diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/BUILD b/cmd/kube-proxy/BUILD
index 27170c26a7b..4cfdfcf6f8a 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/BUILD
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/version/prometheus:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/version/verflag:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/pflag:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flag:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/logs:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/BUILD b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/BUILD
index b7872bd8010..2b613b79d12 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/BUILD
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubelet/qos:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/proxy:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/proxy/config:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/proxy/healthcheck:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/proxy/iptables:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/proxy/userspace:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/proxy/winuserspace:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
index e42e31341e3..7f308783604 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/qos"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/proxy"
 	proxyconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/proxy/config"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/proxy/healthcheck"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/proxy/iptables"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/proxy/userspace"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/proxy/winuserspace"
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ func applyDefaults(in *componentconfig.KubeProxyConfiguration) (*componentconfig
 func NewProxyCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	opts := Options{
 		config:      new(componentconfig.KubeProxyConfiguration),
-		healthzPort: 10249,
+		healthzPort: 10256,
 	}
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ type ProxyServer struct {
 	ProxyMode              string
 	NodeRef                *clientv1.ObjectReference
 	CleanupAndExit         bool
-	HealthzBindAddress     string
+	MetricsBindAddress     string
 	OOMScoreAdj            *int32
 	ResourceContainer      string
 	ConfigSyncPeriod       time.Duration
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ type ProxyServer struct {
 	// get rid of this one.
 	ServiceHandler        proxyconfig.ServiceConfigHandler
 	EndpointsEventHandler proxyconfig.EndpointsHandler
+	HealthzServer         *healthcheck.HealthzServer
 }
 
 // createClients creates a kube client and an event client from the given config and masterOverride.
@@ -388,6 +390,11 @@ func NewProxyServer(config *componentconfig.KubeProxyConfiguration, cleanupAndEx
 	eventBroadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
 	recorder := eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(api.Scheme, clientv1.EventSource{Component: "kube-proxy", Host: hostname})
 
+	var healthzServer *healthcheck.HealthzServer
+	if len(config.HealthzBindAddress) > 0 {
+		healthzServer = healthcheck.NewDefaultHealthzServer(config.HealthzBindAddress, 2*config.IPTables.SyncPeriod.Duration)
+	}
+
 	var proxier proxy.ProxyProvider
 	var serviceEventHandler proxyconfig.ServiceHandler
 	// TODO: Migrate all handlers to ServiceHandler types and
@@ -416,6 +423,7 @@ func NewProxyServer(config *componentconfig.KubeProxyConfiguration, cleanupAndEx
 			hostname,
 			getNodeIP(client, hostname),
 			recorder,
+			healthzServer,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create proxier: %v", err)
@@ -504,13 +512,14 @@ func NewProxyServer(config *componentconfig.KubeProxyConfiguration, cleanupAndEx
 		Conntracker:            &realConntracker{},
 		ProxyMode:              proxyMode,
 		NodeRef:                nodeRef,
-		HealthzBindAddress:     config.HealthzBindAddress,
+		MetricsBindAddress:     config.MetricsBindAddress,
 		OOMScoreAdj:            config.OOMScoreAdj,
 		ResourceContainer:      config.ResourceContainer,
 		ConfigSyncPeriod:       config.ConfigSyncPeriod.Duration,
 		ServiceEventHandler:    serviceEventHandler,
 		ServiceHandler:         serviceHandler,
 		EndpointsEventHandler:  endpointsEventHandler,
+		HealthzServer:          healthzServer,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -546,17 +555,22 @@ func (s *ProxyServer) Run() error {
 
 	s.Broadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: s.EventClient.Events("")})
 
