diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/gc.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/gc.go
index ff3bfda959a..28cde1db2ff 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/gc.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/gc.go
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@ package rkt
 
 // ImageManager manages and garbage collects the container images for rkt.
 type ImageManager struct {
-	runtime *runtime
 }
 
-func NewImageManager(r *runtime) *ImageManager {
-	return &ImageManager{runtime: r}
+func NewImageManager() *ImageManager {
+	return &ImageManager{}
 }
 
 // GarbageCollect collects the images. It is not implemented by rkt yet.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_linux.go
index 1bd919f65ac..0429a0d5c98 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_linux.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/capabilities"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client/record"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/credentialprovider"
 	kubecontainer "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/prober"
@@ -104,7 +105,11 @@ var _ kubecontainer.Runtime = &runtime{}
 // New creates the rkt container runtime which implements the container runtime interface.
 // It will test if the rkt binary is in the $PATH, and whether we can get the
 // version of it. If so, creates the rkt container runtime, otherwise returns an error.
-func New(config *Config) (kubecontainer.Runtime, error) {
+func New(config *Config,
+	generator kubecontainer.RunContainerOptionsGenerator,
+	recorder record.EventRecorder,
+	containerRefManager *kubecontainer.RefManager,
+	readinessManager *kubecontainer.ReadinessManager) (kubecontainer.Runtime, error) {
 	systemdVersion, err := getSystemdVersion()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -129,11 +134,14 @@ func New(config *Config) (kubecontainer.Runtime, error) {
 	}
 
 	rkt := &runtime{
-		systemd:       systemd,
-		rktBinAbsPath: rktBinAbsPath,
-		config:        config,
-		dockerKeyring: credentialprovider.NewDockerKeyring(),
+		generator:        generator,
+		readinessManager: readinessManager,
+		systemd:          systemd,
+		rktBinAbsPath:    rktBinAbsPath,
+		config:           config,
+		dockerKeyring:    credentialprovider.NewDockerKeyring(),
 	}
+	rkt.prober = prober.New(rkt, readinessManager, containerRefManager, recorder)
 
 	// Test the rkt version.
 	version, err := rkt.Version()
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_unsupported.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_unsupported.go
index 2fefdfa57eb..6332741f40e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_unsupported.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client/record"
 	kubecontainer "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 )
 
@@ -32,6 +33,14 @@ type unsupportedRuntime struct {
 
 var _ kubecontainer.Runtime = &unsupportedRuntime{}
 
+func New(config *Config,
+	generator kubecontainer.RunContainerOptionsGenerator,
+	recorder record.EventRecorder,
+	containerRefManager *kubecontainer.RefManager,
+	readinessManager *kubecontainer.ReadinessManager) (kubecontainer.Runtime, error) {
+	return nil, unsupportedError
+}
+
 var unsupportedError = fmt.Errorf("rkt runtime is unsupported in this platform")
 
 func (ur *unsupportedRuntime) Version() (kubecontainer.Version, error) {