diff --git a/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd.go b/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd.go
index bd6f57efb4d..58779203848 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd.go
@@ -42,12 +42,15 @@ const (
 	ServicePath string = "/registry/services/specs"
 	// ServiceEndpointPath is the path to service endpoints resources in etcd
 	ServiceEndpointPath string = "/registry/services/endpoints"
+	// NodePath is the path to node resources in etcd
+	NodePath string = "/registry/minions"
 )
 
 // TODO: Need to add a reconciler loop that makes sure that things in pods are reflected into
 //       kubelet (and vice versa)
 
-// Registry implements PodRegistry, ControllerRegistry, ServiceRegistry and MinionRegistry, backed by etcd.
+// Registry implements BindingRegistry, ControllerRegistry, EndpointRegistry,
+// MinionRegistry, PodRegistry and ServiceRegistry, backed by etcd.
 type Registry struct {
 	tools.EtcdHelper
 	boundPodFactory pod.BoundPodFactory
@@ -570,31 +573,35 @@ func (r *Registry) WatchEndpoints(ctx api.Context, label, field labels.Selector,
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("only the 'ID' and default (everything) field selectors are supported")
 }
 
-func makeMinionKey(minionID string) string {
-	return "/registry/minions/" + minionID
+func makeNodeKey(nodeID string) string {
+	return NodePath + "/" + nodeID
+}
+
+func makeNodeListKey() string {
+	return NodePath
 }
 
 func (r *Registry) ListMinions(ctx api.Context) (*api.NodeList, error) {
 	minions := &api.NodeList{}
-	err := r.ExtractToList("/registry/minions", minions)
+	err := r.ExtractToList(makeNodeListKey(), minions)
 	return minions, err
 }
 
 func (r *Registry) CreateMinion(ctx api.Context, minion *api.Node) error {
 	// TODO: Add some validations.
-	err := r.CreateObj(makeMinionKey(minion.Name), minion, 0)
+	err := r.CreateObj(makeNodeKey(minion.Name), minion, 0)
 	return etcderr.InterpretCreateError(err, "minion", minion.Name)
 }
 
 func (r *Registry) UpdateMinion(ctx api.Context, minion *api.Node) error {
 	// TODO: Add some validations.
-	err := r.SetObj(makeMinionKey(minion.Name), minion)
+	err := r.SetObj(makeNodeKey(minion.Name), minion)
 	return etcderr.InterpretUpdateError(err, "minion", minion.Name)
 }
 
 func (r *Registry) GetMinion(ctx api.Context, minionID string) (*api.Node, error) {
 	var minion api.Node
-	key := makeMinionKey(minionID)
+	key := makeNodeKey(minionID)
 	err := r.ExtractObj(key, &minion, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, etcderr.InterpretGetError(err, "minion", minion.Name)
@@ -603,10 +610,27 @@ func (r *Registry) GetMinion(ctx api.Context, minionID string) (*api.Node, error
 }
 
