diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/main.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/main.go
index 7c5d44487c3..7e38ea7019d 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/main.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/main.go
@@ -32,8 +32,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	test                   = flag.BoolP("test", "t", false, "set this flag to generate the client code for the testdata")
-	inputVersions          = flag.StringSlice("input", []string{"api/", "extensions/", "autoscaling/", "authentication/", "batch/", "rbac/", "certificates/"}, "group/versions that client-gen will generate clients for. At most one version per group is allowed. Specified in the format \"group1/version1,group2/version2...\". Default to \"api/,extensions/,autoscaling/,batch/,rbac/\"")
+	test          = flag.BoolP("test", "t", false, "set this flag to generate the client code for the testdata")
+	inputVersions = flag.StringSlice("input", []string{
+		"api/",
+		"authentication/",
+		"authorization/",
+		"autoscaling/",
+		"batch/",
+		"certificates/",
+		"extensions/",
+		"rbac/",
+	}, "group/versions that client-gen will generate clients for. At most one version per group is allowed. Specified in the format \"group1/version1,group2/version2...\". Default to \"api/,extensions/,autoscaling/,batch/,rbac/\"")
 	includedTypesOverrides = flag.StringSlice("included-types-overrides", []string{}, "list of group/version/type for which client should be generated. By default, client is generated for all types which have genclient=true in types.go. This overrides that. For each groupVersion in this list, only the types mentioned here will be included. The default check of genclient=true will be used for other group versions.")
 	basePath               = flag.String("input-base", "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis", "base path to look for the api group. Default to \"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis\"")
 	clientsetName          = flag.StringP("clientset-name", "n", "internalclientset", "the name of the generated clientset package.")
diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
index 4becf361b65..e70c823b7f7 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ func New() *Generator {
 			`k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1`,
 			`k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1`,
 			`k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1`,
+			`k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1`,
 			`k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/batch/v1`,
 			`k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/batch/v2alpha1`,
 			`k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps/v1alpha1`,
diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test-cmd.sh b/hack/make-rules/test-cmd.sh
index cc259f65691..aa095f3fd4d 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/test-cmd.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test-cmd.sh
@@ -2328,6 +2328,26 @@ __EOF__
   kubectl create -f test/fixtures/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/tokenreview.json --validate=false
 
 
+
+  ########################
+  # authorization.k8s.io #
+  ########################
+
+  # check remote authorization endpoint, kubectl doesn't actually display the returned object so this isn't super useful
+  # but it proves that works
+  kubectl create -f test/fixtures/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/sar.json --validate=false
+
+  SAR_RESULT_FILE="${KUBE_TEMP}/sar-result.json"
+  curl -k -H "Content-Type:" http://localhost:8080/apis/authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1/subjectaccessreviews -XPOST -d @test/fixtures/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/sar.json > "${SAR_RESULT_FILE}"
+  if grep -q '"allowed": true' "${SAR_RESULT_FILE}"; then
+    kube::log::status "\"authorization.k8s.io/subjectaccessreviews\" returns as expected: $(cat "${SAR_RESULT_FILE}")"
+  else
+    kube::log::status "\"authorization.k8s.io/subjectaccessreviews\" does not return as expected: $(cat "${SAR_RESULT_FILE}")"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  rm "${SAR_RESULT_FILE}"
+ 
+
   #####################
   # Retrieve multiple #
   #####################
diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test-integration.sh b/hack/make-rules/test-integration.sh
index 5eb764cc3af..c5b04750d80 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/test-integration.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test-integration.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 # KUBE_TEST_API_VERSIONS=${KUBE_TEST_API_VERSIONS:-"v1,extensions/v1beta1"}
 # FIXME: due to current implementation of a test client (see: pkg/api/testapi/testapi.go)
 # ONLY the last version is tested in each group.
-KUBE_TEST_API_VERSIONS=${KUBE_TEST_API_VERSIONS:-"v1,autoscaling/v1,batch/v1,apps/v1alpha1,policy/v1alpha1,extensions/v1beta1,rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1,certificates/v1alpha1"}
+KUBE_TEST_API_VERSIONS=${KUBE_TEST_API_VERSIONS:-"v1,authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1,autoscaling/v1,batch/v1,apps/v1alpha1,policy/v1alpha1,extensions/v1beta1,rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1,certificates/v1alpha1"}
 
 # Give integration tests longer to run
 # TODO: allow a larger value to be passed in
diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test.sh b/hack/make-rules/test.sh
index 5a292031579..a2a7b413de0 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/test.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ KUBE_GOVERALLS_BIN=${KUBE_GOVERALLS_BIN:-}
 # "v1,compute/v1alpha1,experimental/v1alpha2;v1,compute/v2,experimental/v1alpha3"
 # FIXME: due to current implementation of a test client (see: pkg/api/testapi/testapi.go)
 # ONLY the last version is tested in each group.
-KUBE_TEST_API_VERSIONS=${KUBE_TEST_API_VERSIONS:-"v1,autoscaling/v1,authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1,batch/v1,batch/v2alpha1,extensions/v1beta1,apps/v1alpha1,federation/v1beta1,policy/v1alpha1,rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1,certificates/v1alpha1"}
+KUBE_TEST_API_VERSIONS=${KUBE_TEST_API_VERSIONS:-"v1,apps/v1alpha1,authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1,authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1,autoscaling/v1,batch/v1,batch/v2alpha1,certificates/v1alpha1,extensions/v1beta1,federation/v1beta1,policy/v1alpha1,rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1"}
 # once we have multiple group supports
 # Create a junit-style XML test report in this directory if set.
 KUBE_JUNIT_REPORT_DIR=${KUBE_JUNIT_REPORT_DIR:-}
diff --git a/hack/update-codegen.sh b/hack/update-codegen.sh
index 0c8f54d24e2..7edd017fe0f 100755
--- a/hack/update-codegen.sh
+++ b/hack/update-codegen.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ setgen=$(kube::util::find-binary "set-gen")
 # update- and verify- scripts.
 ${clientgen} "$@"
 ${clientgen} -t "$@"
-${clientgen} --clientset-name="release_1_4" --input="api/v1,extensions/v1beta1,autoscaling/v1,batch/v1"
+${clientgen} --clientset-name="release_1_4" --input="api/v1,authorization/v1beta1,autoscaling/v1,batch/v1,extensions/v1beta1"
 # Clientgen for federation clientset.
 ${clientgen} --clientset-name=federation_internalclientset --clientset-path=k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/client/clientset_generated --input="../../federation/apis/federation/","api/","extensions/" --included-types-overrides="api/Service,api/Namespace,extensions/ReplicaSet,api/Secret"   "$@"
 ${clientgen} --clientset-name=federation_release_1_4 --clientset-path=k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/client/clientset_generated --input="../../federation/apis/federation/v1beta1","api/v1","extensions/v1beta1" --included-types-overrides="api/v1/Service,api/v1/Namespace,extensions/v1beta1/ReplicaSet,api/v1/Secret"   "$@"
diff --git a/hack/update-swagger-spec.sh b/hack/update-swagger-spec.sh
index 4c061ceeafb..d309b1b833c 100755
--- a/hack/update-swagger-spec.sh
+++ b/hack/update-swagger-spec.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ APISERVER_PID=$!
 kube::util::wait_for_url "http://127.0.0.1:${API_PORT}/healthz" "apiserver: "
 
