diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers_test.go
index 0ed5a1b673f..ab960a4a546 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers_test.go
@@ -1011,6 +1011,10 @@ func (f *fakeSummaryProvider) Get(updateStats bool) (*statsapi.Summary, error) {
 	return f.result, nil
 }
 
+func (f *fakeSummaryProvider) GetCPUAndMemoryStats() (*statsapi.Summary, error) {
+	return f.result, nil
+}
+
 // newPodStats returns a pod stat where each container is using the specified working set
 // each pod must have a Name, UID, Namespace
 func newPodStats(pod *v1.Pod, containerWorkingSetBytes int64) statsapi.PodStats {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go
index f069cd898cb..6e665344503 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go
@@ -192,10 +192,23 @@ func (h *handler) handleStats(request *restful.Request, response *restful.Respon
 }
 
 // Handles stats summary requests to /stats/summary
+// If "only_cpu_and_memory" GET param is true then only cpu and memory is returned in response.
 func (h *handler) handleSummary(request *restful.Request, response *restful.Response) {
-	// external calls to the summary API use cached stats
-	forceStatsUpdate := false
-	summary, err := h.summaryProvider.Get(forceStatsUpdate)
+	onlyCPUAndMemory := false
+	request.Request.ParseForm()
+	if onlyCluAndMemoryParam, found := request.Request.Form["only_cpu_and_memory"]; found &&
+		len(onlyCluAndMemoryParam) == 1 && onlyCluAndMemoryParam[0] == "true" {
+		onlyCPUAndMemory = true
+	}
+	var summary *statsapi.Summary
+	var err error
+	if onlyCPUAndMemory {
+		summary, err = h.summaryProvider.GetCPUAndMemoryStats()
+	} else {
+		// external calls to the summary API use cached stats
+		forceStatsUpdate := false
+		summary, err = h.summaryProvider.Get(forceStatsUpdate)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		handleError(response, "/stats/summary", err)
 	} else {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary.go
index 900a8ad97d7..2897aff50f5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ type SummaryProvider interface {
 	// Get provides a new Summary with the stats from Kubelet,
 	// and will update some stats if updateStats is true
 	Get(updateStats bool) (*statsapi.Summary, error)
+	// GetCPUAndMemoryStats provides a new Summary with the CPU and memory stats from Kubelet,
+	GetCPUAndMemoryStats() (*statsapi.Summary, error)
 }
 
 // summaryProviderImpl implements the SummaryProvider interface.
@@ -87,3 +89,32 @@ func (sp *summaryProviderImpl) Get(updateStats bool) (*statsapi.Summary, error)
 	}
 	return &summary, nil
 }
+
+func (sp *summaryProviderImpl) GetCPUAndMemoryStats() (*statsapi.Summary, error) {
+	summary, err := sp.Get(false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	summary.Node.Network = nil
+	summary.Node.Fs = nil
+	summary.Node.Runtime = nil
+	summary.Node.Rlimit = nil
+	for i := 0; i < len(summary.Node.SystemContainers); i++ {
+		summary.Node.SystemContainers[i].Accelerators = nil
+		summary.Node.SystemContainers[i].Rootfs = nil
+		summary.Node.SystemContainers[i].Logs = nil
+		summary.Node.SystemContainers[i].UserDefinedMetrics = nil
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(summary.Pods); i++ {
+		summary.Pods[i].Network = nil
+		summary.Pods[i].VolumeStats = nil
+		summary.Pods[i].EphemeralStorage = nil
+		for j := 0; j < len(summary.Pods[i].Containers); j++ {
+			summary.Pods[i].Containers[j].Accelerators = nil
+			summary.Pods[i].Containers[j].Rootfs = nil
+			summary.Pods[i].Containers[j].Logs = nil
+			summary.Pods[i].Containers[j].UserDefinedMetrics = nil
+		}
+	}
+	return summary, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_test.go
index 7807e2cf412..b6d7dbbab74 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_test.go
@@ -32,39 +32,39 @@ import (
 	statstest "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/testing"
 )
 
