diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/config_test.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/config_test.go
index faa7b32ee6..5736897d64 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/config_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/constants"
 )
 
 type configTestCase struct {
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ var configTestCases = []configTestCase{
     "vm-driver": "kvm"
 }`,
 		config: map[string]interface{}{
-			"vm-driver":                 "kvm",
+			"vm-driver":                 constants.DriverKvmOld,
 			"cpus":                      4,
 			"disk-size":                 "20g",
 			"v":                         5,
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/util_test.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/util_test.go
index cd05e88210..8e3e78ce11 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/util_test.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/util_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var minikubeConfig = pkgConfig.MinikubeConfig{
-	"vm-driver":            "kvm",
+	"vm-driver":            constants.DriverKvmOld,
 	"cpus":                 12,
 	"show-libmachine-logs": true,
 }
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index d7bc068da1..ac4da6c4ac 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func validateUser() {
 	// Display warning if minikube is being started with root and vmDriver is not HyperV
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Error getting the current user: %v", err)
-	} else if currentUser.Name == "root" && !(viper.GetString(vmDriver) == "hyperv" || viper.GetString(vmDriver) == "none") {
+	} else if currentUser.Name == "root" && !(viper.GetString(vmDriver) == constants.DriverHyperv || viper.GetString(vmDriver) == constants.DriverNone) {
 		console.OutStyle(console.WarningType, "Please don't run minikube as root or with 'sudo' privileges. It isn't necessary.")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
index 7642204d13..f1b91d5d12 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func DeleteHost(api libmachine.API) error {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "load")
 	}
 	// This is slow if SSH is not responding, but HyperV hangs otherwise, See issue #2914
-	if host.Driver.DriverName() == "hyperv" {
+	if host.Driver.DriverName() == constants.DriverHyperv {
 		trySSHPowerOff(host)
 	}
 
@@ -320,21 +320,21 @@ func engineOptions(config cfg.MachineConfig) *engine.Options {
 
 func preCreateHost(config *cfg.MachineConfig) {
 	switch config.VMDriver {
-	case "kvm":
+	case constants.DriverKvmOld:
 		if viper.GetBool(cfg.ShowDriverDeprecationNotification) {
 			console.Warning(`The kvm driver is deprecated and support for it will be removed in a future release.
 				Please consider switching to the kvm2 driver, which is intended to replace the kvm driver.
 				See https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/docs/drivers.md#kvm2-driver for more information.
 				To disable this message, run [minikube config set ShowDriverDeprecationNotification false]`)
 		}
-	case "xhyve":
+	case constants.DriverXhyve:
 		if viper.GetBool(cfg.ShowDriverDeprecationNotification) {
 			console.Warning(`The xhyve driver is deprecated and support for it will be removed in a future release.
 Please consider switching to the hyperkit driver, which is intended to replace the xhyve driver.
 See https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/docs/drivers.md#hyperkit-driver for more information.
 To disable this message, run [minikube config set ShowDriverDeprecationNotification false]`)
 		}
-	case "vmwarefusion":
+	case constants.DriverVmwareFusion:
 		if viper.GetBool(cfg.ShowDriverDeprecationNotification) {
 			console.Warning(`The vmwarefusion driver is deprecated and support for it will be removed in a future release.
 				Please consider switching to the new vmware unified driver, which is intended to replace the vmwarefusion driver.
@@ -407,11 +407,11 @@ func GetHostDockerEnv(api libmachine.API) (map[string]string, error) {
 // GetVMHostIP gets the ip address to be used for mapping host -> VM and VM -> host
 func GetVMHostIP(host *host.Host) (net.IP, error) {
 	switch host.DriverName {
-	case "kvm":
+	case constants.DriverKvmOld:
 		return net.ParseIP("192.168.42.1"), nil
 	case constants.DriverKvm2:
 		return net.ParseIP("192.168.39.1"), nil
-	case "hyperv":
+	case constants.DriverHyperv:
 		re := regexp.MustCompile(`"VSwitch": "(.*?)",`)
 		// TODO(aprindle) Change this to deserialize the driver instead
 		hypervVirtualSwitch := re.FindStringSubmatch(string(host.RawDriver))[1]
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ func GetVMHostIP(host *host.Host) (net.IP, error) {
 			return []byte{}, errors.Wrap(err, "Error getting VM/Host IP address")
 		}
 		return ip, nil
-	case "xhyve", constants.DriverHyperkit:
+	case constants.DriverXhyve, constants.DriverHyperkit:
 		return net.ParseIP("192.168.64.1"), nil
 	case constants.DriverVmware:
 		vmIPString, err := host.Driver.GetIP()
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/config/config_test.go b/pkg/minikube/config/config_test.go
index 3a563e9235..ecc13c5ce7 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/config/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/config/config_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/constants"
 )
 
 type configTestCase struct {
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ var configTestCases = []configTestCase{
     "vm-driver": "kvm"
 }`,
 		config: map[string]interface{}{
-			"vm-driver":                 "kvm",
+			"vm-driver":                 constants.DriverKvmOld,
 			"cpus":                      4,
 			"disk-size":                 "20g",
 			"v":                         5,
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go b/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go
index a01ab32af2..698a3abc59 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go
@@ -62,30 +62,42 @@ func ArchTag(hasTag bool) string {
 // DriverNone is the none driver.
 const DriverNone = "none"
 