 func (r *Registry) DeleteMinion(ctx api.Context, minionID string) error {
-	key := makeMinionKey(minionID)
+	key := makeNodeKey(minionID)
 	err := r.Delete(key, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return etcderr.InterpretDeleteError(err, "minion", minionID)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (r *Registry) WatchMinions(ctx api.Context, label, field labels.Selector, resourceVersion string) (watch.Interface, error) {
+	version, err := tools.ParseWatchResourceVersion(resourceVersion, "node")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	key := makeNodeListKey()
+	return r.WatchList(key, version, func(obj runtime.Object) bool {
+		minionObj, ok := obj.(*api.Node)
+		if !ok {
+			// Must be an error: return true to propagate to upper level.
+			return true
+		}
+		// TODO: Add support for filtering based on field, once NodeStatus is defined.
+		return label.Matches(labels.Set(minionObj.Labels))
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd_test.go b/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd_test.go
index d23c2186e79..6326b683df3 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd_test.go
@@ -1681,6 +1681,112 @@ func TestEtcdDeleteMinion(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestEtcdWatchMinion(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := api.NewDefaultContext()
+	fakeClient := tools.NewFakeEtcdClient(t)
+	registry := NewTestEtcdRegistry(fakeClient)
+	watching, err := registry.WatchMinions(ctx,
+		labels.Everything(),
+		labels.Everything(),
+		"1",
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	fakeClient.WaitForWatchCompletion()
+
+	select {
+	case _, ok := <-watching.ResultChan():
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("watching channel should be open")
+		}
+	default:
+	}
+	fakeClient.WatchInjectError <- nil
+	if _, ok := <-watching.ResultChan(); ok {
+		t.Errorf("watching channel should be closed")
+	}
+	watching.Stop()
+}
+
+func TestEtcdWatchMinionsMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := api.NewDefaultContext()
+	fakeClient := tools.NewFakeEtcdClient(t)
+	registry := NewTestEtcdRegistry(fakeClient)
+	watching, err := registry.WatchMinions(ctx,
+		labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set{"name": "foo"}),
+		labels.Everything(),
+		"1",
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	fakeClient.WaitForWatchCompletion()
+
+	node := &api.Node{
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: "foo",
+			Labels: map[string]string{
+				"name": "foo",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	nodeBytes, _ := latest.Codec.Encode(node)
+	fakeClient.WatchResponse <- &etcd.Response{
+		Action: "create",
+		Node: &etcd.Node{
+			Value: string(nodeBytes),
+		},
+	}
+	select {
+	case _, ok := <-watching.ResultChan():
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("watching channel should be open")
+		}
+	case <-time.After(time.Millisecond * 100):
+		t.Error("unexpected timeout from result channel")
+	}
+	watching.Stop()
+}
+
+func TestEtcdWatchMinionsNotMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := api.NewDefaultContext()
+	fakeClient := tools.NewFakeEtcdClient(t)
+	registry := NewTestEtcdRegistry(fakeClient)
+	watching, err := registry.WatchMinions(ctx,
+		labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set{"name": "foo"}),
+		labels.Everything(),
+		"1",
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	fakeClient.WaitForWatchCompletion()
+
+	node := &api.Node{
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: "bar",
+			Labels: map[string]string{
+				"name": "bar",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	nodeBytes, _ := latest.Codec.Encode(node)
+	fakeClient.WatchResponse <- &etcd.Response{
+		Action: "create",
+		Node: &etcd.Node{
+			Value: string(nodeBytes),
+		},
+	}
+
+	select {
+	case <-watching.ResultChan():
+		t.Error("unexpected result from result channel")
+	case <-time.After(time.Millisecond * 100):
+		// expected case
+	}
+}
+
 // TODO We need a test for the compare and swap behavior.  This basically requires two things:
 //   1) Add a per-operation synchronization channel to the fake etcd client, such that any operation waits on that
 //      channel, this will enable us to orchestrate the flow of etcd requests in the test.
diff --git a/pkg/registry/minion/healthy_registry.go b/pkg/registry/minion/healthy_registry.go
index a64bd9ac1c2..b7d87e5b4d8 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/minion/healthy_registry.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/minion/healthy_registry.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/health"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
@@ -86,3 +88,7 @@ func (r *HealthyRegistry) ListMinions(ctx api.Context) (currentMinions *api.Node
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }
+
+func (r *HealthyRegistry) WatchMinions(ctx api.Context, label, field labels.Selector, resourceVersion string) (watch.Interface, error) {
+	return r.delegate.WatchMinions(ctx, label, field, resourceVersion)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/minion/registry.go b/pkg/registry/minion/registry.go
index ceea50b6aef..c9ce4670d16 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/minion/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/minion/registry.go
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package minion
 
-import "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+import (
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
+)
 
 // MinionRegistry is an interface for things that know how to store minions.
 type Registry interface {
@@ -25,4 +29,5 @@ type Registry interface {
 	UpdateMinion(ctx api.Context, minion *api.Node) error
 	GetMinion(ctx api.Context, minionID string) (*api.Node, error)
 	DeleteMinion(ctx api.Context, minionID string) error
+	WatchMinions(ctx api.Context, label, field labels.Selector, resourceVersion string) (watch.Interface, error)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/registry/minion/rest.go b/pkg/registry/minion/rest.go
index 3a2e52901f6..2ae642c4dba 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/minion/rest.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/minion/rest.go
@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/master/ports"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
 )
 
-// REST implements the RESTStorage interface, backed by a MinionRegistry.
+// REST adapts minion into apiserver's RESTStorage model.
 type REST struct {
 	registry Registry
 }
 
-// NewREST returns a new REST.
+// NewREST returns a new apiserver.RESTStorage implementation for minion.
 func NewREST(m Registry) *REST {
 	return &REST{
 		registry: m,
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ func NewREST(m Registry) *REST {
 var ErrDoesNotExist = errors.New("The requested resource does not exist.")
 var ErrNotHealty = errors.New("The requested minion is not healthy.")
 
+// Create satisfies the RESTStorage interface.
 func (rs *REST) Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (<-chan apiserver.RESTResult, error) {
 	minion, ok := obj.(*api.Node)
 	if !ok {
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ func (rs *REST) Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (<-chan apiserver.RE
 	}), nil
 }
 
+// Delete satisfies the RESTStorage interface.
 func (rs *REST) Delete(ctx api.Context, id string) (<-chan apiserver.RESTResult, error) {
 	minion, err := rs.registry.GetMinion(ctx, id)
 	if minion == nil {
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ func (rs *REST) Delete(ctx api.Context, id string) (<-chan apiserver.RESTResult,
 	}), nil
 }
 