-func TestSummaryProvider(t *testing.T) {
-	var (
-		podStats = []statsapi.PodStats{
-			{
-				PodRef:      statsapi.PodReference{Name: "test-pod", Namespace: "test-namespace", UID: "UID_test-pod"},
-				StartTime:   metav1.NewTime(time.Now()),
-				Containers:  []statsapi.ContainerStats{*getContainerStats()},
-				Network:     getNetworkStats(),
-				VolumeStats: []statsapi.VolumeStats{*getVolumeStats()},
-			},
-		}
-		imageFsStats = getFsStats()
-		rootFsStats  = getFsStats()
-		node         = &v1.Node{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "test-node"}}
-		nodeConfig   = cm.NodeConfig{
-			RuntimeCgroupsName: "/runtime",
-			SystemCgroupsName:  "/misc",
-			KubeletCgroupsName: "/kubelet",
-		}
-		cgroupRoot     = "/kubepods"
-		cgroupStatsMap = map[string]struct {
-			cs *statsapi.ContainerStats
-			ns *statsapi.NetworkStats
-		}{
-			"/":        {cs: getContainerStats(), ns: getNetworkStats()},
-			"/runtime": {cs: getContainerStats(), ns: getNetworkStats()},
-			"/misc":    {cs: getContainerStats(), ns: getNetworkStats()},
-			"/kubelet": {cs: getContainerStats(), ns: getNetworkStats()},
-			"/pods":    {cs: getContainerStats(), ns: getNetworkStats()},
-		}
-		rlimitStats = getRlimitStats()
-	)
+var (
+	podStats = []statsapi.PodStats{
+		{
+			PodRef:      statsapi.PodReference{Name: "test-pod", Namespace: "test-namespace", UID: "UID_test-pod"},
+			StartTime:   metav1.NewTime(time.Now()),
+			Containers:  []statsapi.ContainerStats{*getContainerStats()},
+			Network:     getNetworkStats(),
+			VolumeStats: []statsapi.VolumeStats{*getVolumeStats()},
+		},
+	}
+	imageFsStats = getFsStats()
+	rootFsStats  = getFsStats()
+	node         = &v1.Node{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "test-node"}}
+	nodeConfig   = cm.NodeConfig{
+		RuntimeCgroupsName: "/runtime",
+		SystemCgroupsName:  "/misc",
+		KubeletCgroupsName: "/kubelet",
+	}
+	cgroupRoot     = "/kubepods"
+	cgroupStatsMap = map[string]struct {
+		cs *statsapi.ContainerStats
+		ns *statsapi.NetworkStats
+	}{
+		"/":        {cs: getContainerStats(), ns: getNetworkStats()},
+		"/runtime": {cs: getContainerStats(), ns: getNetworkStats()},
+		"/misc":    {cs: getContainerStats(), ns: getNetworkStats()},
+		"/kubelet": {cs: getContainerStats(), ns: getNetworkStats()},
+		"/pods":    {cs: getContainerStats(), ns: getNetworkStats()},
+	}
+	rlimitStats = getRlimitStats()
+)
 
+func TestSummaryProviderGetStats(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
 	mockStatsProvider := new(statstest.StatsProvider)
@@ -130,6 +130,64 @@ func TestSummaryProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(summary.Pods, podStats)
 }
 
