diff --git a/cmd/kubecfg/kubecfg.go b/cmd/kubecfg/kubecfg.go
index d781c9fd6f5..b947802948e 100644
--- a/cmd/kubecfg/kubecfg.go
+++ b/cmd/kubecfg/kubecfg.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ var (
 	preventSkew   = flag.Bool("expect_version_match", false, "Fail if server's version doesn't match own version.")
 	config        = flag.String("c", "", "Path or URL to the config file, or '-' to read from STDIN")
 	selector      = flag.String("l", "", "Selector (label query) to use for listing")
+	fieldSelector = flag.String("fields", "", "Selector (field query) to use for listing")
 	updatePeriod  = flag.Duration("u", 60*time.Second, "Update interval period")
 	portSpec      = flag.String("p", "", "The port spec, comma-separated list of <external>:<internal>,...")
 	servicePort   = flag.Int("s", -1, "If positive, create and run a corresponding service on this port, only used with 'run'")
@@ -376,6 +377,9 @@ func executeAPIRequest(ctx api.Context, method string, c *client.Client) bool {
 	if len(*selector) > 0 {
 		r.ParseSelectorParam("labels", *selector)
 	}
+	if len(*fieldSelector) > 0 {
+		r.ParseSelectorParam("fields", *fieldSelector)
+	}
 	if setBody {
 		if len(version) > 0 {
 			data := readConfig(storage, c.RESTClient.Codec)
diff --git a/pkg/kubecfg/resource_printer.go b/pkg/kubecfg/resource_printer.go
index c4e037248c7..f54532a3f94 100644
--- a/pkg/kubecfg/resource_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubecfg/resource_printer.go
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ var replicationControllerColumns = []string{"ID", "Image(s)", "Selector", "Repli
 var serviceColumns = []string{"ID", "Labels", "Selector", "Port"}
 var minionColumns = []string{"Minion identifier"}
 var statusColumns = []string{"Status"}
+var eventColumns = []string{"Name", "Kind", "Status", "Reason", "Message"}
 
 // addDefaultHandlers adds print handlers for default Kubernetes types.
 func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) addDefaultHandlers() {
@@ -155,6 +156,8 @@ func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) addDefaultHandlers() {
 	h.Handler(minionColumns, printMinion)
 	h.Handler(minionColumns, printMinionList)
 	h.Handler(statusColumns, printStatus)
+	h.Handler(eventColumns, printEvent)
+	h.Handler(eventColumns, printEventList)
 }
 
 func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) unknown(data []byte, w io.Writer) error {
@@ -256,6 +259,27 @@ func printStatus(status *api.Status, w io.Writer) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func printEvent(event *api.Event, w io.Writer) error {
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(
+		w, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n",
+		event.InvolvedObject.Name,
+		event.InvolvedObject.Kind,
+		event.Status,
+		event.Reason,
+		event.Message,
+	)
+	return err
+}
+
+func printEventList(list *api.EventList, w io.Writer) error {
+	for i := range list.Items {
+		if err := printEvent(&list.Items[i], w); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Print parses the data as JSON, then prints the parsed data in a human-friendly
 // format according to the type of the data.
 func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) Print(data []byte, output io.Writer) error {