-	// Start up a webserver if requested
-	if len(s.HealthzBindAddress) > 0 {
+	// Start up a healthz server if requested
+	if s.HealthzServer != nil {
+		s.HealthzServer.Run()
+	}
+
+	// Start up a metrics server if requested
+	if len(s.MetricsBindAddress) > 0 {
 		http.HandleFunc("/proxyMode", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s", s.ProxyMode)
 		})
 		http.Handle("/metrics", prometheus.Handler())
 		configz.InstallHandler(http.DefaultServeMux)
 		go wait.Until(func() {
-			err := http.ListenAndServe(s.HealthzBindAddress, nil)
+			err := http.ListenAndServe(s.MetricsBindAddress, nil)
 			if err != nil {
-				utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("starting health server failed: %v", err))
+				utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("starting metrics server failed: %v", err))
 			}
 		}, 5*time.Second, wait.NeverStop)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/proxy.go b/cmd/kube-proxy/proxy.go
index ab1d5df90d3..5d6ba8a8cb0 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/proxy.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz"
 	utilflag "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flag"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/logs"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-proxy/app"
@@ -32,8 +31,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	healthz.DefaultHealthz()
-
 	command := app.NewProxyCommand()
 
 	// TODO: once we switch everything over to Cobra commands, we can go back to calling
diff --git a/hack/.linted_packages b/hack/.linted_packages
index a5a6b85717d..ca02c7284ee 100644
--- a/hack/.linted_packages
+++ b/hack/.linted_packages
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/cache
 pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator
 pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/reconciler
 pkg/labels
+pkg/master/ports
 pkg/printers
 pkg/proxy/config
 pkg/proxy/healthcheck
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
index 91ab2c57847..ef8d0ca23dc 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
@@ -96,8 +96,11 @@ type KubeProxyConfiguration struct {
 	// for all interfaces)
 	BindAddress string
 	// healthzBindAddress is the IP address and port for the health check server to serve on,
-	// defaulting to 127.0.0.1:10249 (set to 0.0.0.0 for all interfaces)
+	// defaulting to 0.0.0.0:10256
 	HealthzBindAddress string
+	// metricsBindAddress is the IP address and port for the metrics server to serve on,
+	// defaulting to 127.0.0.1:10249 (set to 0.0.0.0 for all interfaces)
+	MetricsBindAddress string
 	// clusterCIDR is the CIDR range of the pods in the cluster. It is used to
 	// bridge traffic coming from outside of the cluster. If not provided,
 	// no off-cluster bridging will be performed.
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
index b6c15e8696b..7bd93b8f726 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package v1alpha1
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -63,10 +64,15 @@ func SetDefaults_KubeProxyConfiguration(obj *KubeProxyConfiguration) {
 	if len(obj.BindAddress) == 0 {
 		obj.BindAddress = "0.0.0.0"
 	}
-	if len(obj.HealthzBindAddress) == 0 {
-		obj.HealthzBindAddress = "127.0.0.1:10249"
+	if obj.HealthzBindAddress == "" {
+		obj.HealthzBindAddress = fmt.Sprintf("0.0.0.0:%v", ports.ProxyHealthzPort)
 	} else if !strings.Contains(obj.HealthzBindAddress, ":") {
-		obj.HealthzBindAddress = ":10249"
+		obj.HealthzBindAddress += fmt.Sprintf(":%v", ports.ProxyHealthzPort)
+	}
+	if obj.MetricsBindAddress == "" {
+		obj.MetricsBindAddress = fmt.Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%v", ports.ProxyStatusPort)
+	} else if !strings.Contains(obj.MetricsBindAddress, ":") {
+		obj.MetricsBindAddress += fmt.Sprintf(":%v", ports.ProxyStatusPort)
 	}
 	if obj.OOMScoreAdj == nil {
 		temp := int32(qos.KubeProxyOOMScoreAdj)
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
index 325aea45c1f..90b982099e4 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -92,8 +92,11 @@ type KubeProxyConfiguration struct {
 	// for all interfaces)
 	BindAddress string `json:"bindAddress"`
 	// healthzBindAddress is the IP address and port for the health check server to serve on,
-	// defaulting to 127.0.0.1:10249 (set to 0.0.0.0 for all interfaces)
+	// defaulting to 0.0.0.0:10256
 	HealthzBindAddress string `json:"healthzBindAddress"`
+	// metricsBindAddress is the IP address and port for the metrics server to serve on,
+	// defaulting to 127.0.0.1:10249 (set to 0.0.0.0 for all interfaces)
+	MetricsBindAddress string `json:"metricsBindAddress"`
 	// clusterCIDR is the CIDR range of the pods in the cluster. It is used to
 	// bridge traffic coming from outside of the cluster. If not provided,
 	// no off-cluster bridging will be performed.
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
index d0bbf4aeb17..be30b4956eb 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ func autoConvert_v1alpha1_KubeProxyConfiguration_To_componentconfig_KubeProxyCon
 	out.FeatureGates = in.FeatureGates
 	out.BindAddress = in.BindAddress
 	out.HealthzBindAddress = in.HealthzBindAddress
+	out.MetricsBindAddress = in.MetricsBindAddress
 	out.ClusterCIDR = in.ClusterCIDR
 	out.HostnameOverride = in.HostnameOverride
 	if err := Convert_v1alpha1_ClientConnectionConfiguration_To_componentconfig_ClientConnectionConfiguration(&in.ClientConnection, &out.ClientConnection, s); err != nil {
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ func autoConvert_componentconfig_KubeProxyConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_KubeProxyCon
 	out.FeatureGates = in.FeatureGates
 	out.BindAddress = in.BindAddress
 	out.HealthzBindAddress = in.HealthzBindAddress
+	out.MetricsBindAddress = in.MetricsBindAddress
 	out.ClusterCIDR = in.ClusterCIDR
 	out.HostnameOverride = in.HostnameOverride
 	if err := Convert_componentconfig_ClientConnectionConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_ClientConnectionConfiguration(&in.ClientConnection, &out.ClientConnection, s); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/master/ports/ports.go b/pkg/master/ports/ports.go
index 4f3eed88969..14508cc27f3 100644
--- a/pkg/master/ports/ports.go
+++ b/pkg/master/ports/ports.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package ports
 