 SWAGGER_API_PATH="http://127.0.0.1:${API_PORT}/swaggerapi/"
-DEFAULT_GROUP_VERSIONS="v1 authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1 autoscaling/v1 batch/v1 batch/v2alpha1 extensions/v1beta1 apps/v1alpha1 policy/v1alpha1 rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1 certificates/v1alpha1"
+DEFAULT_GROUP_VERSIONS="v1 apps/v1alpha1 authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1 authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1 autoscaling/v1 batch/v1 batch/v2alpha1 extensions/v1beta1 certificates/v1alpha1 policy/v1alpha1 rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1"
 VERSIONS=${VERSIONS:-$DEFAULT_GROUP_VERSIONS}
 
 kube::log::status "Updating " ${SWAGGER_ROOT_DIR}
diff --git a/pkg/api/testapi/testapi.go b/pkg/api/testapi/testapi.go
index 24ff1fb06a0..7cd00d2b770 100644
--- a/pkg/api/testapi/testapi.go
+++ b/pkg/api/testapi/testapi.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import (
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/install"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps/install"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authentication/install"
+	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization/install"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/autoscaling/install"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/batch/install"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/certificates/install"
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authorization/doc.go b/pkg/apis/authorization/doc.go
index 4cf28cad849..a6c011cbf61 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authorization/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authorization/doc.go
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
 
+// +groupName=authorization.k8s.io
 package authorization // import "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization"
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authorization/types.go b/pkg/apis/authorization/types.go
index afa2c4273c7..33ad58c3539 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authorization/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authorization/types.go
@@ -17,13 +17,19 @@ limitations under the License.
 package authorization
 
 import (
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
 )
 
+// +genclient=true
+// +nonNamespaced=true
+// +noMethods=true
+
 // SubjectAccessReview checks whether or not a user or group can perform an action.  Not filling in a
 // spec.namespace means "in all namespaces".
 type SubjectAccessReview struct {
 	unversioned.TypeMeta
+	api.ObjectMeta
 
 	// Spec holds information about the request being evaluated
 	Spec SubjectAccessReviewSpec
@@ -37,6 +43,7 @@ type SubjectAccessReview struct {
 // to check whether they can perform an action
 type SelfSubjectAccessReview struct {
 	unversioned.TypeMeta
+	api.ObjectMeta
 
 	// Spec holds information about the request being evaluated.
 	Spec SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec
@@ -50,6 +57,7 @@ type SelfSubjectAccessReview struct {
 // checking.
 type LocalSubjectAccessReview struct {
 	unversioned.TypeMeta
+	api.ObjectMeta
 
 	// Spec holds information about the request being evaluated.  spec.namespace must be equal to the namespace
 	// you made the request against.  If empty, it is defaulted.
@@ -103,9 +111,13 @@ type SubjectAccessReviewSpec struct {
 	Groups []string
 	// Extra corresponds to the user.Info.GetExtra() method from the authenticator.  Since that is input to the authorizer
 	// it needs a reflection here.
-	Extra map[string][]string
+	Extra map[string]ExtraValue
 }
 
+// ExtraValue masks the value so protobuf can generate
+// +protobuf.nullable=true
+type ExtraValue []string
+
 // SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec is a description of the access request.  Exactly one of ResourceAttributes
 // and NonResourceAttributes must be set
 type SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec struct {
@@ -121,4 +133,8 @@ type SubjectAccessReviewStatus struct {
 	Allowed bool
 	// Reason is optional.  It indicates why a request was allowed or denied.
 	Reason string
+	// EvaluationError is an indication that some error occurred during the authorization check.
+	// It is entirely possible to get an error and be able to continue determine authorization status in spite of it.
+	// For instance, RBAC can be missing a role, but enough roles are still present and bound to reason about the request.
+	EvaluationError string
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/doc.go b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/doc.go
index f5c4cbc2a1f..690ab217add 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/doc.go
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
 // +k8s:conversion-gen=k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization
 
+// +groupName=authorization.k8s.io
 package v1beta1 // import "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1"
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/register.go b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/register.go
index fe99bee3fa1..c54d20d6dba 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ package v1beta1
 
 import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
+	versionedwatch "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/watch/versioned"
 )
 
 // GroupName is the group name use in this package
@@ -37,10 +39,15 @@ func AddToScheme(scheme *runtime.Scheme) {
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
+		&v1.ListOptions{},
+		&v1.DeleteOptions{},
+
 		&SelfSubjectAccessReview{},
 		&SubjectAccessReview{},
 		&LocalSubjectAccessReview{},
 	)
+
+	versionedwatch.AddToGroupVersion(scheme, SchemeGroupVersion)
 }
 
 func (obj *LocalSubjectAccessReview) GetObjectKind() unversioned.ObjectKind { return &obj.TypeMeta }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/types.go b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/types.go
index 70c1282a755..558a1e5750b 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -17,18 +17,26 @@ limitations under the License.
 package v1beta1
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 )
 
+// +genclient=true
+// +nonNamespaced=true
+// +noMethods=true
+
 // SubjectAccessReview checks whether or not a user or group can perform an action.
 type SubjectAccessReview struct {
 	unversioned.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
+	v1.ObjectMeta        `json:"metadata,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=metadata"`
 
 	// Spec holds information about the request being evaluated
-	Spec SubjectAccessReviewSpec `json:"spec"`
+	Spec SubjectAccessReviewSpec `json:"spec" protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=spec"`
 
 	// Status is filled in by the server and indicates whether the request is allowed or not
-	Status SubjectAccessReviewStatus `json:"status,omitempty"`
+	Status SubjectAccessReviewStatus `json:"status,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=status"`
 }
 
 // SelfSubjectAccessReview checks whether or the current user can perform an action.  Not filling in a
@@ -36,12 +44,13 @@ type SubjectAccessReview struct {
 // to check whether they can perform an action
 type SelfSubjectAccessReview struct {
 	unversioned.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
+	v1.ObjectMeta        `json:"metadata,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=metadata"`
 
 	// Spec holds information about the request being evaluated.  user and groups must be empty
-	Spec SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec `json:"spec"`
+	Spec SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec `json:"spec" protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=spec"`
 
 	// Status is filled in by the server and indicates whether the request is allowed or not
-	Status SubjectAccessReviewStatus `json:"status,omitempty"`
+	Status SubjectAccessReviewStatus `json:"status,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=status"`
 }
 
 // LocalSubjectAccessReview checks whether or not a user or group can perform an action in a given namespace.
@@ -49,13 +58,14 @@ type SelfSubjectAccessReview struct {
 // checking.
 type LocalSubjectAccessReview struct {
 	unversioned.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
+	v1.ObjectMeta        `json:"metadata,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=metadata"`
 
 	// Spec holds information about the request being evaluated.  spec.namespace must be equal to the namespace
 	// you made the request against.  If empty, it is defaulted.
-	Spec SubjectAccessReviewSpec `json:"spec"`
+	Spec SubjectAccessReviewSpec `json:"spec" protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=spec"`
 
