diff --git a/cmd/kubecfg/kubecfg.go b/cmd/kubecfg/kubecfg.go
index efe3c7a732b..79c4ef1c4ed 100644
--- a/cmd/kubecfg/kubecfg.go
+++ b/cmd/kubecfg/kubecfg.go
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ var (
 	templateStr   = flag.String("template", "", "If present, parse this string as a golang template and use it for output printing")
 	imageName     = flag.String("image", "", "Image used when updating a replicationController.  Will apply to the first container in the pod template.")
 	apiVersion    = flag.String("api_version", latest.Version, "The version of the API to use against this server.")
+	caFile        = flag.String("certificate_authority", "", "Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority")
+	certFile      = flag.String("client_certificate", "", "Path to a client certificate for TLS.")
+	keyFile       = flag.String("client_key", "", "Path to a client key file for TLS.")
 )
 
 var parser = kubecfg.NewParser(map[string]runtime.Object{
@@ -173,6 +176,15 @@ func main() {
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Fatalf("Error loading auth: %v", err)
 		}
+		if *caFile != "" {
+			auth.CAFile = *caFile
+		}
+		if *certFile != "" {
+			auth.CertFile = *certFile
+		}
+		if *keyFile != "" {
+			auth.KeyFile = *keyFile
+		}
 		kubeClient, err = client.New(masterServer, *apiVersion, auth)
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Fatalf("Can't configure client: %v", err)
diff --git a/pkg/client/client.go b/pkg/client/client.go
index b79cd29a9f5..6cecf36cc69 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -141,6 +142,9 @@ func (s *StatusErr) Error() string {
 type AuthInfo struct {
 	User     string
 	Password string
+	CAFile   string
+	CertFile string
+	KeyFile  string
 }
 
 // RESTClient holds common code used to work with API resources that follow the
@@ -169,6 +173,33 @@ func NewRESTClient(host string, auth *AuthInfo, path string, c runtime.Codec) (*
 	base.Path = ""
 	base.RawQuery = ""
 	base.Fragment = ""
+
+	var config *tls.Config
+	if auth != nil && len(auth.CertFile) != 0 {
+		cert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(auth.CertFile, auth.KeyFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(auth.CAFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		certPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+		certPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(data)
+		config = &tls.Config{
+			Certificates: []tls.Certificate{
+				cert,
+			},
+			RootCAs:    certPool,
+			ClientCAs:  certPool,
+			ClientAuth: tls.RequireAndVerifyClientCert,
+		}
+	} else {
+		config = &tls.Config{
+			InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+		}
+	}
+
 	return &RESTClient{
 		host:   base.String(),
 		prefix: prefix.Path,
@@ -176,9 +207,7 @@ func NewRESTClient(host string, auth *AuthInfo, path string, c runtime.Codec) (*
 		auth:   auth,
 		httpClient: &http.Client{
 			Transport: &http.Transport{
-				TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
-					InsecureSkipVerify: true,
-				},
+				TLSClientConfig: config,
 			},
 		},
 		Sync:       false,
diff --git a/pkg/client/client_test.go b/pkg/client/client_test.go
index 3ac74156776..abfdaa241e3 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client_test.go
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ func TestDoRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	testClients := []testClient{
 		{Request: testRequest{Method: "GET", Path: "good"}, Response: Response{StatusCode: 200}},
 		{Request: testRequest{Method: "GET", Path: "bad%ZZ"}, Error: true},
-		{Client: NewOrDie("localhost", "v1beta1", &AuthInfo{"foo", "bar"}), Request: testRequest{Method: "GET", Path: "auth", Header: "Authorization"}, Response: Response{StatusCode: 200}},
+		{Client: NewOrDie("localhost", "v1beta1", &AuthInfo{"foo", "bar", "", "", ""}), Request: testRequest{Method: "GET", Path: "auth", Header: "Authorization"}, Response: Response{StatusCode: 200}},
 		{Client: &Client{&RESTClient{httpClient: http.DefaultClient}}, Request: testRequest{Method: "GET", Path: "nocertificate"}, Error: true},
 		{Request: testRequest{Method: "GET", Path: "error"}, Response: Response{StatusCode: 500}, Error: true},
 		{Request: testRequest{Method: "POST", Path: "faildecode"}, Response: Response{StatusCode: 200, RawBody: &invalid}},