 const (
-	// ProxyPort is the default port for the proxy healthz server.
+	// ProxyStatusPort is the default port for the proxy metrics server.
 	// May be overridden by a flag at startup.
 	ProxyStatusPort = 10249
 	// KubeletPort is the default port for the kubelet server on each host machine.
@@ -38,4 +38,7 @@ const (
 	// until heapster can transition to using the SSL endpoint.
 	// TODO(roberthbailey): Remove this once we have a better solution for heapster.
 	KubeletReadOnlyPort = 10255
+	// ProxyHealthzPort is the default port for the proxy healthz server.
+	// May be overridden by a flag at startup.
+	ProxyHealthzPort = 10256
 )
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/BUILD b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/BUILD
index b01bf8b12c7..7cb0d680544 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/BUILD
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/util/clock:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ go_test(
         "//vendor/github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/util/clock:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck.go b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck.go
index 26e8b721ac1..9e6cf7028a6 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/renstrom/dedent"
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	clientv1 "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/clock"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 )
 
@@ -233,3 +236,92 @@ func (hcs *server) SyncEndpoints(newEndpoints map[types.NamespacedName]int) erro
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// HealthzUpdater allows callers to update healthz timestamp only.
+type HealthzUpdater interface {
+	UpdateTimestamp()
+}
+
+// HealthzServer returns 200 "OK" by default. Once timestamp has been
+// updated, it verifies we don't exceed max no respond duration since
+// last update.
+type HealthzServer struct {
+	listener    Listener
+	httpFactory HTTPServerFactory
+	clock       clock.Clock
+
+	addr          string
+	port          int32
+	healthTimeout time.Duration
+
+	lastUpdated atomic.Value
+}
+
+// NewDefaultHealthzServer returns a default healthz http server.
+func NewDefaultHealthzServer(addr string, healthTimeout time.Duration) *HealthzServer {
+	return newHealthzServer(nil, nil, nil, addr, healthTimeout)
+}
+
+func newHealthzServer(listener Listener, httpServerFactory HTTPServerFactory, c clock.Clock, addr string, healthTimeout time.Duration) *HealthzServer {
+	if listener == nil {
+		listener = stdNetListener{}
+	}
+	if httpServerFactory == nil {
+		httpServerFactory = stdHTTPServerFactory{}
+	}
+	if c == nil {
+		c = clock.RealClock{}
+	}
+	return &HealthzServer{
+		listener:      listener,
+		httpFactory:   httpServerFactory,
+		clock:         c,
+		addr:          addr,
+		healthTimeout: healthTimeout,
+	}
+}
+
+// UpdateTimestamp updates the lastUpdated timestamp.
+func (hs *HealthzServer) UpdateTimestamp() {
+	hs.lastUpdated.Store(hs.clock.Now())
+}
+
+// Run starts the healthz http server and returns.
+func (hs *HealthzServer) Run() {
+	serveMux := http.NewServeMux()
+	serveMux.Handle("/healthz", healthzHandler{hs: hs})
+	server := hs.httpFactory.New(hs.addr, serveMux)
+	listener, err := hs.listener.Listen(hs.addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Failed to start healthz on %s: %v", hs.addr, err)
+		return
+	}
+	go func() {