 	// Status is filled in by the server and indicates whether the request is allowed or not
-	Status SubjectAccessReviewStatus `json:"status,omitempty"`
+	Status SubjectAccessReviewStatus `json:"status,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=status"`
 }
 
 // ResourceAttributes includes the authorization attributes available for resource requests to the Authorizer interface
@@ -64,60 +74,73 @@ type ResourceAttributes struct {
 	// "" (empty) is defaulted for LocalSubjectAccessReviews
 	// "" (empty) is empty for cluster-scoped resources
 	// "" (empty) means "all" for namespace scoped resources from a SubjectAccessReview or SelfSubjectAccessReview
-	Namespace string `json:"namespace,omitempty"`
+	Namespace string `json:"namespace,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=namespace"`
 	// Verb is a kubernetes resource API verb, like: get, list, watch, create, update, delete, proxy.  "*" means all.
-	Verb string `json:"verb,omitempty"`
+	Verb string `json:"verb,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=verb"`
 	// Group is the API Group of the Resource.  "*" means all.
-	Group string `json:"group,omitempty"`
+	Group string `json:"group,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=group"`
 	// Version is the API Version of the Resource.  "*" means all.
-	Version string `json:"version,omitempty"`
+	Version string `json:"version,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=version"`
 	// Resource is one of the existing resource types.  "*" means all.
-	Resource string `json:"resource,omitempty"`
+	Resource string `json:"resource,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=resource"`
 	// Subresource is one of the existing resource types.  "" means none.
-	Subresource string `json:"subresource,omitempty"`
+	Subresource string `json:"subresource,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,6,opt,name=subresource"`
 	// Name is the name of the resource being requested for a "get" or deleted for a "delete". "" (empty) means all.
-	Name string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	Name string `json:"name,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,7,opt,name=name"`
 }
 
 // NonResourceAttributes includes the authorization attributes available for non-resource requests to the Authorizer interface
 type NonResourceAttributes struct {
 	// Path is the URL path of the request
-	Path string `json:"path,omitempty"`
+	Path string `json:"path,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=path"`
 	// Verb is the standard HTTP verb
-	Verb string `json:"verb,omitempty"`
+	Verb string `json:"verb,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=verb"`
 }
 
 // SubjectAccessReviewSpec is a description of the access request.  Exactly one of ResourceAuthorizationAttributes
 // and NonResourceAuthorizationAttributes must be set
 type SubjectAccessReviewSpec struct {
 	// ResourceAuthorizationAttributes describes information for a resource access request
-	ResourceAttributes *ResourceAttributes `json:"resourceAttributes,omitempty"`
+	ResourceAttributes *ResourceAttributes `json:"resourceAttributes,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=resourceAttributes"`
 	// NonResourceAttributes describes information for a non-resource access request
-	NonResourceAttributes *NonResourceAttributes `json:"nonResourceAttributes,omitempty"`
+	NonResourceAttributes *NonResourceAttributes `json:"nonResourceAttributes,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=nonResourceAttributes"`
 
 	// User is the user you're testing for.
 	// If you specify "User" but not "Group", then is it interpreted as "What if User were not a member of any groups
-	User string `json:"user,omitempty"`
+	User string `json:"user,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=verb"`
 	// Groups is the groups you're testing for.
-	Groups []string `json:"group,omitempty"`
+	Groups []string `json:"group,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,4,rep,name=group"`
 	// Extra corresponds to the user.Info.GetExtra() method from the authenticator.  Since that is input to the authorizer
 	// it needs a reflection here.
-	Extra map[string][]string `json:"extra,omitempty"`
+	Extra map[string]ExtraValue `json:"extra,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,5,rep,name=extra"`
+}
+
+// ExtraValue masks the value so protobuf can generate
+// +protobuf.nullable=true
+// +protobuf.options.(gogoproto.goproto_stringer)=false
+type ExtraValue []string
+
+func (t ExtraValue) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", []string(t))
 }
 
 // SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec is a description of the access request.  Exactly one of ResourceAuthorizationAttributes
 // and NonResourceAuthorizationAttributes must be set
 type SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec struct {
 	// ResourceAuthorizationAttributes describes information for a resource access request
-	ResourceAttributes *ResourceAttributes `json:"resourceAttributes,omitempty"`
+	ResourceAttributes *ResourceAttributes `json:"resourceAttributes,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=resourceAttributes"`
 	// NonResourceAttributes describes information for a non-resource access request
-	NonResourceAttributes *NonResourceAttributes `json:"nonResourceAttributes,omitempty"`
+	NonResourceAttributes *NonResourceAttributes `json:"nonResourceAttributes,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=nonResourceAttributes"`
 }
 
