diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_streaming.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_streaming.go
index 2df59c6b05d..76b2fecd11b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_streaming.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_streaming.go
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ type streamingRuntime struct {
 
 var _ streaming.Runtime = &streamingRuntime{}
 
+const maxMsgSize = 1024 * 1024 * 16
+
 func (r *streamingRuntime) Exec(containerID string, cmd []string, in io.Reader, out, err io.WriteCloser, tty bool, resize <-chan remotecommand.TerminalSize) error {
 	return r.exec(containerID, cmd, in, out, err, tty, resize, 0)
 }
@@ -78,8 +80,8 @@ func (ds *dockerService) ExecSync(_ context.Context, req *runtimeapi.ExecSyncReq
 	var stdoutBuffer, stderrBuffer bytes.Buffer
 	err := ds.streamingRuntime.exec(req.ContainerId, req.Cmd,
 		nil, // in
-		ioutils.WriteCloserWrapper(&stdoutBuffer),
-		ioutils.WriteCloserWrapper(&stderrBuffer),
+		ioutils.WriteCloserWrapper(ioutils.LimitWriter(&stdoutBuffer, maxMsgSize)),
+		ioutils.WriteCloserWrapper(ioutils.LimitWriter(&stderrBuffer, maxMsgSize)),
 		false, // tty
 		nil,   // resize
 		timeout)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/prober/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/prober/BUILD
index 90ccc7d0bbe..a9d2e14b8eb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/prober/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/prober/BUILD
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/kubelet/prober/results:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/status:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/status/testing:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/probe:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/probe/exec:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober.go b/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober.go
index 173a23e77f2..dd94f1705b2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober.go
@@ -252,63 +252,68 @@ func formatURL(scheme string, host string, port int, path string) *url.URL {
 type execInContainer struct {
 	// run executes a command in a container. Combined stdout and stderr output is always returned. An
 	// error is returned if one occurred.
-	run func() ([]byte, error)
+	run    func() ([]byte, error)
+	writer io.Writer
 }
 
 func (pb *prober) newExecInContainer(container v1.Container, containerID kubecontainer.ContainerID, cmd []string, timeout time.Duration) exec.Cmd {
-	return execInContainer{func() ([]byte, error) {
+	return &execInContainer{run: func() ([]byte, error) {
 		return pb.runner.RunInContainer(containerID, cmd, timeout)
 	}}
 }
 
-func (eic execInContainer) Run() error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("unimplemented")
+func (eic *execInContainer) Run() error {
+	return nil
 }
 
-func (eic execInContainer) CombinedOutput() ([]byte, error) {
+func (eic *execInContainer) CombinedOutput() ([]byte, error) {
 	return eic.run()
 }
 
-func (eic execInContainer) Output() ([]byte, error) {
+func (eic *execInContainer) Output() ([]byte, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unimplemented")
 }
 
-func (eic execInContainer) SetDir(dir string) {
+func (eic *execInContainer) SetDir(dir string) {
 	//unimplemented
 }
 
-func (eic execInContainer) SetStdin(in io.Reader) {
+func (eic *execInContainer) SetStdin(in io.Reader) {
 	//unimplemented
 }
 
-func (eic execInContainer) SetStdout(out io.Writer) {
+func (eic *execInContainer) SetStdout(out io.Writer) {
+	eic.writer = out
+}
+
+func (eic *execInContainer) SetStderr(out io.Writer) {
+	eic.writer = out
+}
+
+func (eic *execInContainer) SetEnv(env []string) {
 	//unimplemented
 }
 
-func (eic execInContainer) SetStderr(out io.Writer) {
+func (eic *execInContainer) Stop() {
 	//unimplemented
 }
 
-func (eic execInContainer) SetEnv(env []string) {
-	//unimplemented
+func (eic *execInContainer) Start() error {
+	data, err := eic.run()
+	if eic.writer != nil {
+		eic.writer.Write(data)
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
-func (eic execInContainer) Stop() {
-	//unimplemented
+func (eic *execInContainer) Wait() error {
+	return nil
 }
 
-func (eic execInContainer) Start() error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("unimplemented")
-}
-
-func (eic execInContainer) Wait() error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("unimplemented")
-}
-
-func (eic execInContainer) StdoutPipe() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+func (eic *execInContainer) StdoutPipe() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unimplemented")
 }
 