+		glog.V(3).Infof("Starting goroutine for healthz on %s", hs.addr)
+		if err := server.Serve(listener); err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("Healhz closed: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		glog.Errorf("Unexpected healhz closed.")
+	}()
+}
+
+type healthzHandler struct {
+	hs *HealthzServer
+}
+
+func (h healthzHandler) ServeHTTP(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	lastUpdated := time.Time{}
+	if val := h.hs.lastUpdated.Load(); val != nil {
+		lastUpdated = val.(time.Time)
+	}
+	currentTime := h.hs.clock.Now()
+
+	resp.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	if !lastUpdated.IsZero() && currentTime.After(lastUpdated.Add(h.hs.healthTimeout)) {
+		resp.WriteHeader(http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
+	} else {
+		resp.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(resp, fmt.Sprintf(`{"lastUpdated": %q,"currentTime": %q}`, lastUpdated, currentTime))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go
index a90a8a386ec..c39652f8ec2 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
+	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/clock"
+
+	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 )
 
 type fakeListener struct {
@@ -108,6 +110,11 @@ type hcPayload struct {
 	LocalEndpoints int
 }
 
+type healthzPayload struct {
+	LastUpdated string
+	CurrentTime string
+}
+
 func TestServer(t *testing.T) {
 	listener := newFakeListener()
 	httpFactory := newFakeHTTPServerFactory()
@@ -355,3 +362,44 @@ func testHandler(hcs *server, nsn types.NamespacedName, status int, endpoints in
 		t.Errorf("expected %d endpoints, got %d", endpoints, payload.LocalEndpoints)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestHealthzServer(t *testing.T) {
+	listener := newFakeListener()
+	httpFactory := newFakeHTTPServerFactory()
+	fakeClock := clock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
+
+	hs := newHealthzServer(listener, httpFactory, fakeClock, "127.0.0.1:10256", 10*time.Second)
+	server := hs.httpFactory.New(hs.addr, healthzHandler{hs: hs})
+
+	// Should return 200 "OK" by default.
+	testHealthzHandler(server, http.StatusOK, t)
+
+	// Should return 503 "ServiceUnavailable" if exceed max no respond duration.
+	hs.UpdateTimestamp()
+	fakeClock.Step(25 * time.Second)
+	testHealthzHandler(server, http.StatusServiceUnavailable, t)
+
+	// Should return 200 "OK" if timestamp is valid.
+	hs.UpdateTimestamp()
+	fakeClock.Step(5 * time.Second)
+	testHealthzHandler(server, http.StatusOK, t)
+}
+
+func testHealthzHandler(server HTTPServer, status int, t *testing.T) {
+	handler := server.(*fakeHTTPServer).handler
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "/healthz", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	resp := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	handler.ServeHTTP(resp, req)
+
+	if resp.Code != status {
+		t.Errorf("expected status code %v, got %v", status, resp.Code)
+	}
+	var payload healthzPayload
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(resp.Body.Bytes(), &payload); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go b/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go
index b3796aeee50..cfbb0aeab7e 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ type Proxier struct {
 	portMapper     portOpener
 	recorder       record.EventRecorder
 	healthChecker  healthcheck.Server
+	healthzServer  healthcheck.HealthzUpdater
 }
 