 // SubjectAccessReviewStatus
 type SubjectAccessReviewStatus struct {
 	// Allowed is required.  True if the action would be allowed, false otherwise.
-	Allowed bool `json:"allowed"`
+	Allowed bool `json:"allowed" protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=allowed"`
 	// Reason is optional.  It indicates why a request was allowed or denied.
-	Reason string `json:"reason,omitempty"`
+	Reason string `json:"reason,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=reason"`
+	// EvaluationError is an indication that some error occurred during the authorization check.
+	// It is entirely possible to get an error and be able to continue determine authorization status in spite of it.
+	// For instance, RBAC can be missing a role, but enough roles are still present and bound to reason about the request.
+	EvaluationError string `json:"evaluationError,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=evaluationError"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/zz_generated.conversion.go b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/zz_generated.conversion.go
index 18d11380bfa..4b142f7f79e 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ func autoConvert_v1beta1_LocalSubjectAccessReview_To_authorization_LocalSubjectA
 	if err := api.Convert_unversioned_TypeMeta_To_unversioned_TypeMeta(&in.TypeMeta, &out.TypeMeta, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// TODO: Inefficient conversion - can we improve it?
+	if err := s.Convert(&in.ObjectMeta, &out.ObjectMeta, 0); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := Convert_v1beta1_SubjectAccessReviewSpec_To_authorization_SubjectAccessReviewSpec(&in.Spec, &out.Spec, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -71,6 +75,10 @@ func autoConvert_authorization_LocalSubjectAccessReview_To_v1beta1_LocalSubjectA
 	if err := api.Convert_unversioned_TypeMeta_To_unversioned_TypeMeta(&in.TypeMeta, &out.TypeMeta, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// TODO: Inefficient conversion - can we improve it?
+	if err := s.Convert(&in.ObjectMeta, &out.ObjectMeta, 0); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := Convert_authorization_SubjectAccessReviewSpec_To_v1beta1_SubjectAccessReviewSpec(&in.Spec, &out.Spec, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -138,6 +146,10 @@ func autoConvert_v1beta1_SelfSubjectAccessReview_To_authorization_SelfSubjectAcc
 	if err := api.Convert_unversioned_TypeMeta_To_unversioned_TypeMeta(&in.TypeMeta, &out.TypeMeta, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// TODO: Inefficient conversion - can we improve it?
+	if err := s.Convert(&in.ObjectMeta, &out.ObjectMeta, 0); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := Convert_v1beta1_SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec_To_authorization_SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec(&in.Spec, &out.Spec, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -155,6 +167,10 @@ func autoConvert_authorization_SelfSubjectAccessReview_To_v1beta1_SelfSubjectAcc
 	if err := api.Convert_unversioned_TypeMeta_To_unversioned_TypeMeta(&in.TypeMeta, &out.TypeMeta, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// TODO: Inefficient conversion - can we improve it?
+	if err := s.Convert(&in.ObjectMeta, &out.ObjectMeta, 0); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := Convert_authorization_SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec_To_v1beta1_SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec(&in.Spec, &out.Spec, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -224,6 +240,10 @@ func autoConvert_v1beta1_SubjectAccessReview_To_authorization_SubjectAccessRevie
 	if err := api.Convert_unversioned_TypeMeta_To_unversioned_TypeMeta(&in.TypeMeta, &out.TypeMeta, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// TODO: Inefficient conversion - can we improve it?
+	if err := s.Convert(&in.ObjectMeta, &out.ObjectMeta, 0); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := Convert_v1beta1_SubjectAccessReviewSpec_To_authorization_SubjectAccessReviewSpec(&in.Spec, &out.Spec, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -241,6 +261,10 @@ func autoConvert_authorization_SubjectAccessReview_To_v1beta1_SubjectAccessRevie
 	if err := api.Convert_unversioned_TypeMeta_To_unversioned_TypeMeta(&in.TypeMeta, &out.TypeMeta, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// TODO: Inefficient conversion - can we improve it?
+	if err := s.Convert(&in.ObjectMeta, &out.ObjectMeta, 0); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := Convert_authorization_SubjectAccessReviewSpec_To_v1beta1_SubjectAccessReviewSpec(&in.Spec, &out.Spec, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -275,7 +299,20 @@ func autoConvert_v1beta1_SubjectAccessReviewSpec_To_authorization_SubjectAccessR
 	}
 	out.User = in.User
 	out.Groups = in.Groups
-	out.Extra = in.Extra
+	if in.Extra != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Extra, &out.Extra
+		*out = make(map[string]authorization.ExtraValue, len(*in))
+		for key, val := range *in {
+			newVal := new(authorization.ExtraValue)
+			// TODO: Inefficient conversion - can we improve it?
+			if err := s.Convert(&val, newVal, 0); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			(*out)[key] = *newVal
+		}
+	} else {
+		out.Extra = nil
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -304,7 +341,20 @@ func autoConvert_authorization_SubjectAccessReviewSpec_To_v1beta1_SubjectAccessR
 	}
 	out.User = in.User
 	out.Groups = in.Groups
-	out.Extra = in.Extra
+	if in.Extra != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Extra, &out.Extra
+		*out = make(map[string]ExtraValue, len(*in))
+		for key, val := range *in {
+			newVal := new(ExtraValue)
+			// TODO: Inefficient conversion - can we improve it?
+			if err := s.Convert(&val, newVal, 0); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			(*out)[key] = *newVal
+		}
+	} else {
+		out.Extra = nil
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -315,6 +365,7 @@ func Convert_authorization_SubjectAccessReviewSpec_To_v1beta1_SubjectAccessRevie
 func autoConvert_v1beta1_SubjectAccessReviewStatus_To_authorization_SubjectAccessReviewStatus(in *SubjectAccessReviewStatus, out *authorization.SubjectAccessReviewStatus, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	out.Allowed = in.Allowed
 	out.Reason = in.Reason
+	out.EvaluationError = in.EvaluationError
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -325,6 +376,7 @@ func Convert_v1beta1_SubjectAccessReviewStatus_To_authorization_SubjectAccessRev
 func autoConvert_authorization_SubjectAccessReviewStatus_To_v1beta1_SubjectAccessReviewStatus(in *authorization.SubjectAccessReviewStatus, out *SubjectAccessReviewStatus, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	out.Allowed = in.Allowed
 	out.Reason = in.Reason
+	out.EvaluationError = in.EvaluationError
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index af3dcdb8d83..b99e35a3696 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package v1beta1
 
 import (
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	v1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	conversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/conversion"
 	reflect "reflect"
 )
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ func DeepCopy_v1beta1_LocalSubjectAccessReview(in interface{}, out interface{},
 		in := in.(*LocalSubjectAccessReview)
 		out := out.(*LocalSubjectAccessReview)
 		out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
+		if err := v1.DeepCopy_v1_ObjectMeta(&in.ObjectMeta, &out.ObjectMeta, c); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		if err := DeepCopy_v1beta1_SubjectAccessReviewSpec(&in.Spec, &out.Spec, c); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -85,6 +89,9 @@ func DeepCopy_v1beta1_SelfSubjectAccessReview(in interface{}, out interface{}, c
 		in := in.(*SelfSubjectAccessReview)
 		out := out.(*SelfSubjectAccessReview)
 		out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
+		if err := v1.DeepCopy_v1_ObjectMeta(&in.ObjectMeta, &out.ObjectMeta, c); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		if err := DeepCopy_v1beta1_SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec(&in.Spec, &out.Spec, c); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -120,6 +127,9 @@ func DeepCopy_v1beta1_SubjectAccessReview(in interface{}, out interface{}, c *co
 		in := in.(*SubjectAccessReview)
 		out := out.(*SubjectAccessReview)
 		out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
+		if err := v1.DeepCopy_v1_ObjectMeta(&in.ObjectMeta, &out.ObjectMeta, c); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		if err := DeepCopy_v1beta1_SubjectAccessReviewSpec(&in.Spec, &out.Spec, c); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -156,12 +166,12 @@ func DeepCopy_v1beta1_SubjectAccessReviewSpec(in interface{}, out interface{}, c
 		}
 		if in.Extra != nil {
 			in, out := &in.Extra, &out.Extra
-			*out = make(map[string][]string)
+			*out = make(map[string]ExtraValue)
 			for key, val := range *in {
 				if newVal, err := c.DeepCopy(&val); err != nil {
 					return err
 				} else {
-					(*out)[key] = *newVal.(*[]string)
+					(*out)[key] = *newVal.(*ExtraValue)
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -177,6 +187,7 @@ func DeepCopy_v1beta1_SubjectAccessReviewStatus(in interface{}, out interface{},
 		out := out.(*SubjectAccessReviewStatus)
 		out.Allowed = in.Allowed
 		out.Reason = in.Reason
+		out.EvaluationError = in.EvaluationError
 		return nil
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authorization/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/authorization/validation/validation.go
index 7565ac4d8c7..9b6298872c3 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authorization/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authorization/validation/validation.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package validation
 
 import (
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	authorizationapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/validation/field"
 )
@@ -50,15 +51,24 @@ func ValidateSelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec(spec authorizationapi.SelfSubjectAccess
 
 func ValidateSubjectAccessReview(sar *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := ValidateSubjectAccessReviewSpec(sar.Spec, field.NewPath("spec"))
+	if !api.Semantic.DeepEqual(api.ObjectMeta{}, sar.ObjectMeta) {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("metadata"), sar.ObjectMeta, `must be empty`))
+	}
 	return allErrs
 }
 
