diff --git a/pkg/api/types.go b/pkg/api/types.go
index 88827128df4..149c30cfbc2 100644
--- a/pkg/api/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/types.go
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ func (*ReplicationControllerList) IsAnAPIObject() {}
 type ReplicationController struct {
 	JSONBase     `json:",inline" yaml:",inline"`
 	DesiredState ReplicationControllerState `json:"desiredState,omitempty" yaml:"desiredState,omitempty"`
+	CurrentState ReplicationControllerState `json:"currentState,omitempty" yaml:"currentState,omitempty"`
 	Labels       map[string]string          `json:"labels,omitempty" yaml:"labels,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
index bc2a9c34fe7..3f58d1e12ef 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 package v1beta1
 
 import (
-	"github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
+	"github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
 )
 
 // Common string formats
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ func (*ReplicationControllerList) IsAnAPIObject() {}
 type ReplicationController struct {
 	JSONBase     `json:",inline" yaml:",inline"`
 	DesiredState ReplicationControllerState `json:"desiredState,omitempty" yaml:"desiredState,omitempty"`
+	CurrentState ReplicationControllerState `json:"currentState,omitempty" yaml:"currentState,omitempty"`
 	Labels       map[string]string          `json:"labels,omitempty" yaml:"labels,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/registry/controller/rest.go b/pkg/registry/controller/rest.go
index d7e6f19f3db..703d8f0a99e 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/controller/rest.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/controller/rest.go
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ func (rs *REST) Get(id string) (runtime.Object, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	rs.fillCurrentState(&controller)
 	return controller, err
 }
 
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ func (rs *REST) List(selector labels.Selector) (runtime.Object, error) {
 	filtered := []api.ReplicationController{}
 	for _, controller := range controllers.Items {
 		if selector.Matches(labels.Set(controller.Labels)) {
+			rs.fillCurrentState(&controller)
 			filtered = append(filtered, controller)
 		}
 	}
@@ -164,3 +166,11 @@ func (rs *REST) waitForController(ctrl *api.ReplicationController) (runtime.Obje
 	}
 	return ctrl, nil
 }
+
+func (rs *REST) fillCurrentState(ctrl *api.ReplicationController) error {
+	list, err := rs.podLister.ListPods(ctrl.DesiredState.ReplicaSelector)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	ctrl.CurrentState.Replicas = len(list.Items)
+}