-// DriverKvmOld is the old kvm driver option
+// DriverKvmOld is the depricated kvm driver option name
 const DriverKvmOld = "kvm"
 
-// DriverKvm2 is the kvm2 driver option used in linux
+// DriverKvm2 is the kvm2 driver option name for in linux
 const DriverKvm2 = "kvm2"
 
-// DriverVirtualbox is the virtualbox driver option
+// DriverVirtualbox is the virtualbox driver option name
 const DriverVirtualbox = "virtualbox"
 
-// DriverHyperkit is the hyperkit driver option for mac os
+// DriverHyperkit is the hyperkit driver option name for mac os
 const DriverHyperkit = "hyperkit"
 
-// DriverVmware is the hyperkit driver option for mac os
+// DriverVmware is the vmware driver option name
 const DriverVmware = "vmware"
 
+// DriverVmwareFusion is the vmware fusion driver option
+const DriverVmwareFusion = "vmwarefusion"
+
+// DriverHyperv is the hyperv driver option for windows
+const DriverHyperv = "hyperv"
+
+// DriverXhyve is the depricated xhyve driver option name
+const DriverXhyve = "xhyve"
+
+// DriverParallels is the parallels driver option name
+const DriverParallels = "parallels"
+
 // SupportedVMDrivers is a list of supported drivers on all platforms. Currently
 // used in gendocs.
 var SupportedVMDrivers = [...]string{
 	DriverVirtualbox,
-	"parallels",
-	"vmwarefusion",
+	DriverParallels,
+	DriverVmwareFusion,
 	DriverKvmOld,
-	"xhyve",
-	"hyperv",
+	DriverXhyve,
+	DriverHyperv,
 	DriverHyperkit,
 	DriverKvm2,
 	DriverVmware,
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperv/driver.go b/pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperv/driver.go
index 58d3eac839..11ef8fa51b 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperv/driver.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperv/driver.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	registry.Register(registry.DriverDef{
-		Name:          "hyperv",
+		Name:          constants.DriverHyperv,
 		Builtin:       true,
 		ConfigCreator: createHypervHost,
 		DriverCreator: func() drivers.Driver {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/drivers/kvm/driver.go b/pkg/minikube/drivers/kvm/driver.go
index a35d2a5aee..989e74276f 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/drivers/kvm/driver.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/drivers/kvm/driver.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	if err := registry.Register(registry.DriverDef{
-		Name:          "kvm",
+		Name:          constants.DriverKvmOld,
 		Builtin:       false,
 		ConfigCreator: createKVMHost,
 	}); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/drivers/parallels/driver.go b/pkg/minikube/drivers/parallels/driver.go
index 7921bb1f80..b452dd6781 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/drivers/parallels/driver.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/drivers/parallels/driver.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	err := registry.Register(registry.DriverDef{
-		Name:          "parallels",
+		Name:          constants.DriverParallels,
 		Builtin:       true,
 		ConfigCreator: createParallelsHost,
 		DriverCreator: func() drivers.Driver {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/drivers/vmwarefusion/driver.go b/pkg/minikube/drivers/vmwarefusion/driver.go
index ce82041be6..07e77bbe3c 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/drivers/vmwarefusion/driver.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/drivers/vmwarefusion/driver.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	if err := registry.Register(registry.DriverDef{
-		Name:          "vmwarefusion",
+		Name:          constants.DriverVmwareFusion,
 		Builtin:       true,
 		ConfigCreator: createVMwareFusionHost,
 		DriverCreator: func() drivers.Driver {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/drivers/xhyve/driver.go b/pkg/minikube/drivers/xhyve/driver.go
index 89559f313c..3fc0ae21fb 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/drivers/xhyve/driver.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/drivers/xhyve/driver.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/docs/drivers.md#xhyve-driver
 
 func init() {
 	if err := registry.Register(registry.DriverDef{
-		Name:          "xhyve",
+		Name:          constants.DriverXhyve,
 		Builtin:       false,
 		ConfigCreator: createXhyveHost,
 		DriverCreator: func() drivers.Driver {