diff --git a/pkg/api/types.go b/pkg/api/types.go
index 9409fc809d2..7ec98b4b2bd 100644
--- a/pkg/api/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/types.go
@@ -788,6 +788,14 @@ type NodeSpec struct {
 	ExternalID string `json:"externalID,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// NodeSystemInfo is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node.
+type NodeSystemInfo struct {
+	// MachineID is the machine-id reported by the node
+	MachineID string `json:"machineID"`
+	// SystemUUID is the system-uuid reported by the node
+	SystemUUID string `json:"systemUUID"`
+}
+
 // NodeStatus is information about the current status of a node.
 type NodeStatus struct {
 	// NodePhase is the current lifecycle phase of the node.
@@ -796,6 +804,8 @@ type NodeStatus struct {
 	Conditions []NodeCondition `json:"conditions,omitempty"`
 	// Queried from cloud provider, if available.
 	Addresses []NodeAddress `json:"addresses,omitempty"`
+	// NodeSystemInfo is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node
+	NodeInfo NodeSystemInfo `json:"nodeInfo,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // NodeInfo is the information collected on the node.
@@ -803,6 +813,8 @@ type NodeInfo struct {
 	TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
 	// Capacity represents the available resources of a node
 	Capacity ResourceList `json:"capacity,omitempty"`
+	// NodeSystemInfo is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node
+	NodeSystemInfo `json:",inline,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type NodePhase string
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go b/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go
index 46ec4a9e8c0..fa76a6f5a1e 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go
@@ -699,6 +699,9 @@ func init() {
 			if err := s.Convert(&in.Status.Addresses, &out.Status.Addresses, 0); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			if err := s.Convert(&in.Status.NodeInfo, &out.Status.NodeInfo, 0); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
 			for _, address := range in.Status.Addresses {
 				if address.Type == newer.NodeLegacyHostIP {
@@ -728,6 +731,9 @@ func init() {
 			if err := s.Convert(&in.Status.Addresses, &out.Status.Addresses, 0); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			if err := s.Convert(&in.Status.NodeInfo, &out.Status.NodeInfo, 0); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
 			if in.HostIP != "" {
 				newer.AddToNodeAddresses(&out.Status.Addresses,
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
index c4183a9d7b9..8a47ece6d98 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -618,6 +618,14 @@ type EndpointsList struct {
 	Items    []Endpoints `json:"items" description:"list of service endpoint lists"`
 }
 
+// NodeSystemInfo is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node.
+type NodeSystemInfo struct {
+	// MachineID is the machine-id reported by the node
+	MachineID string `json:"machineID" description:"machine id is the machine-id reported by the node"`
+	// SystemUUID is the system-uuid reported by the node
+	SystemUUID string `json:"systemUUID" description:"system uuid is the system-uuid reported by the node"`
+}
+
 // NodeStatus is information about the current status of a node.
 type NodeStatus struct {
 	// NodePhase is the current lifecycle phase of the node.
@@ -626,6 +634,8 @@ type NodeStatus struct {
 	Conditions []NodeCondition `json:"conditions,omitempty" description:"conditions is an array of current node conditions"`
 	// Queried from cloud provider, if available.
 	Addresses []NodeAddress `json:"addresses,omitempty" description:"list of addresses reachable to the node"`
+	// NodeSystemInfo is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node
+	NodeInfo NodeSystemInfo `json:"nodeInfo,omitempty" description:"node identity is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node"`
 }
 
 // NodeInfo is the information collected on the node.
@@ -633,6 +643,8 @@ type NodeInfo struct {
 	TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
 	// Capacity represents the available resources.
 	Capacity ResourceList `json:"capacity,omitempty" description:"resource capacity of a node represented as a map of resource name to quantity of resource"`
+	// NodeSystemInfo is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node
+	NodeSystemInfo `json:",inline,omitempty" description:"node identity is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node"`
 }
 
 type NodePhase string
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go b/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go
index effc0e3e664..6291496c449 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go
@@ -619,6 +619,9 @@ func init() {
 			if err := s.Convert(&in.Status.Addresses, &out.Status.Addresses, 0); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			if err := s.Convert(&in.Status.NodeInfo, &out.Status.NodeInfo, 0); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
 			for _, address := range in.Status.Addresses {
 				if address.Type == newer.NodeLegacyHostIP {
@@ -648,6 +651,9 @@ func init() {
 			if err := s.Convert(&in.Status.Addresses, &out.Status.Addresses, 0); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			if err := s.Convert(&in.Status.NodeInfo, &out.Status.NodeInfo, 0); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
 			if in.HostIP != "" {
 				newer.AddToNodeAddresses(&out.Status.Addresses,
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
index a85db7b7c8b..3b32f4d9499 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
@@ -623,6 +623,14 @@ type EndpointsList struct {
 	Items    []Endpoints `json:"items" description:"list of service endpoint lists"`
 }
 
