diff --git a/build/common.sh b/build/common.sh
index 5d7d1b5c995..dd40b9e65da 100644
--- a/build/common.sh
+++ b/build/common.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ readonly KUBE_RUN_IMAGES=(
   controller-manager
   proxy
   scheduler
+  kubelet
 )
 
 
diff --git a/build/run-images/kubelet/Dockerfile b/build/run-images/kubelet/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c56038553d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/run-images/kubelet/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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.
+
+# This file creates a minimal container for running Kubernetes binaries
+
+FROM  kubernetes
+MAINTAINER  Joe Beda <jbeda@google.com>
+
+ENV ETCD_SERVERS http://127.0.0.1:4001
+
+ADD . /kubernetes
+
+CMD ["/kubernetes/run.sh"]
diff --git a/build/run-images/kubelet/run.sh b/build/run-images/kubelet/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..640121d0ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/run-images/kubelet/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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.
+
+./kubelet -etcd_servers="${ETCD_SERVERS}"