diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/types.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/types.go
index 954c96f07c0..f1982fe27de 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/types.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/types.go
@@ -61,3 +61,5 @@ func EmptyMetadataProducer(pod *api.Pod) interface{} {
 type PredicateFailureReason interface {
 	GetReason() string
 }
+
+type GetEquivalencePodFunc func(pod *api.Pod) interface{}
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithmprovider/defaults/defaults.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithmprovider/defaults/defaults.go
index 24bd419f4cb..3c9fcf1517e 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithmprovider/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithmprovider/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ const (
 	// GCE instances can have up to 16 PD volumes attached.
 	DefaultMaxGCEPDVolumes    = 16
 	ClusterAutoscalerProvider = "ClusterAutoscalerProvider"
+	PetSetKind                = "PetSet"
 )
 
 // getMaxVols checks the max PD volumes environment variable, otherwise returning a default value
@@ -105,6 +107,8 @@ func init() {
 	factory.RegisterFitPredicate("MatchNodeSelector", predicates.PodSelectorMatches)
 	// Optional, cluster-autoscaler friendly priority function - give used nodes higher priority.
 	factory.RegisterPriorityFunction2("MostRequestedPriority", priorities.MostRequestedPriorityMap, nil, 1)
+	// Use equivalence class to speed up predicates & priorities
+	factory.RegisterGetEquivalencePodFunction(GetEquivalencePod)
 }
 