 type localPort struct {
@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@ func NewProxier(ipt utiliptables.Interface,
 	hostname string,
 	nodeIP net.IP,
 	recorder record.EventRecorder,
+	healthzServer healthcheck.HealthzUpdater,
 ) (*Proxier, error) {
 	// check valid user input
 	if minSyncPeriod > syncPeriod {
@@ -414,6 +416,7 @@ func NewProxier(ipt utiliptables.Interface,
 		portMapper:       &listenPortOpener{},
 		recorder:         recorder,
 		healthChecker:    healthChecker,
+		healthzServer:    healthzServer,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -513,6 +516,10 @@ func (proxier *Proxier) Sync() {
 func (proxier *Proxier) SyncLoop() {
 	t := time.NewTicker(proxier.syncPeriod)
 	defer t.Stop()
+	// Update healthz timestamp at beginning in case Sync() never succeeds.
+	if proxier.healthzServer != nil {
+		proxier.healthzServer.UpdateTimestamp()
+	}
 	for {
 		<-t.C
 		glog.V(6).Infof("Periodic sync")
@@ -1488,6 +1495,11 @@ func (proxier *Proxier) syncProxyRules(reason syncReason) {
 	}
 	proxier.portsMap = replacementPortsMap
 
+	// Update healthz timestamp if it is periodic sync.
+	if proxier.healthzServer != nil && reason == syncReasonForce {
+		proxier.healthzServer.UpdateTimestamp()
+	}
+
 	// Update healthchecks.  The endpoints list might include services that are
 	// not "OnlyLocal", but the services list will not, and the healthChecker
 	// will just drop those endpoints.
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/networking_utils.go b/test/e2e/framework/networking_utils.go
index ca30f3848b3..c08a239360b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/networking_utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/networking_utils.go
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ func (config *NetworkingTestConfig) DialFromNode(protocol, targetIP string, targ
 // GetSelfURL executes a curl against the given path via kubectl exec into a
 // test container running with host networking, and fails if the output
 // doesn't match the expected string.
-func (config *NetworkingTestConfig) GetSelfURL(path string, expected string) {
-	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("curl -q -s --connect-timeout 1 http://localhost:10249%s", path)
+func (config *NetworkingTestConfig) GetSelfURL(port int32, path string, expected string) {
+	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("curl -i -q -s --connect-timeout 1 http://localhost:%d%s", port, path)
 	By(fmt.Sprintf("Getting kube-proxy self URL %s", path))
 
 	// These are arbitrary timeouts. The curl command should pass on first try,
diff --git a/test/e2e/networking.go b/test/e2e/networking.go
index 15d722ad627..9834a5efcba 100644
--- a/test/e2e/networking.go
+++ b/test/e2e/networking.go
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/master/ports"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 )
 
 var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Networking", func() {
@@ -80,8 +82,8 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Networking", func() {
 		config := framework.NewNetworkingTestConfig(f)
 
 		By("checking kube-proxy URLs")
-		config.GetSelfURL("/healthz", "ok")
-		config.GetSelfURL("/proxyMode", "iptables") // the default
+		config.GetSelfURL(ports.ProxyHealthzPort, "/healthz", "200 OK")
+		config.GetSelfURL(ports.ProxyStatusPort, "/proxyMode", "iptables") // the default
 	})
 
 	// TODO: Remove [Slow] when this has had enough bake time to prove presubmit worthiness.