+func TestSummaryProviderGetCPUAndMemoryStats(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	mockStatsProvider := new(statstest.StatsProvider)
+	mockStatsProvider.
+		On("GetNode").Return(node, nil).
+		On("GetNodeConfig").Return(nodeConfig).
+		On("GetPodCgroupRoot").Return(cgroupRoot).
+		On("ListPodStats").Return(podStats, nil).
+		On("ImageFsStats").Return(imageFsStats, nil).
+		On("RootFsStats").Return(rootFsStats, nil).
+		On("RlimitStats").Return(rlimitStats, nil).
+		On("GetCgroupStats", "/", false).Return(cgroupStatsMap["/"].cs, cgroupStatsMap["/"].ns, nil).
+		On("GetCgroupStats", "/runtime", false).Return(cgroupStatsMap["/runtime"].cs, cgroupStatsMap["/runtime"].ns, nil).
+		On("GetCgroupStats", "/misc", false).Return(cgroupStatsMap["/misc"].cs, cgroupStatsMap["/misc"].ns, nil).
+		On("GetCgroupStats", "/kubelet", false).Return(cgroupStatsMap["/kubelet"].cs, cgroupStatsMap["/kubelet"].ns, nil).
+		On("GetCgroupStats", "/kubepods", false).Return(cgroupStatsMap["/pods"].cs, cgroupStatsMap["/pods"].ns, nil)
+
+	provider := NewSummaryProvider(mockStatsProvider)
+	summary, err := provider.GetCPUAndMemoryStats()
+	assert.NoError(err)
+
+	assert.Equal(summary.Node.NodeName, "test-node")
+	assert.Equal(summary.Node.StartTime, cgroupStatsMap["/"].cs.StartTime)
+	assert.Equal(summary.Node.CPU, cgroupStatsMap["/"].cs.CPU)
+	assert.Equal(summary.Node.Memory, cgroupStatsMap["/"].cs.Memory)
+	assert.Nil(summary.Node.Network)
+	assert.Nil(summary.Node.Fs)
+	assert.Nil(summary.Node.Runtime)
+
+	assert.Equal(len(summary.Node.SystemContainers), 4)
+	assert.Contains(summary.Node.SystemContainers, statsapi.ContainerStats{
+		Name:      "kubelet",
+		StartTime: cgroupStatsMap["/kubelet"].cs.StartTime,
+		CPU:       cgroupStatsMap["/kubelet"].cs.CPU,
+		Memory:    cgroupStatsMap["/kubelet"].cs.Memory,
+	})
+	assert.Contains(summary.Node.SystemContainers, statsapi.ContainerStats{
+		Name:      "misc",
+		StartTime: cgroupStatsMap["/misc"].cs.StartTime,
+		CPU:       cgroupStatsMap["/misc"].cs.CPU,
+		Memory:    cgroupStatsMap["/misc"].cs.Memory,
+	})
+	assert.Contains(summary.Node.SystemContainers, statsapi.ContainerStats{
+		Name:      "runtime",
+		StartTime: cgroupStatsMap["/runtime"].cs.StartTime,
+		CPU:       cgroupStatsMap["/runtime"].cs.CPU,
+		Memory:    cgroupStatsMap["/runtime"].cs.Memory,
+	})
+	assert.Contains(summary.Node.SystemContainers, statsapi.ContainerStats{
+		Name:      "pods",
+		StartTime: cgroupStatsMap["/pods"].cs.StartTime,
+		CPU:       cgroupStatsMap["/pods"].cs.CPU,
+		Memory:    cgroupStatsMap["/pods"].cs.Memory,
+	})
+	assert.Equal(summary.Pods, podStats)
+}
+
 func getFsStats() *statsapi.FsStats {
 	f := fuzz.New().NilChance(0)
 	v := &statsapi.FsStats{}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/stats/stats_provider_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/stats/stats_provider_test.go
index e2abed50991..bbb149075bf 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/stats/stats_provider_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/stats/stats_provider_test.go
@@ -634,8 +634,9 @@ type fakeResourceAnalyzer struct {
 	podVolumeStats serverstats.PodVolumeStats
 }
 
-func (o *fakeResourceAnalyzer) Start()                              {}
-func (o *fakeResourceAnalyzer) Get(bool) (*statsapi.Summary, error) { return nil, nil }
+func (o *fakeResourceAnalyzer) Start()                                           {}
+func (o *fakeResourceAnalyzer) Get(bool) (*statsapi.Summary, error)              { return nil, nil }
+func (o *fakeResourceAnalyzer) GetCPUAndMemoryStats() (*statsapi.Summary, error) { return nil, nil }
 func (o *fakeResourceAnalyzer) GetPodVolumeStats(uid types.UID) (serverstats.PodVolumeStats, bool) {
 	return o.podVolumeStats, true
 }