diff --git a/cmd/integration/integration.go b/cmd/integration/integration.go
index 5214327e9a9..19ba2c37247 100644
--- a/cmd/integration/integration.go
+++ b/cmd/integration/integration.go
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ func podsOnMinions(c *client.Client, pods api.PodList) wait.ConditionFunc {
 }
 
 func runReplicationControllerTest(c *client.Client) {
+	ctx := api.NewDefaultContext()
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("api/examples/controller.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %#v", err)
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ func runReplicationControllerTest(c *client.Client) {
 	}
 
 	glog.Infof("Creating replication controllers")
-	if _, err := c.CreateReplicationController(&controllerRequest); err != nil {
+	if _, err := c.CreateReplicationController(ctx, &controllerRequest); err != nil {
 		glog.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %#v", err)
 	}
 	glog.Infof("Done creating replication controllers")
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ func runReplicationControllerTest(c *client.Client) {
 	}
 
 	// wait for minions to indicate they have info about the desired pods
-	pods, err := c.ListPods(labels.Set(controllerRequest.DesiredState.ReplicaSelector).AsSelector())
+	pods, err := c.ListPods(ctx, labels.Set(controllerRequest.DesiredState.ReplicaSelector).AsSelector())
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Fatalf("FAILED: unable to get pods to list: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/test/integration/client_test.go b/test/integration/client_test.go
index 7deca9b6cbc..b535349233c 100644
--- a/test/integration/client_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/client_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for apiVersion, values := range testCases {
+		ctx := api.NewDefaultContext()
 		deleteAllEtcdKeys()
 		s := httptest.NewServer(apiserver.Handle(values.Storage, values.Codec, fmt.Sprintf("/api/%s/", apiVersion), values.selfLinker))
 		client := client.NewOrDie(&client.Config{Host: s.URL, Version: apiVersion})
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("expected %#v, got %#v", e, a)
 		}
 
-		pods, err := client.ListPods(labels.Everything())
+		pods, err := client.ListPods(ctx, labels.Everything())
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -92,14 +93,14 @@ func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		}
-		got, err := client.CreatePod(pod)
+		got, err := client.CreatePod(ctx, pod)
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected non-error: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		// get a created pod
 		pod.DesiredState.Manifest.Containers[0].Image = "an-image"
-		got, err = client.CreatePod(pod)
+		got, err = client.CreatePod(ctx, pod)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		// pod is shown, but not scheduled
-		pods, err = client.ListPods(labels.Everything())
+		pods, err = client.ListPods(ctx, labels.Everything())
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}