-func (eic execInContainer) StderrPipe() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+func (eic *execInContainer) StderrPipe() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unimplemented")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober_test.go
index dab63587059..41b4ddbc971 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober_test.go
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 package prober
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	containertest "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container/testing"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/prober/results"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/probe"
 	execprobe "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/probe/exec"
 )
@@ -329,23 +332,38 @@ func TestProbe(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestNewExecInContainer(t *testing.T) {
+	limit := 1024
+	tenKilobyte := strings.Repeat("logs-123", 128*10)
+
 	tests := []struct {
-		name string
-		err  error
+		name     string
+		stdout   string
+		expected string
+		err      error
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "no error",
-			err:  nil,
+			name:     "no error",
+			stdout:   "foo",
+			expected: "foo",
+			err:      nil,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "error - make sure we get output",
-			err:  errors.New("bad"),
+			name:     "no error",
+			stdout:   tenKilobyte,
+			expected: tenKilobyte[0:limit],
+			err:      nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "error - make sure we get output",
+			stdout:   "foo",
+			expected: "foo",
+			err:      errors.New("bad"),
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		runner := &containertest.FakeContainerCommandRunner{
-			Stdout: "foo",
+			Stdout: test.stdout,
 			Err:    test.err,
 		}
 		prober := &prober{
@@ -357,7 +375,16 @@ func TestNewExecInContainer(t *testing.T) {
 		cmd := []string{"/foo", "bar"}
 		exec := prober.newExecInContainer(container, containerID, cmd, 0)
 
-		actualOutput, err := exec.CombinedOutput()
+		var dataBuffer bytes.Buffer
+		writer := ioutils.LimitWriter(&dataBuffer, int64(limit))
+		exec.SetStderr(writer)
+		exec.SetStdout(writer)
+		err := exec.Start()
+		if err == nil {
+			err = exec.Wait()
+		}
+		actualOutput := dataBuffer.Bytes()
+
 		if e, a := containerID, runner.ContainerID; e != a {
 			t.Errorf("%s: container id: expected %v, got %v", test.name, e, a)
 		}
@@ -365,7 +392,7 @@ func TestNewExecInContainer(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("%s: cmd: expected %v, got %v", test.name, e, a)
 		}
 		// this isn't 100% foolproof as a bug in a real ContainerCommandRunner where it fails to copy to stdout/stderr wouldn't be caught by this test
-		if e, a := "foo", string(actualOutput); e != a {
+		if e, a := test.expected, string(actualOutput); e != a {
 			t.Errorf("%s: output: expected %q, got %q", test.name, e, a)
 		}
 		if e, a := fmt.Sprintf("%v", test.err), fmt.Sprintf("%v", err); e != a {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils/BUILD
index e84deec931e..43bd2626084 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils/BUILD
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
-load(
-    "@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl",
-    "go_library",
-)
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
 
 go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
@@ -23,3 +20,10 @@ filegroup(
     srcs = [":package-srcs"],
     tags = ["automanaged"],
 )
+
+go_test(
+    name = "go_default_test",
+    srcs = ["ioutils_test.go"],
+    embed = [":go_default_library"],
+    deps = ["//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert:go_default_library"],
+)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils/ioutils.go b/pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils/ioutils.go
index 42f1998c794..1b2b5a6d5dd 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils/ioutils.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils/ioutils.go
@@ -35,3 +35,36 @@ func (w *writeCloserWrapper) Close() error {
 func WriteCloserWrapper(w io.Writer) io.WriteCloser {
 	return &writeCloserWrapper{w}
 }
+
+// LimitWriter is a copy of the standard library ioutils.LimitReader,
+// applied to the writer interface.
+// LimitWriter returns a Writer that writes to w
+// but stops with EOF after n bytes.
+// The underlying implementation is a *LimitedWriter.
+func LimitWriter(w io.Writer, n int64) io.Writer { return &LimitedWriter{w, n} }
+
+// A LimitedWriter writes to W but limits the amount of
+// data returned to just N bytes. Each call to Write
+// updates N to reflect the new amount remaining.
+// Write returns EOF when N <= 0 or when the underlying W returns EOF.
+type LimitedWriter struct {
+	W io.Writer // underlying writer
+	N int64     // max bytes remaining
+}
+
+func (l *LimitedWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	if l.N <= 0 {
+		return 0, io.ErrShortWrite
+	}
+	truncated := false
+	if int64(len(p)) > l.N {
+		p = p[0:l.N]
+		truncated = true
+	}
+	n, err = l.W.Write(p)
+	l.N -= int64(n)
+	if err == nil && truncated {
+		err = io.ErrShortWrite
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils/ioutils_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils/ioutils_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..524a4aed67d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils/ioutils_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2019 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 ioutils
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestLimitWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(1234)) // Fixed source to prevent flakes.
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		inputSize, limit, writeSize int64
+	}{
+		// Single write tests
+		{100, 101, 100},
+		{100, 100, 100},
+		{100, 99, 100},
+		{1, 1, 1},
+		{100, 10, 100},
+		{100, 0, 100},
+		{100, -1, 100},
+		// Multi write tests
+		{100, 101, 10},
+		{100, 100, 10},
+		{100, 99, 10},
+		{100, 10, 10},
+		{100, 0, 10},
+		{100, -1, 10},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("inputSize=%d limit=%d writes=%d", test.inputSize, test.limit, test.writeSize), func(t *testing.T) {
+			input := make([]byte, test.inputSize)
+			r.Read(input)
+			output := &bytes.Buffer{}
+			w := LimitWriter(output, test.limit)
+
+			var (
+				err     error
+				written int64
+				n       int
+			)
+			for written < test.inputSize && err == nil {
+				n, err = w.Write(input[written : written+test.writeSize])
+				written += int64(n)
+			}
+
+			expectWritten := bounded(0, test.inputSize, test.limit)
+			assert.EqualValues(t, expectWritten, written)
+			if expectWritten <= 0 {
+				assert.Empty(t, output)
+			} else {
+				assert.Equal(t, input[:expectWritten], output.Bytes())
+			}
+
+			if test.limit < test.inputSize {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func bounded(min, val, max int64) int64 {
+	if max < val {
+		val = max
+	}
+	if val < min {
+		val = min
+	}
+	return val
+}
diff --git a/pkg/probe/exec/BUILD b/pkg/probe/exec/BUILD
index 317dc0fc0cd..a22faf032c2 100644
--- a/pkg/probe/exec/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/probe/exec/BUILD
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ go_library(
     srcs = ["exec.go"],
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/probe/exec",
     deps = [
+        "//pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/probe:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/klog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/exec:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/probe/exec/exec.go b/pkg/probe/exec/exec.go
index a6ae523aa62..b8cfe0d2ad7 100644
--- a/pkg/probe/exec/exec.go
+++ b/pkg/probe/exec/exec.go
@@ -17,10 +17,17 @@ limitations under the License.
 package exec
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/ioutils"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/probe"
-	"k8s.io/utils/exec"
 
