diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
index 4bb60df0852..71ae0c83f49 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ func TestRunInContainerNoSuchPod(t *testing.T) {
 	podNamespace := "etcd"
 	containerName := "containerFoo"
 	output, err := kubelet.RunInContainer(
-		podName+"."+podNamespace,
+		GetPodFullName(&Pod{Name: podName, Namespace: podNamespace}),
 		containerName,
 		[]string{"ls"})
 	if output != nil {
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ func TestRunInContainer(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cmd := []string{"ls"}
 	_, err := kubelet.RunInContainer(
-		podName+"."+podNamespace,
+		GetPodFullName(&Pod{Name: podName, Namespace: podNamespace}),
 		containerName,
 		cmd)
 	if fakeCommandRunner.ID != containerID {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server.go b/pkg/kubelet/server.go
index c0def80ee25..b1920e1cec6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ type HostInterface interface {
 	GetRootInfo(req *info.ContainerInfoRequest) (*info.ContainerInfo, error)
 	GetMachineInfo() (*info.MachineInfo, error)
 	GetPodInfo(name string) (api.PodInfo, error)
+	RunInContainer(name, container string, cmd []string) ([]byte, error)
 	ServeLogs(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request)
 }
 
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ func (s *Server) InstallDefaultHandlers() {
 	s.mux.HandleFunc("/stats/", s.handleStats)
 	s.mux.HandleFunc("/logs/", s.handleLogs)
 	s.mux.HandleFunc("/spec/", s.handleSpec)
+	s.mux.HandleFunc("/run/", s.handleRun)
 }
 
 // error serializes an error object into an HTTP response
@@ -204,6 +206,31 @@ func (s *Server) handleSpec(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 
 }
 
+// handleRun handles requests to run a command inside a container
+func (s *Server) handleRun(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	u, err := url.ParseRequestURI(req.RequestURI)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.error(w, err)
+		return
+	}
+	parts := strings.Split(u.Path, "/")
+	if len(parts) != 4 {
+		http.Error(w, "Unexpected path for command running", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	podID := parts[2]
+	container := parts[3]
+	podFullName := GetPodFullName(&Pod{Name: podID, Namespace: "etcd"})
+	command := strings.Split(u.Query().Get("cmd"), " ")
+	data, err := s.host.RunInContainer(podFullName, container, command)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.error(w, err)
+		return
+	}
+	w.Header().Add("Content-type", "text/plain")
+	w.Write(data)
+}
+
 // ServeHTTP responds to HTTP requests on the Kubelet
 func (s *Server) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	defer httplog.NewLogged(req, &w).StacktraceWhen(
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/server_test.go
index b6662a86ccc..2745679d8a4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type fakeKubelet struct {
 	rootInfoFunc      func(query *info.ContainerInfoRequest) (*info.ContainerInfo, error)
 	machineInfoFunc   func() (*info.MachineInfo, error)
 	logFunc           func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request)
+	runFunc           func(podFullName, containerName string, cmd []string) ([]byte, error)
 }
 
 func (fk *fakeKubelet) GetPodInfo(name string) (api.PodInfo, error) {
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ func (fk *fakeKubelet) ServeLogs(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	fk.logFunc(w, req)
 }
 
+func (fk *fakeKubelet) RunInContainer(podFullName, containerName string, cmd []string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return fk.runFunc(podFullName, containerName, cmd)
+}
+
 type serverTestFramework struct {
 	updateChan      chan interface{}
 	updateReader    *channelReader
@@ -288,3 +293,42 @@ func TestServeLogs(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Received wrong data: %s", result)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestServeRunInContainer(t *testing.T) {
+	fw := newServerTest()
+	output := "foo bar"
+	podName := "foo"
+	expectedPodName := podName + ".etcd"
+	expectedContainerName := "baz"
+	expectedCommand := "ls -a"
+	fw.fakeKubelet.runFunc = func(podFullName, containerName string, cmd []string) ([]byte, error) {
+		if podFullName != expectedPodName {
+			t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", expectedPodName, podFullName)
+		}
+		if containerName != expectedContainerName {
+			t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", expectedContainerName, containerName)
+		}
+		if strings.Join(cmd, " ") != expectedCommand {
+			t.Errorf("expected: %s, got %v", expectedCommand, cmd)
+		}
+
+		return []byte(output), nil
+	}
+
+	resp, err := http.Get(fw.testHTTPServer.URL + "/run/" + podName + "/" + expectedContainerName + "?cmd=ls%20-a")
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Got error GETing: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		// copying the response body did not work
+		t.Errorf("Cannot copy resp: %#v", err)
+	}
+	result := string(body)
+	if result != output {
+		t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", output, result)
+	}
+}