 func ValidateSelfSubjectAccessReview(sar *authorizationapi.SelfSubjectAccessReview) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := ValidateSelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec(sar.Spec, field.NewPath("spec"))
+	if !api.Semantic.DeepEqual(api.ObjectMeta{}, sar.ObjectMeta) {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("metadata"), sar.ObjectMeta, `must be empty`))
+	}
 	return allErrs
 }
 
 func ValidateLocalSubjectAccessReview(sar *authorizationapi.LocalSubjectAccessReview) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := ValidateSubjectAccessReviewSpec(sar.Spec, field.NewPath("spec"))
+	if !api.Semantic.DeepEqual(api.ObjectMeta{}, sar.ObjectMeta) {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("metadata"), sar.ObjectMeta, `must be empty`))
+	}
 	return allErrs
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authorization/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/authorization/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index b66c33a4e2b..22fc7f3759f 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authorization/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authorization/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ func DeepCopy_authorization_LocalSubjectAccessReview(in interface{}, out interfa
 		in := in.(*LocalSubjectAccessReview)
 		out := out.(*LocalSubjectAccessReview)
 		out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
+		if err := api.DeepCopy_api_ObjectMeta(&in.ObjectMeta, &out.ObjectMeta, c); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		if err := DeepCopy_authorization_SubjectAccessReviewSpec(&in.Spec, &out.Spec, c); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -85,6 +88,9 @@ func DeepCopy_authorization_SelfSubjectAccessReview(in interface{}, out interfac
 		in := in.(*SelfSubjectAccessReview)
 		out := out.(*SelfSubjectAccessReview)
 		out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
+		if err := api.DeepCopy_api_ObjectMeta(&in.ObjectMeta, &out.ObjectMeta, c); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		if err := DeepCopy_authorization_SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec(&in.Spec, &out.Spec, c); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -120,6 +126,9 @@ func DeepCopy_authorization_SubjectAccessReview(in interface{}, out interface{},
 		in := in.(*SubjectAccessReview)
 		out := out.(*SubjectAccessReview)
 		out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
+		if err := api.DeepCopy_api_ObjectMeta(&in.ObjectMeta, &out.ObjectMeta, c); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		if err := DeepCopy_authorization_SubjectAccessReviewSpec(&in.Spec, &out.Spec, c); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -156,12 +165,12 @@ func DeepCopy_authorization_SubjectAccessReviewSpec(in interface{}, out interfac
 		}
 		if in.Extra != nil {
 			in, out := &in.Extra, &out.Extra
-			*out = make(map[string][]string)
+			*out = make(map[string]ExtraValue)
 			for key, val := range *in {
 				if newVal, err := c.DeepCopy(&val); err != nil {
 					return err
 				} else {
-					(*out)[key] = *newVal.(*[]string)
+					(*out)[key] = *newVal.(*ExtraValue)
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -177,6 +186,7 @@ func DeepCopy_authorization_SubjectAccessReviewStatus(in interface{}, out interf
 		out := out.(*SubjectAccessReviewStatus)
 		out.Allowed = in.Allowed
 		out.Reason = in.Reason
+		out.EvaluationError = in.EvaluationError
 		return nil
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/authorization/unversioned/fake/fake_generated_expansion.go b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/authorization/unversioned/fake/fake_generated_expansion.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54eed3652d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/authorization/unversioned/fake/fake_generated_expansion.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+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 fake
+
+import (
+	authorizationapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/testing/core"
+)
+
+func (c *FakeSubjectAccessReviews) Create(sar *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview) (result *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview, err error) {
+	obj, err := c.Fake.Invokes(core.NewRootCreateAction(authorizationapi.SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource("subjectaccessreviews"), sar), &authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview{})
+	return obj.(*authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview), err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/authorization/unversioned/generated_expansion.go b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/authorization/unversioned/generated_expansion.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16a170ece21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/authorization/unversioned/generated_expansion.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+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 unversioned
+
+import (
+	authorizationapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization"
+)
+
+// The PodExpansion interface allows manually adding extra methods to the PodInterface.
+type SubjectAccessReviewExpansion interface {
+	Create(sar *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview) (result *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview, err error)
+}
+
+func (c *subjectAccessReviews) Create(sar *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview) (result *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview, err error) {
+	result = &authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview{}
+	err = c.client.Post().
+		Resource("subjectaccessreviews").
+		Body(sar).
+		Do().
+		Into(result)
+	return
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset_generated/release_1_4/typed/authorization/v1beta1/fake/fake_generated_expansion.go b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/release_1_4/typed/authorization/v1beta1/fake/fake_generated_expansion.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88df166ef58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/release_1_4/typed/authorization/v1beta1/fake/fake_generated_expansion.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+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 fake
+
+import (
+	authorizationapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/testing/core"
+)
+
+func (c *FakeSubjectAccessReviews) Create(sar *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview) (result *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview, err error) {
+	obj, err := c.Fake.Invokes(core.NewRootCreateAction(authorizationapi.SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource("subjectaccessreviews"), sar), &authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview{})
+	return obj.(*authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview), err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset_generated/release_1_4/typed/authorization/v1beta1/generated_expansion.go b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/release_1_4/typed/authorization/v1beta1/generated_expansion.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce0a6a929f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/release_1_4/typed/authorization/v1beta1/generated_expansion.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+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 v1beta1
+
+import (
+	authorizationapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1"
+)
+
+// The PodExpansion interface allows manually adding extra methods to the PodInterface.
+type SubjectAccessReviewExpansion interface {
+	Create(sar *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview) (result *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview, err error)
+}
+
+func (c *subjectAccessReviews) Create(sar *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview) (result *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview, err error) {
+	result = &authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview{}
+	err = c.client.Post().
+		Resource("subjectaccessreviews").
+		Body(sar).
+		Do().
+		Into(result)
+	return
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/unversioned/adapters/internalclientset/clientset_adaption.go b/pkg/client/unversioned/adapters/internalclientset/clientset_adaption.go
index 1b2262b0932..5b01b4c053d 100644
--- a/pkg/client/unversioned/adapters/internalclientset/clientset_adaption.go
