diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 99323f0ba..a58b67d3c 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait",
-			"Rev": "184e700b32b7f1b532b9fce8dd8c1f412d297c4b"
+			"Rev": "40bc35ef007c446a3ed3d1a2d51ed2d9f30f55f4"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml",
-			"Rev": "184e700b32b7f1b532b9fce8dd8c1f412d297c4b"
+			"Rev": "40bc35ef007c446a3ed3d1a2d51ed2d9f30f55f4"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version",
-			"Rev": "184e700b32b7f1b532b9fce8dd8c1f412d297c4b"
+			"Rev": "40bc35ef007c446a3ed3d1a2d51ed2d9f30f55f4"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch",
-			"Rev": "184e700b32b7f1b532b9fce8dd8c1f412d297c4b"
+			"Rev": "40bc35ef007c446a3ed3d1a2d51ed2d9f30f55f4"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery/third_party/forked/golang/json",
-			"Rev": "184e700b32b7f1b532b9fce8dd8c1f412d297c4b"
+			"Rev": "40bc35ef007c446a3ed3d1a2d51ed2d9f30f55f4"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery/third_party/forked/golang/netutil",
-			"Rev": "184e700b32b7f1b532b9fce8dd8c1f412d297c4b"
+			"Rev": "40bc35ef007c446a3ed3d1a2d51ed2d9f30f55f4"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery/third_party/forked/golang/reflect",
-			"Rev": "184e700b32b7f1b532b9fce8dd8c1f412d297c4b"
+			"Rev": "40bc35ef007c446a3ed3d1a2d51ed2d9f30f55f4"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/util/proto",
-			"Rev": "61db125d227fc9d4e373819a059516f32f7f23c7"
+			"Rev": "86e28c192d2743f0232b9bc5f0a531568ef9f2a5"
 		}
 	]
 }
diff --git a/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go b/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
index e41b420c9..aed55574a 100644
--- a/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
+++ b/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ func NewLeaderElector(lec LeaderElectionConfig) (*LeaderElector, error) {
 	if lec.RenewDeadline <= time.Duration(JitterFactor*float64(lec.RetryPeriod)) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("renewDeadline must be greater than retryPeriod*JitterFactor")
 	}
+	if lec.LeaseDuration < 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("leaseDuration must be greater than zero")
+	}
+	if lec.RenewDeadline < 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("renewDeadline must be greater than zero")
+	}
+	if lec.RetryPeriod < 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("retryPeriod must be greater than zero")
+	}
+
 	if lec.Lock == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Lock must not be nil.")
 	}