diff --git a/pkg/controller/persistentvolume/persistentvolume_controller.go b/pkg/controller/persistentvolume/persistentvolume_controller.go
index 3259fbad1af..988cce6b27a 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/persistentvolume/persistentvolume_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/persistentvolume/persistentvolume_controller.go
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ type PersistentVolumeController struct {
 	claimControllerStopCh  chan struct{}
 	kubeClient             clientset.Interface
 	eventRecorder          record.EventRecorder
+	cloud                  cloudprovider.Interface
 }
 
 // NewPersistentVolumeController creates a new PersistentVolumeController
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ func NewPersistentVolumeController(
 	controller := &PersistentVolumeController{
 		kubeClient:    kubeClient,
 		eventRecorder: recorder,
+		cloud:         cloud,
 	}
 
 	volumeSource := &cache.ListWatch{
@@ -996,6 +998,8 @@ func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) reclaimVolume(volume *api.PersistentVolu
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Stateless functions
+
 func hasAnnotation(obj api.ObjectMeta, ann string) bool {
 	_, found := obj.Annotations[ann]
 	return found
diff --git a/pkg/controller/persistentvolume/persistentvolume_host.go b/pkg/controller/persistentvolume/persistentvolume_host.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f38ad0da4ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/controller/persistentvolume/persistentvolume_host.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors 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.
+*/
+
+package persistentvolume
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	clientset "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/io"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
+	vol "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
+)
+
+// VolumeHost interface implementation for PersistentVolumeController.
+
+var _ vol.VolumeHost = &PersistentVolumeController{}
+
+func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) GetPluginDir(pluginName string) string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) GetPodVolumeDir(podUID types.UID, pluginName string, volumeName string) string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) GetPodPluginDir(podUID types.UID, pluginName string) string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) GetKubeClient() clientset.Interface {
+	return ctrl.kubeClient
+}
+
+func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) NewWrapperMounter(volName string, spec vol.Spec, pod *api.Pod, opts vol.VolumeOptions) (vol.Mounter, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("PersistentVolumeController.NewWrapperMounter is not implemented")
+}
+
+func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) NewWrapperUnmounter(volName string, spec vol.Spec, podUID types.UID) (vol.Unmounter, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("PersistentVolumeController.NewWrapperMounter is not implemented")
+}
+
+func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) GetCloudProvider() cloudprovider.Interface {
+	return ctrl.cloud
+}
+
+func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) GetMounter() mount.Interface {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) GetWriter() io.Writer {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) GetHostName() string {
+	return ""
+}