+++ b/pkg/client/unversioned/adapters/internalclientset/clientset_adaption.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package internalclientset
 import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset"
 	unversionedauthentication "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/authentication/unversioned"
+	unversionedauthorization "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/authorization/unversioned"
 	unversionedautoscaling "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/autoscaling/unversioned"
 	unversionedbatch "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/batch/unversioned"
 	unversionedcore "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/core/unversioned"
@@ -47,6 +48,11 @@ func FromUnversionedClient(c *unversioned.Client) *internalclientset.Clientset {
 	} else {
 		clientset.BatchClient = unversionedbatch.New(nil)
 	}
+	if c != nil && c.AuthorizationClient != nil {
+		clientset.AuthorizationClient = unversionedauthorization.New(c.AuthorizationClient.RESTClient)
+	} else {
+		clientset.AuthorizationClient = unversionedauthorization.New(nil)
+	}
 	if c != nil && c.AutoscalingClient != nil {
 		clientset.AutoscalingClient = unversionedautoscaling.New(c.AutoscalingClient.RESTClient)
 	} else {
diff --git a/pkg/client/unversioned/authorization.go b/pkg/client/unversioned/authorization.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..beba40dca7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/unversioned/authorization.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+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 unversioned
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apimachinery/registered"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/restclient"
+)
+
+type AuthorizationInterface interface {
+	SubjectAccessReviewsInterface
+}
+
+// AuthorizationClient is used to interact with Kubernetes authorization features.
+type AuthorizationClient struct {
+	*restclient.RESTClient
+}
+
+func (c *AuthorizationClient) SubjectAccessReviews() SubjectAccessReviewInterface {
+	return newSubjectAccessReviews(c)
+}
+
+func NewAuthorization(c *restclient.Config) (*AuthorizationClient, error) {
+	config := *c
+	if err := setAuthorizationDefaults(&config); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	client, err := restclient.RESTClientFor(&config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &AuthorizationClient{client}, nil
+}
+
+func NewAuthorizationOrDie(c *restclient.Config) *AuthorizationClient {
+	client, err := NewAuthorization(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return client
+}
+
+func setAuthorizationDefaults(config *restclient.Config) error {
+	// if authorization group is not registered, return an error
+	g, err := registered.Group(authorization.GroupName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	config.APIPath = defaultAPIPath
+	if config.UserAgent == "" {
+		config.UserAgent = restclient.DefaultKubernetesUserAgent()
+	}
+	// TODO: Unconditionally set the config.Version, until we fix the config.
+	//if config.Version == "" {
+	copyGroupVersion := g.GroupVersion
+	config.GroupVersion = &copyGroupVersion
+	//}
+
+	config.NegotiatedSerializer = api.Codecs
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/unversioned/client.go b/pkg/client/unversioned/client.go
index c87c7ba2bb9..09d0515b1a3 100644
--- a/pkg/client/unversioned/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/unversioned/client.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type Interface interface {
 	ComponentStatusesInterface
 	ConfigMapsNamespacer
 	Apps() AppsInterface
+	Authorization() AuthorizationInterface
 	Autoscaling() AutoscalingInterface
 	Authentication() AuthenticationInterface
 	Batch() BatchInterface
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ func (c *Client) ConfigMaps(namespace string) ConfigMapsInterface {
 // Client is the implementation of a Kubernetes client.
 type Client struct {
 	*restclient.RESTClient
+	*AuthorizationClient
 	*AutoscalingClient
 	*AuthenticationClient
 	*BatchClient
@@ -153,6 +155,10 @@ func IsTimeout(err error) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func (c *Client) Authorization() AuthorizationInterface {
+	return c.AuthorizationClient
+}
+
 func (c *Client) Autoscaling() AutoscalingInterface {
 	return c.AutoscalingClient
 }
diff --git a/pkg/client/unversioned/helper.go b/pkg/client/unversioned/helper.go
index e0af69e294e..2d5caf32207 100644
--- a/pkg/client/unversioned/helper.go
+++ b/pkg/client/unversioned/helper.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apimachinery/registered"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authentication"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/autoscaling"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/batch"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/certificates"
@@ -63,6 +64,15 @@ func New(c *restclient.Config) (*Client, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	var authorizationClient *AuthorizationClient
+	if registered.IsRegistered(authorization.GroupName) {
+		authorizationConfig := *c
+		authorizationClient, err = NewAuthorization(&authorizationConfig)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	var autoscalingClient *AutoscalingClient
 	if registered.IsRegistered(autoscaling.GroupName) {
 		autoscalingConfig := *c
@@ -137,6 +147,7 @@ func New(c *restclient.Config) (*Client, error) {
 		RESTClient:           client,
 		AppsClient:           appsClient,
 		AuthenticationClient: authenticationClient,
+		AuthorizationClient:  authorizationClient,
 		AutoscalingClient:    autoscalingClient,
 		BatchClient:          batchClient,
 		CertificatesClient:   certsClient,
diff --git a/pkg/client/unversioned/subjectaccessreview.go b/pkg/client/unversioned/subjectaccessreview.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b7a2c59e67a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/unversioned/subjectaccessreview.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015 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 unversioned
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization"
+)
+
+type SubjectAccessReviewsInterface interface {
+	SubjectAccessReviews() SubjectAccessReviewInterface
+}
+
+type SubjectAccessReviewInterface interface {
+	Create(subjectAccessReview *authorization.SubjectAccessReview) (*authorization.SubjectAccessReview, error)
+}
+
+type subjectAccessReviews struct {
+	client *AuthorizationClient
+}
+
+func newSubjectAccessReviews(c *AuthorizationClient) *subjectAccessReviews {
+	return &subjectAccessReviews{
+		client: c,
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *subjectAccessReviews) Create(subjectAccessReview *authorization.SubjectAccessReview) (result *authorization.SubjectAccessReview, err error) {
+	result = &authorization.SubjectAccessReview{}
+	err = c.client.Post().Resource("subjectAccessReviews").Body(subjectAccessReview).Do().Into(result)
+	return
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/unversioned/testclient/fake_subjectaccessreviews.go b/pkg/client/unversioned/testclient/fake_subjectaccessreviews.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54f779dbda2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/unversioned/testclient/fake_subjectaccessreviews.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015 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 testclient
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization"
+)
+
+// FakeSubjectAccessReviews implements SubjectAccessReviewInterface. Meant to be embedded into a struct to get a default
+// implementation. This makes faking out just the methods you want to test easier.
+type FakeSubjectAccessReviews struct {
+	Fake *FakeAuthorization
+}
+
+func (c *FakeSubjectAccessReviews) Create(a *authorization.SubjectAccessReview) (*authorization.SubjectAccessReview, error) {
+	obj, err := c.Fake.Invokes(NewRootCreateAction("subjectaccessreviews", a), a)
+	if obj == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return obj.(*authorization.SubjectAccessReview), err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/unversioned/testclient/testclient.go b/pkg/client/unversioned/testclient/testclient.go
index 3ca670f8641..418a726b7e3 100644
--- a/pkg/client/unversioned/testclient/testclient.go
+++ b/pkg/client/unversioned/testclient/testclient.go
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ func (c *Fake) Apps() client.AppsInterface {
 	return &FakeApps{c}
 }
 
