diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/_help.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/_help.py
index 6f38921b8c0..119f97d4302 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/_help.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/_help.py
@@ -985,10 +985,10 @@
     short-summary: Enable cluster autoscaler.
   - name: --min-count
     type: int
-    short-summary: Minimum nodes count used for autoscaler, when "--enable-cluster-autoscaler" specified. Please specify the value in the range of [1, 1000]
+    short-summary: Minimum nodes count used for autoscaler, when "--enable-cluster-autoscaler" specified. Please specify the value in the range of [0, 1000] for user nodepool, and [1,1000] for system nodepool.
   - name: --max-count
     type: int
-    short-summary: Maximum nodes count used for autoscaler, when "--enable-cluster-autoscaler" specified. Please specify the value in the range of [1, 1000]
+    short-summary: Maximum nodes count used for autoscaler, when "--enable-cluster-autoscaler" specified. Please specify the value in the range of [0, 1000] for user nodepool, and [1,1000] for system nodepool.
   - name: --scale-down-mode
     type: string
     short-summary: "Describe how VMs are added to or removed from nodepools."
@@ -1101,10 +1101,10 @@
     short-summary: Update min-count or max-count for cluster autoscaler.
   - name: --min-count
     type: int
-    short-summary: Minimum nodes count used for autoscaler, when "--enable-cluster-autoscaler" specified. Please specify the value in the range of [1, 1000]
+    short-summary: Minimum nodes count used for autoscaler, when "--enable-cluster-autoscaler" specified. Please specify the value in the range of [0, 1000] for user nodepool, and [1,1000] for system nodepool.
   - name: --max-count
     type: int
-    short-summary: Maximum nodes count used for autoscaler, when "--enable-cluster-autoscaler" specified. Please specify the value in the range of [1, 1000]
+    short-summary: Maximum nodes count used for autoscaler, when "--enable-cluster-autoscaler" specified. Please specify the value in the range of [0, 1000] for user nodepool, and [1,1000] for system nodepool.
   - name: --scale-down-mode
     type: string
     short-summary: "Describe how VMs are added to or removed from nodepools."
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/_validators.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/_validators.py
index 9dc46c8fba2..83caa8ddc32 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/_validators.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/_validators.py
@@ -224,13 +224,13 @@ def validate_nat_gateway_idle_timeout(namespace):
 
 
 def validate_nodes_count(namespace):
-    """Validates that min_count and max_count is set between 1-100"""
+    """Validates that min_count and max_count is set between 0-1000"""
     if namespace.min_count is not None:
-        if namespace.min_count < 1 or namespace.min_count > 100:
-            raise CLIError('--min-count must be in the range [1,100]')
+        if namespace.min_count < 0 or namespace.min_count > 1000:
+            raise CLIError('--min-count must be in the range [0,1000]')
     if namespace.max_count is not None:
-        if namespace.max_count < 1 or namespace.max_count > 100:
-            raise CLIError('--max-count must be in the range [1,100]')
+        if namespace.max_count < 0 or namespace.max_count > 1000:
+            raise CLIError('--max-count must be in the range [0,1000]')
 