+// Get satisfies the RESTStorage interface.
 func (rs *REST) Get(ctx api.Context, id string) (runtime.Object, error) {
 	minion, err := rs.registry.GetMinion(ctx, id)
 	if minion == nil {
@@ -88,6 +92,7 @@ func (rs *REST) Get(ctx api.Context, id string) (runtime.Object, error) {
 	return minion, err
 }
 
+// List satisfies the RESTStorage interface.
 func (rs *REST) List(ctx api.Context, label, field labels.Selector) (runtime.Object, error) {
 	return rs.registry.ListMinions(ctx)
 }
@@ -96,6 +101,7 @@ func (rs *REST) New() runtime.Object {
 	return &api.Node{}
 }
 
+// Update satisfies the RESTStorage interface.
 func (rs *REST) Update(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (<-chan apiserver.RESTResult, error) {
 	minion, ok := obj.(*api.Node)
 	if !ok {
@@ -121,8 +127,10 @@ func (rs *REST) Update(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (<-chan apiserver.RE
 	}), nil
 }
 
-func (rs *REST) toApiMinion(name string) *api.Node {
-	return &api.Node{ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: name}}
+// Watch returns Minions events via a watch.Interface.
+// It implements apiserver.ResourceWatcher.
+func (rs *REST) Watch(ctx api.Context, label, field labels.Selector, resourceVersion string) (watch.Interface, error) {
+	return rs.registry.WatchMinions(ctx, label, field, resourceVersion)
 }
 
 // ResourceLocation returns a URL to which one can send traffic for the specified minion.
diff --git a/pkg/registry/minion/rest_test.go b/pkg/registry/minion/rest_test.go
index 6f4d39e2867..16946e801bb 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/minion/rest_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/minion/rest_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/registry/registrytest"
 )
 
-func TestMinionREST(t *testing.T) {
+func TestMinionRegistryREST(t *testing.T) {
 	ms := NewREST(registrytest.NewMinionRegistry([]string{"foo", "bar"}, api.NodeResources{}))
 	ctx := api.NewContext()
 	if obj, err := ms.Get(ctx, "foo"); err != nil || obj.(*api.Node).Name != "foo" {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestMinionREST(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestMinionStorageWithHealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
+func TestMinionRegistryHealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	minionRegistry := registrytest.NewMinionRegistry([]string{}, api.NodeResources{})
 	minionHealthRegistry := HealthyRegistry{
 		delegate: minionRegistry,
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func contains(nodes *api.NodeList, nodeID string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func TestMinionStorageInvalidUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+func TestMinionRegistryInvalidUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	storage := NewREST(registrytest.NewMinionRegistry([]string{"foo", "bar"}, api.NodeResources{}))
 	ctx := api.NewContext()
 	obj, err := storage.Get(ctx, "foo")
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func TestMinionStorageInvalidUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestMinionStorageValidUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+func TestMinionRegistryValidUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	storage := NewREST(registrytest.NewMinionRegistry([]string{"foo", "bar"}, api.NodeResources{}))
 	ctx := api.NewContext()
 	obj, err := storage.Get(ctx, "foo")
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func TestMinionStorageValidUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestMinionStorageValidatesCreate(t *testing.T) {
+func TestMinionRegistryValidatesCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	storage := NewREST(registrytest.NewMinionRegistry([]string{"foo", "bar"}, api.NodeResources{}))
 	ctx := api.NewContext()
 	validSelector := map[string]string{"a": "b"}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/registrytest/minion.go b/pkg/registry/registrytest/minion.go
index 7504826918d..c0d1b91c344 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/registrytest/minion.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/registrytest/minion.go
@@ -20,15 +20,20 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
 )
 
+// MinionRegistry implements minion.Registry interface.
 type MinionRegistry struct {
 	Err     error
 	Minion  string
 	Minions api.NodeList
+
 	sync.Mutex
 }
 
+// MakeMinionList constructs api.MinionList from list of minion names and a NodeResource.
 func MakeMinionList(minions []string, nodeResources api.NodeResources) *api.NodeList {
 	list := api.NodeList{
 		Items: make([]api.Node, len(minions)),
@@ -95,3 +100,7 @@ func (r *MinionRegistry) DeleteMinion(ctx api.Context, minionID string) error {
 	r.Minions.Items = newList
 	return r.Err
 }
+
+func (r *MinionRegistry) WatchMinions(ctx api.Context, label, field labels.Selector, resourceVersion string) (watch.Interface, error) {
+	return nil, r.Err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/registrytest/pod.go b/pkg/registry/registrytest/pod.go
index 25533dae67f..6d60d30f62b 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/registrytest/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/registrytest/pod.go
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ func (r *PodRegistry) ListPods(ctx api.Context, selector labels.Selector) (*api.
 
 func (r *PodRegistry) WatchPods(ctx api.Context, label, field labels.Selector, resourceVersion string) (watch.Interface, error) {
 	return r.broadcaster.Watch(), nil
-
 }
 
 func (r *PodRegistry) GetPod(ctx api.Context, podId string) (*api.Pod, error) {