+func (c *Fake) Authorization() client.AuthorizationInterface {
+	return &FakeAuthorization{c}
+}
+
 func (c *Fake) Autoscaling() client.AutoscalingInterface {
 	return &FakeAutoscaling{c}
 }
@@ -344,6 +348,19 @@ func (c *FakeApps) PetSets(namespace string) client.PetSetInterface {
 	return &FakePetSets{Fake: c, Namespace: namespace}
 }
 
+// NewSimpleFakeAuthorization returns a client that will respond with the provided objects
+func NewSimpleFakeAuthorization(objects ...runtime.Object) *FakeAuthorization {
+	return &FakeAuthorization{Fake: NewSimpleFake(objects...)}
+}
+
+type FakeAuthorization struct {
+	*Fake
+}
+
+func (c *FakeAuthorization) SubjectAccessReviews() client.SubjectAccessReviewInterface {
+	return &FakeSubjectAccessReviews{Fake: c}
+}
+
 // NewSimpleFakeAutoscaling returns a client that will respond with the provided objects
 func NewSimpleFakeAutoscaling(objects ...runtime.Object) *FakeAutoscaling {
 	return &FakeAutoscaling{Fake: NewSimpleFake(objects...)}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/garbagecollector/garbagecollector.go b/pkg/controller/garbagecollector/garbagecollector.go
index 3c2857380ed..55a3bf3b513 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/garbagecollector/garbagecollector.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/garbagecollector/garbagecollector.go
@@ -503,11 +503,12 @@ func monitorFor(p *Propagator, clientPool dynamic.ClientPool, resource unversion
 }
 
 var ignoredResources = map[unversioned.GroupVersionResource]struct{}{
-	unversioned.GroupVersionResource{Group: "extensions", Version: "v1beta1", Resource: "replicationcontrollers"}:  {},
-	unversioned.GroupVersionResource{Group: "", Version: "v1", Resource: "bindings"}:                               {},
-	unversioned.GroupVersionResource{Group: "", Version: "v1", Resource: "componentstatuses"}:                      {},
-	unversioned.GroupVersionResource{Group: "", Version: "v1", Resource: "events"}:                                 {},
-	unversioned.GroupVersionResource{Group: "authentication.k8s.io", Version: "v1beta1", Resource: "tokenreviews"}: {},
+	unversioned.GroupVersionResource{Group: "extensions", Version: "v1beta1", Resource: "replicationcontrollers"}:         {},
+	unversioned.GroupVersionResource{Group: "", Version: "v1", Resource: "bindings"}:                                      {},
+	unversioned.GroupVersionResource{Group: "", Version: "v1", Resource: "componentstatuses"}:                             {},
+	unversioned.GroupVersionResource{Group: "", Version: "v1", Resource: "events"}:                                        {},
+	unversioned.GroupVersionResource{Group: "authentication.k8s.io", Version: "v1beta1", Resource: "tokenreviews"}:        {},
+	unversioned.GroupVersionResource{Group: "authorization.k8s.io", Version: "v1beta1", Resource: "subjectaccessreviews"}: {},
 }
 
 func NewGarbageCollector(clientPool dynamic.ClientPool, resources []unversioned.GroupVersionResource) (*GarbageCollector, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/master/master.go b/pkg/master/master.go
index 244d21647ee..fc870b9992e 100644
--- a/pkg/master/master.go
+++ b/pkg/master/master.go
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apimachinery/registered"
 	appsapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps/v1alpha1"
 	authenticationv1beta1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authentication/v1beta1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization"
+	authorizationapiv1beta1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/autoscaling"
 	autoscalingapiv1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/batch"
@@ -202,6 +204,7 @@ func New(c *Config) (*Master, error) {
 	c.RESTStorageProviders[policy.GroupName] = PolicyRESTStorageProvider{}
 	c.RESTStorageProviders[rbac.GroupName] = RBACRESTStorageProvider{AuthorizerRBACSuperUser: c.AuthorizerRBACSuperUser}
 	c.RESTStorageProviders[authenticationv1beta1.GroupName] = AuthenticationRESTStorageProvider{Authenticator: c.Authenticator}
+	c.RESTStorageProviders[authorization.GroupName] = AuthorizationRESTStorageProvider{Authorizer: c.Authorizer}
 	m.InstallAPIs(c)
 
 	// TODO: Attempt clean shutdown?
@@ -762,6 +765,7 @@ func DefaultAPIResourceConfigSource() *genericapiserver.ResourceConfig {
 		policyapiv1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion,
 		rbacapi.SchemeGroupVersion,
 		certificatesapiv1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion,
+		authorizationapiv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion,
 	)
 
