkg/minikube/kubernetes_versions/kubernetes_versions.go
index 0c354de02e9c..cffaecc30ec0 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/kubernetes_versions/kubernetes_versions.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/kubernetes_versions/kubernetes_versions.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func GetK8sVersionsFromURL(url string) (K8sReleases, error) {
 }
 
 func IsValidLocalkubeVersion(v string, url string) (bool, error) {
-	if strings.HasPrefix(v, "file://") {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(v, "file://") || strings.HasPrefix(v, "http") {
 		return true, nil
 	}
 	k8sReleases, err := GetK8sVersionsFromURL(url)