 func replace(set sets.String, replaceWhat, replaceWith string) sets.String {
@@ -205,3 +209,39 @@ func defaultPriorities() sets.String {
 		),
 	)
 }
+
+// GetEquivalencePod returns a EquivalencePod which contains a group of pod attributes which can be reused.
+func GetEquivalencePod(pod *api.Pod) interface{} {
+	equivalencePod := EquivalencePod{}
+	// For now we only consider pods:
+	// 1. OwnerReferences is Controller
+	// 2. OwnerReferences kind is in valid controller kinds
+	// 3. with same OwnerReferences
+	// to be equivalent
+	if len(pod.OwnerReferences) != 0 {
+		for _, ref := range pod.OwnerReferences {
+			if *ref.Controller && isValidControllerKind(ref.Kind) {
+				equivalencePod.ControllerRef = ref
+				// a pod can only belongs to one controller
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return &equivalencePod
+}
+
+// isValidControllerKind checks if a given controller's kind can be applied to equivalence pod algorithm.
+func isValidControllerKind(kind string) bool {
+	switch kind {
+	// list of kinds that we cannot handle
+	case PetSetKind:
+		return false
+	default:
+		return true
+	}
+}
+
+// EquivalencePod is a group of pod attributes which can be reused as equivalence to schedule other pods.
+type EquivalencePod struct {
+	ControllerRef api.OwnerReference
+}
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/equivalence_cache.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/equivalence_cache.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd13b250aea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/equivalence_cache.go
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package scheduler
+
+import (
+	"github.com/golang/groupcache/lru"
+	"hash/adler32"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	hashutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/hash"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// TODO(harryz) figure out the right number for this, 4096 may be too big
+const maxCacheEntries = 4096
+
+type HostPredicate struct {
+	Fit         bool
+	FailReasons []algorithm.PredicateFailureReason
+}
+
+type AlgorithmCache struct {
+	// Only consider predicates for now, priorities rely on: #31606
+	predicatesCache *lru.Cache
+}
+
+func newAlgorithmCache() AlgorithmCache {
+	return AlgorithmCache{
+		predicatesCache: lru.New(maxCacheEntries),
+	}
+}
+
+// Store a map of predicate cache with maxsize
+type EquivalenceCache struct {
+	sync.RWMutex
+	getEquivalencePod algorithm.GetEquivalencePodFunc
+	algorithmCache    map[string]AlgorithmCache
+}
+
+func NewEquivalenceCache(getEquivalencePodFunc algorithm.GetEquivalencePodFunc) *EquivalenceCache {
+	return &EquivalenceCache{
+		getEquivalencePod: getEquivalencePodFunc,
+		algorithmCache:    make(map[string]AlgorithmCache),
+	}
+}
+
+// addPodPredicate adds pod predicate for equivalence class
+func (ec *EquivalenceCache) addPodPredicate(podKey uint64, nodeName string, fit bool, failReasons []algorithm.PredicateFailureReason) {
+	if _, exist := ec.algorithmCache[nodeName]; !exist {
+		ec.algorithmCache[nodeName] = newAlgorithmCache()
+	}
+	ec.algorithmCache[nodeName].predicatesCache.Add(podKey, HostPredicate{Fit: fit, FailReasons: failReasons})
+}
+
+// AddPodPredicatesCache cache pod predicate for equivalence class
+func (ec *EquivalenceCache) AddPodPredicatesCache(pod *api.Pod, fitNodeList []*api.Node, failedPredicates *FailedPredicateMap) {
+	equivalenceHash := ec.hashEquivalencePod(pod)
+
+	for _, fitNode := range fitNodeList {
+		ec.addPodPredicate(equivalenceHash, fitNode.Name, true, nil)
+	}
+	for failNodeName, failReasons := range *failedPredicates {
+		ec.addPodPredicate(equivalenceHash, failNodeName, false, failReasons)
+	}
+}
+
+// GetCachedPredicates gets cached predicates for equivalence class
+func (ec *EquivalenceCache) GetCachedPredicates(pod *api.Pod, nodes []*api.Node) ([]*api.Node, FailedPredicateMap, []*api.Node) {
+	fitNodeList := []*api.Node{}
+	failedPredicates := FailedPredicateMap{}
+	noCacheNodeList := []*api.Node{}
+	equivalenceHash := ec.hashEquivalencePod(pod)
+	for _, node := range nodes {
+		findCache := false
+		if algorithmCache, exist := ec.algorithmCache[node.Name]; exist {
+			if cachePredicate, exist := algorithmCache.predicatesCache.Get(equivalenceHash); exist {
+				hostPredicate := cachePredicate.(HostPredicate)
+				if hostPredicate.Fit {
+					fitNodeList = append(fitNodeList, node)
+				} else {
+					failedPredicates[node.Name] = hostPredicate.FailReasons
+				}
+				findCache = true
+			}
+		}
+		if !findCache {
+			noCacheNodeList = append(noCacheNodeList, node)
+		}
+	}
+	return fitNodeList, failedPredicates, noCacheNodeList
+}
+
+// SendInvalidAlgorithmCacheReq marks AlgorithmCache item as invalid
+func (ec *EquivalenceCache) SendInvalidAlgorithmCacheReq(nodeName string) {
+	ec.Lock()
+	defer ec.Unlock()
+	// clear the cache of this node
+	delete(ec.algorithmCache, nodeName)
+}
+
+// SendClearAllCacheReq marks all cached item as invalid
+func (ec *EquivalenceCache) SendClearAllCacheReq() {
+	ec.Lock()
+	defer ec.Unlock()
+	// clear cache of all nodes
+	for nodeName := range ec.algorithmCache {
+		delete(ec.algorithmCache, nodeName)
+	}
+}
+
+// hashEquivalencePod returns the hash of equivalence pod.
+func (ec *EquivalenceCache) hashEquivalencePod(pod *api.Pod) uint64 {
+	equivalencePod := ec.getEquivalencePod(pod)
+	hash := adler32.New()
+	hashutil.DeepHashObject(hash, equivalencePod)
+	return uint64(hash.Sum32())
+}
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/plugins.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/plugins.go
index 4f00bba3a0b..9d5952764c7 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/plugins.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/plugins.go
@@ -76,8 +76,12 @@ var (
 	fitPredicateMap      = make(map[string]FitPredicateFactory)
 	priorityFunctionMap  = make(map[string]PriorityConfigFactory)
 	algorithmProviderMap = make(map[string]AlgorithmProviderConfig)
+
 	// Registered metadata producers
 	priorityMetadataProducer MetadataProducerFactory
+
+	// get equivalence pod function
+	getEquivalencePodFunc algorithm.GetEquivalencePodFunc = nil
 )
 
 const (
@@ -244,6 +248,10 @@ func RegisterCustomPriorityFunction(policy schedulerapi.PriorityPolicy) string {
 	return RegisterPriorityConfigFactory(policy.Name, *pcf)
 }
 
+func RegisterGetEquivalencePodFunction(equivalenceFunc algorithm.GetEquivalencePodFunc) {
+	getEquivalencePodFunc = equivalenceFunc
+}
+
 // This check is useful for testing providers.
 func IsPriorityFunctionRegistered(name string) bool {
 	schedulerFactoryMutex.Lock()