 
 def validate_taints(namespace):
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/agentpool_decorator.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/agentpool_decorator.py
index 61fbf56cbe8..f30af1dcf6c 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/agentpool_decorator.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/agentpool_decorator.py
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ def __validate_counts_in_autoscaler(
         enable_cluster_autoscaler,
         min_count,
         max_count,
+        mode,
         decorator_mode,
     ) -> None:
         """Helper function to check the validity of serveral count-related parameters in autoscaler.
@@ -201,6 +202,11 @@ def __validate_counts_in_autoscaler(
                     raise InvalidArgumentValueError(
                         "node-count is not in the range of min-count and max-count"
                     )
+            if mode == CONST_NODEPOOL_MODE_SYSTEM:
+                if min_count < 1:
+                    raise InvalidArgumentValueError(
+                        "Value of min-count should be greater than or equal to 1 for System node pools"
+                    )
         else:
             if min_count is not None or max_count is not None:
                 option_name = "--enable-cluster-autoscaler"
@@ -636,6 +642,7 @@ def get_node_count_and_enable_cluster_autoscaler_min_max_count(
             enable_cluster_autoscaler,
             min_count,
             max_count,
+            mode=self.get_mode(),
             decorator_mode=DecoratorMode.CREATE,
         )
         return node_count, enable_cluster_autoscaler, min_count, max_count
@@ -701,6 +708,7 @@ def get_update_enable_disable_cluster_autoscaler_and_min_max_count(
             enable_cluster_autoscaler or update_cluster_autoscaler,
             min_count,
             max_count,
+            mode=self.get_mode(),
             decorator_mode=DecoratorMode.UPDATE,
         )
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/tests/latest/test_agentpool_decorator.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/tests/latest/test_agentpool_decorator.py
index f1a06580a45..500404fe645 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/tests/latest/test_agentpool_decorator.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/tests/latest/test_agentpool_decorator.py
@@ -156,30 +156,37 @@ def common_validate_counts_in_autoscaler(self):
             self.cmd, AKSAgentPoolParamDict({}), self.models, DecoratorMode.CREATE, self.agentpool_decorator_mode
         )
         # default
-        ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(3, False, None, None, DecoratorMode.CREATE)
+        ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(3, False, None, None, CONST_NODEPOOL_MODE_SYSTEM, DecoratorMode.CREATE)
 
         # custom value
-        ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(5, True, 1, 10, DecoratorMode.CREATE)
+        ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(5, True, 1, 10, CONST_NODEPOOL_MODE_SYSTEM, DecoratorMode.CREATE)
 
         # fail on min_count/max_count not specified
         with self.assertRaises(RequiredArgumentMissingError):
-            ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(5, True, None, None, DecoratorMode.CREATE)
+            ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(5, True, None, None, CONST_NODEPOOL_MODE_SYSTEM, DecoratorMode.CREATE)
 
         # fail on min_count > max_count
         with self.assertRaises(InvalidArgumentValueError):
-            ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(5, True, 3, 1, DecoratorMode.CREATE)
+            ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(5, True, 3, 1, CONST_NODEPOOL_MODE_SYSTEM, DecoratorMode.CREATE)
 
         # fail on node_count < min_count in create mode
         with self.assertRaises(InvalidArgumentValueError):
-            ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(5, True, 7, 10, DecoratorMode.CREATE)
+            ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(5, True, 7, 10, CONST_NODEPOOL_MODE_SYSTEM, DecoratorMode.CREATE)
 
         # skip node_count check in update mode
-        ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(5, True, 7, 10, DecoratorMode.UPDATE)
-        ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(None, True, 7, 10, DecoratorMode.UPDATE)
+        ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(5, True, 7, 10, CONST_NODEPOOL_MODE_SYSTEM, DecoratorMode.UPDATE)
+        ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(None, True, 7, 10, CONST_NODEPOOL_MODE_SYSTEM, DecoratorMode.UPDATE)
 
         # fail on enable_cluster_autoscaler not specified
         with self.assertRaises(RequiredArgumentMissingError):
-            ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(5, False, 3, None, DecoratorMode.UPDATE)
+            ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(5, False, 3, None, CONST_NODEPOOL_MODE_SYSTEM, DecoratorMode.UPDATE)
+
+        # min_count set to 0 for user node pools
+        ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(0, True, 0, 1, CONST_NODEPOOL_MODE_USER, DecoratorMode.CREATE)
+
+        # fail on min_count < 1 for system node pools
+        with self.assertRaises(InvalidArgumentValueError):
+            ctx._AKSAgentPoolContext__validate_counts_in_autoscaler(1, True, 0, 1, CONST_NODEPOOL_MODE_SYSTEM, DecoratorMode.CREATE)
 
     def common_get_resource_group_name(self):
         # default