diff --git a/net/gce.sh b/net/gce.sh
index 73fa8fab5..651190343 100755
--- a/net/gce.sh
+++ b/net/gce.sh
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ while [[ -n $1 ]]; do
     elif [[ $1 = --fullnode-additional-disk-size-gb ]]; then
       fullNodeAdditionalDiskSizeInGb="$2"
       shift 2
-    elif [[ $1 == --machine-type* ]]; then # Bypass quoted long args for GPUs
+    elif [[ $1 == --machine-type* || $1 == --custom-cpu* ]]; then # Bypass quoted long args for GPUs
       shortArgs+=("$1")
       shift
     else