+// NodeSystemInfo is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node.
+type NodeSystemInfo struct {
+	// MachineID is the machine-id reported by the node
+	MachineID string `json:"machineID" description:"machine id is the machine-id reported by the node"`
+	// SystemUUID is the system-uuid reported by the node
+	SystemUUID string `json:"systemUUID" description:"system uuid is the system-uuid reported by the node"`
+}
+
 // NodeStatus is information about the current status of a node.
 //
 // https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/blob/master/docs/node.md#node-status
@@ -633,6 +641,8 @@ type NodeStatus struct {
 	Conditions []NodeCondition `json:"conditions,omitempty" description:"conditions is an array of current node conditions"`
 	// Queried from cloud provider, if available.
 	Addresses []NodeAddress `json:"addresses,omitempty" description:"list of addresses reachable to the node"`
+	// NodeSystemInfo is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node
+	NodeInfo NodeSystemInfo `json:"nodeInfo,omitempty" description:"node identity is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node"`
 }
 
 // NodeInfo is the information collected on the node.
@@ -640,6 +650,8 @@ type NodeInfo struct {
 	TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
 	// Capacity represents the available resources.
 	Capacity ResourceList `json:"capacity,omitempty" description:"resource capacity of a node represented as a map of resource name to quantity of resource"`
+	// NodeSystemInfo is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node
+	NodeSystemInfo `json:",inline,omitempty" description:"node identity is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node"`
 }
 
 // Described the current lifecycle phase of a node.
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
index 51e5583405b..079ed83d083 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
@@ -819,6 +819,14 @@ type NodeSpec struct {
 	ExternalID string `json:"externalID,omitempty" description:"external ID assigned to the node by some machine database (e.g. a cloud provider)"`
 }
 
+// NodeSystemInfo is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node.
+type NodeSystemInfo struct {
+	// MachineID is the machine-id reported by the node
+	MachineID string `json:"machineID"`
+	// SystemUUID is the system-uuid reported by the node
+	SystemUUID string `json:"systemUUID"`
+}
+
 // NodeStatus is information about the current status of a node.
 type NodeStatus struct {
 	// NodePhase is the current lifecycle phase of the node.
@@ -827,6 +835,8 @@ type NodeStatus struct {
 	Conditions []NodeCondition `json:"conditions,omitempty" description:"list of node conditions observed"`
 	// Queried from cloud provider, if available.
 	Addresses []NodeAddress `json:"addresses,omitempty" description:"list of addresses reachable to the node"`
+	// NodeSystemInfo is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node
+	NodeInfo NodeSystemInfo `json:"nodeInfo,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // NodeInfo is the information collected on the node.
@@ -834,6 +844,8 @@ type NodeInfo struct {
 	TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
 	// Capacity represents the available resources of a node
 	Capacity ResourceList `json:"capacity,omitempty"`
+	// NodeSystemInfo is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node
+	NodeSystemInfo `json:",inline,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type NodePhase string
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/controller/nodecontroller.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/controller/nodecontroller.go
index 1421e886286..0f8992df399 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/controller/nodecontroller.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/controller/nodecontroller.go
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ func (s *NodeController) updateNodeInfo(node *api.Node) error {
 	for key, value := range nodeInfo.Capacity {
 		node.Spec.Capacity[key] = value
 	}
+	node.Status.NodeInfo = nodeInfo.NodeSystemInfo
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server.go b/pkg/kubelet/server.go
index 4d2feb8394d..b481fe59520 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server.go
@@ -361,6 +361,10 @@ func (s *Server) handleNodeInfoVersioned(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 	}
 	data, err := json.Marshal(api.NodeInfo{
 		Capacity: capacity,
+		NodeSystemInfo: api.NodeSystemInfo{
+			MachineID:  info.MachineID,
+			SystemUUID: info.SystemUUID,
+		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		s.error(w, err)