 	"k8s.io/klog"
+	"k8s.io/utils/exec"
+)
+
+const (
+	maxReadLength = 10 * 1 << 10 // 10KB
 )
 
 // New creates a Prober.
@@ -39,7 +46,17 @@ type execProber struct{}
 // from executing a command. Returns the Result status, command output, and
 // errors if any.
 func (pr execProber) Probe(e exec.Cmd) (probe.Result, string, error) {
-	data, err := e.CombinedOutput()
+	var dataBuffer bytes.Buffer
+	writer := ioutils.LimitWriter(&dataBuffer, maxReadLength)
+
+	e.SetStderr(writer)
+	e.SetStdout(writer)
+	err := e.Start()
+	if err == nil {
+		err = e.Wait()
+	}
+	data := dataBuffer.Bytes()
+
 	klog.V(4).Infof("Exec probe response: %q", string(data))
 	if err != nil {
 		exit, ok := err.(exec.ExitError)
diff --git a/pkg/probe/exec/exec_test.go b/pkg/probe/exec/exec_test.go
index 1d8eebb0634..300b3d8746c 100644
--- a/pkg/probe/exec/exec_test.go
+++ b/pkg/probe/exec/exec_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package exec
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/probe"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ type FakeCmd struct {
 	out    []byte
 	stdout []byte
 	err    error
+	writer io.Writer
 }
 
 func (f *FakeCmd) Run() error {
@@ -46,15 +48,25 @@ func (f *FakeCmd) SetDir(dir string) {}
 
 func (f *FakeCmd) SetStdin(in io.Reader) {}
 
-func (f *FakeCmd) SetStdout(out io.Writer) {}
+func (f *FakeCmd) SetStdout(out io.Writer) {
+	f.writer = out
+}
 
-func (f *FakeCmd) SetStderr(out io.Writer) {}
+func (f *FakeCmd) SetStderr(out io.Writer) {
+	f.writer = out
+}
 
 func (f *FakeCmd) SetEnv(env []string) {}
 
 func (f *FakeCmd) Stop() {}
 
-func (f *FakeCmd) Start() error { return nil }
+func (f *FakeCmd) Start() error {
+	if f.writer != nil {
+		f.writer.Write(f.out)
+		return f.err
+	}
+	return f.err
+}
 
 func (f *FakeCmd) Wait() error { return nil }
 
@@ -90,20 +102,26 @@ func (f *fakeExitError) ExitStatus() int {
 func TestExec(t *testing.T) {
 	prober := New()
 
+	tenKilobyte := strings.Repeat("logs-123", 128*10)      // 8*128*10=10240 = 10KB of text.
+	elevenKilobyte := strings.Repeat("logs-123", 8*128*11) // 8*128*11=11264 = 11KB of text.
+
 	tests := []struct {
 		expectedStatus probe.Result
 		expectError    bool
+		input          string
 		output         string
 		err            error
 	}{
 		// Ok
-		{probe.Success, false, "OK", nil},
+		{probe.Success, false, "OK", "OK", nil},
 		// Ok
-		{probe.Success, false, "OK", &fakeExitError{true, 0}},
+		{probe.Success, false, "OK", "OK", &fakeExitError{true, 0}},
+		// Ok - truncated output
+		{probe.Success, false, elevenKilobyte, tenKilobyte, nil},
 		// Run returns error
-		{probe.Unknown, true, "", fmt.Errorf("test error")},
+		{probe.Unknown, true, "", "", fmt.Errorf("test error")},
 		// Unhealthy
-		{probe.Failure, false, "Fail", &fakeExitError{true, 1}},
+		{probe.Failure, false, "Fail", "", &fakeExitError{true, 1}},
 	}
 	for i, test := range tests {
 		fake := FakeCmd{