 	// all extensions resources except these are disabled by default
diff --git a/pkg/master/storage_authorization.go b/pkg/master/storage_authorization.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ddb4f7a50c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/master/storage_authorization.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+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 master
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/rest"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization"
+	authorizationv1beta1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/auth/authorizer"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/genericapiserver"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/registry/authorization/subjectaccessreview"
+)
+
+type AuthorizationRESTStorageProvider struct {
+	Authorizer authorizer.Authorizer
+}
+
+var _ RESTStorageProvider = &AuthorizationRESTStorageProvider{}
+
+func (p AuthorizationRESTStorageProvider) NewRESTStorage(apiResourceConfigSource genericapiserver.APIResourceConfigSource, restOptionsGetter RESTOptionsGetter) (genericapiserver.APIGroupInfo, bool) {
+	if p.Authorizer == nil {
+		return genericapiserver.APIGroupInfo{}, false
+	}
+
+	apiGroupInfo := genericapiserver.NewDefaultAPIGroupInfo(authorization.GroupName)
+
+	if apiResourceConfigSource.AnyResourcesForVersionEnabled(authorizationv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion) {
+		apiGroupInfo.VersionedResourcesStorageMap[authorizationv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion.Version] = p.v1beta1Storage(apiResourceConfigSource, restOptionsGetter)
+		apiGroupInfo.GroupMeta.GroupVersion = authorizationv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion
+	}
+
+	return apiGroupInfo, true
+}
+
+func (p AuthorizationRESTStorageProvider) v1beta1Storage(apiResourceConfigSource genericapiserver.APIResourceConfigSource, restOptionsGetter RESTOptionsGetter) map[string]rest.Storage {
+	version := authorizationv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion
+
+	storage := map[string]rest.Storage{}
+	if apiResourceConfigSource.ResourceEnabled(version.WithResource("subjectaccessreviews")) {
+		storage["subjectaccessreviews"] = subjectaccessreview.NewREST(p.Authorizer)
+	}
+
+	return storage
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/authorization/subjectaccessreview/rest.go b/pkg/registry/authorization/subjectaccessreview/rest.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c293e5335c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/registry/authorization/subjectaccessreview/rest.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+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 subjectaccessreview
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	kapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	kapierrors "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"
+	authorizationapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization"
+	authorizationvalidation "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization/validation"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/auth/authorizer"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/auth/user"
+	authorizationutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/registry/authorization/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
+)
+
+type REST struct {
+	authorizer authorizer.Authorizer
+}
+
+func NewREST(authorizer authorizer.Authorizer) *REST {
+	return &REST{authorizer}
+}
+
+func (r *REST) New() runtime.Object {
+	return &authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview{}
+}
+
+func (r *REST) Create(ctx kapi.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error) {
+	subjectAccessReview, ok := obj.(*authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, kapierrors.NewBadRequest(fmt.Sprintf("not a SubjectAccessReview: %#v", obj))
+	}
+	if errs := authorizationvalidation.ValidateSubjectAccessReview(subjectAccessReview); len(errs) > 0 {
+		return nil, kapierrors.NewInvalid(authorizationapi.Kind(subjectAccessReview.Kind), "", errs)
+	}
+
+	userToCheck := &user.DefaultInfo{
+		Name:   subjectAccessReview.Spec.User,
+		Groups: subjectAccessReview.Spec.Groups,
+		Extra:  convertToUserInfoExtra(subjectAccessReview.Spec.Extra),
+	}
+
+	var authorizationAttributes authorizer.AttributesRecord
+	if subjectAccessReview.Spec.ResourceAttributes != nil {
+		authorizationAttributes = authorizationutil.ResourceAttributesFrom(userToCheck, *subjectAccessReview.Spec.ResourceAttributes)
+	} else {
+		authorizationAttributes = authorizationutil.NonResourceAttributesFrom(userToCheck, *subjectAccessReview.Spec.NonResourceAttributes)
+	}
+
+	allowed, reason, evaluationErr := r.authorizer.Authorize(authorizationAttributes)
+
+	subjectAccessReview.Status = authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReviewStatus{
+		Allowed: allowed,
+		Reason:  reason,
+	}
+	if evaluationErr != nil {
+		subjectAccessReview.Status.EvaluationError = evaluationErr.Error()
+	}
+
+	return subjectAccessReview, nil
+}
+
+func convertToUserInfoExtra(extra map[string]authorizationapi.ExtraValue) map[string][]string {
+	if extra == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	ret := map[string][]string{}
+	for k, v := range extra {
+		ret[k] = []string(v)
+	}
+
+	return ret
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/authorization/util/helpers.go b/pkg/registry/authorization/util/helpers.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45b54a4ab49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/registry/authorization/util/helpers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+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 util
+
+import (
+	authorizationapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/auth/authorizer"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/auth/user"
+)
+
+// ResourceAttributesFrom combines the API object information and the user.Info from the context to build a full authorizer.AttributesRecord for resource access
+func ResourceAttributesFrom(user user.Info, in authorizationapi.ResourceAttributes) authorizer.AttributesRecord {
+	return authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+		User:            user,
+		Verb:            in.Verb,
+		Namespace:       in.Namespace,
+		APIGroup:        in.Group,
+		Resource:        in.Resource,
+		ResourceRequest: true,
+	}
+}
+
+// NonResourceAttributesFrom combines the API object information and the user.Info from the context to build a full authorizer.AttributesRecord for non resource access
+func NonResourceAttributesFrom(user user.Info, in authorizationapi.NonResourceAttributes) authorizer.AttributesRecord {
+	return authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+		User:            user,
+		ResourceRequest: false,
+		Path:            in.Path,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/webhook/webhook.go b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/webhook/webhook.go
index 1b4b463e2d4..95645b88dd1 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/webhook/webhook.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/webhook/webhook.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (w *WebhookAuthorizer) Authorize(attr authorizer.Attributes) (authorized bo
 		r.Spec = v1beta1.SubjectAccessReviewSpec{
 			User:   user.GetName(),
 			Groups: user.GetGroups(),
-			Extra:  user.GetExtra(),
+			Extra:  convertToSARExtra(user.GetExtra()),
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -186,3 +186,15 @@ func (w *WebhookAuthorizer) Authorize(attr authorizer.Attributes) (authorized bo
 	}
 	return r.Status.Allowed, r.Status.Reason, nil
 }
+
+func convertToSARExtra(extra map[string][]string) map[string]v1beta1.ExtraValue {
+	if extra == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	ret := map[string]v1beta1.ExtraValue{}
+	for k, v := range extra {
+		ret[k] = v1beta1.ExtraValue(v)
+	}
+
+	return ret
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/sar.json b/test/fixtures/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/sar.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b2a0c29bd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/sar.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "apiVersion": "authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1",
+  "kind": "SubjectAccessReview",
+  "spec": {
+    "user": "bob",
+    "groups": [
+      "the-group"
+    ],
+    "resourceAttributes": {
+      "namespace": "ns",
+      "verb": "create",
+      "group": "autoscaling",
+      "resource": "horizontalpodautoscalers"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/auth/accessreview_test.go b/test/integration/auth/accessreview_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6b76e0fc9d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/auth/accessreview_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+// +build integration,!no-etcd
+
+/*
+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 auth
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
+	authorizationapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/auth/authenticator"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/auth/authorizer"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/auth/user"
+	clientset "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/restclient"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/master"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/admit"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
+)
+
+// Inject into master an authorizer that uses user info.
+// TODO(etune): remove this test once a more comprehensive built-in authorizer is implemented.
+type sarAuthorizer struct{}
+
+func (sarAuthorizer) Authorize(a authorizer.Attributes) (bool, string, error) {
+	if a.GetUser().GetName() == "dave" {
+		return false, "no", errors.New("I'm sorry, Dave")
+	}
+
+	return true, "you're not dave", nil
+}
+
+func alwaysAlice(req *http.Request) (user.Info, bool, error) {
+	return &user.DefaultInfo{
+		Name: "alice",
+	}, true, nil
+}
+
+func TestSubjectAccessReview(t *testing.T) {
+	// Set up a master
+	var m *master.Master
+	s := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		m.Handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+	}))
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	masterConfig := framework.NewIntegrationTestMasterConfig()
+	masterConfig.Authenticator = authenticator.RequestFunc(alwaysAlice)
+	masterConfig.Authorizer = sarAuthorizer{}
+	masterConfig.AdmissionControl = admit.NewAlwaysAdmit()
+	m, err := master.New(masterConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error in bringing up the master: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	clientset := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: s.URL, ContentConfig: restclient.ContentConfig{GroupVersion: testapi.Default.GroupVersion()}})
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name           string
+		sar            *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview
+		expectedError  string
+		expectedStatus authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReviewStatus
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "simple allow",
+			sar: &authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview{
+				Spec: authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReviewSpec{
+					ResourceAttributes: &authorizationapi.ResourceAttributes{
+						Verb:     "list",
+						Group:    api.GroupName,
+						Version:  "v1",
+						Resource: "pods",
+					},
+					User: "alice",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedStatus: authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReviewStatus{
+				Allowed: true,
+				Reason:  "you're not dave",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "simple deny",
+			sar: &authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview{
+				Spec: authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReviewSpec{
+					ResourceAttributes: &authorizationapi.ResourceAttributes{
+						Verb:     "list",
+						Group:    api.GroupName,
+						Version:  "v1",
+						Resource: "pods",
+					},
+					User: "dave",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedStatus: authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReviewStatus{
+				Allowed:         false,
+				Reason:          "no",
+				EvaluationError: "I'm sorry, Dave",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "simple error",
+			sar: &authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview{
+				Spec: authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReviewSpec{
+					ResourceAttributes: &authorizationapi.ResourceAttributes{
+						Verb:     "list",
+						Group:    api.GroupName,
+						Version:  "v1",
+						Resource: "pods",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedError: "at least one of user or group must be specified",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		response, err := clientset.Authorization().SubjectAccessReviews().Create(test.sar)
+		switch {
+		case err == nil && len(test.expectedError) == 0:
+
+		case err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), test.expectedError):
+			continue
+
+		case err != nil && len(test.expectedError) != 0:
+			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected error: %v", test.name, err)
+			continue
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("%s: expected %v, got %v", test.name, test.expectedError, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if response.Status != test.expectedStatus {
+			t.Errorf("%s: expected %v, got %v", test.name, test.expectedStatus, response.Status)
+			continue
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}