diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/handlers.go b/pkg/apiserver/handlers.go
index 87ead96c77f..3e897ed89e0 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/handlers.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package apiserver
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"path"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime/debug"
 	"strings"
@@ -43,6 +42,11 @@ var specialVerbs = map[string]bool{
 	"watch":    true,
 }
 
+// namespaceSubresouces is a set of all the subresources available on a namespace resource.  This is a special case because
+// URLs look like api/v1beta3/namspaces/<namespace name>/[subresource | resource].  We need to be able to distinguish the two
+// different cases.
+var namespaceSubresources = util.NewStringSet("status", "finalize")
+
 // Constant for the retry-after interval on rate limiting.
 // TODO: maybe make this dynamic? or user-adjustable?
 const RetryAfter = "1"
@@ -240,6 +244,8 @@ type APIRequestInfo struct {
 	Namespace  string
 	// Resource is the name of the resource being requested.  This is not the kind.  For example: pods
 	Resource string
+	// Subresource is the name of the subresource being requested.  This is not the kind or the resource.  For example: status for a pods/pod-name/status
+	Subresource string
 	// Kind is the type of object being manipulated.  For example: Pod
 	Kind string
 	// Name is empty for some verbs, but if the request directly indicates a name (not in body content) then this field is filled in.
@@ -251,17 +257,6 @@ type APIRequestInfo struct {
 	Raw []string
 }
 
-// URLPath returns the URL path for this request, including /{resource}/{name} if present but nothing
-// following that.
-func (info APIRequestInfo) URLPath() string {
-	p := info.Parts
-	if n := len(p); n > 2 {
-		// Only take resource and name
-		p = p[:2]
-	}
-	return path.Join("/", path.Join(info.Raw...), path.Join(p...))
-}
-
 type APIRequestInfoResolver struct {
 	APIPrefixes util.StringSet
 	RestMapper  meta.RESTMapper
@@ -340,22 +335,20 @@ func (r *APIRequestInfoResolver) GetAPIRequestInfo(req *http.Request) (APIReques
 
 	// URL forms: /namespaces/{namespace}/{kind}/*, where parts are adjusted to be relative to kind
 	if currentParts[0] == "namespaces" {
-		if len(currentParts) < 3 {
-			requestInfo.Resource = "namespaces"
-			if len(currentParts) > 1 {
-				requestInfo.Namespace = currentParts[1]
-			}
-		} else {
-			requestInfo.Resource = currentParts[2]
+		if len(currentParts) > 1 {
 			requestInfo.Namespace = currentParts[1]
-			currentParts = currentParts[2:]
+
+			// if there is another step after the namespace name and it is not a known namespace subresource
+			// move currentParts to include it as a resource in its own right
+			if len(currentParts) > 2 && !namespaceSubresources.Has(currentParts[2]) {
+				currentParts = currentParts[2:]
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		// URL forms: /{resource}/*
 		// URL forms: POST /{resource} is a legacy API convention to create in "default" namespace
 		// URL forms: /{resource}/{resourceName} use the "default" namespace if omitted from query param
 		// URL forms: /{resource} assume cross-namespace operation if omitted from query param
-		requestInfo.Resource = currentParts[0]
 		requestInfo.Namespace = req.URL.Query().Get("namespace")
 		if len(requestInfo.Namespace) == 0 {
 			if len(currentParts) > 1 || req.Method == "POST" {
@@ -371,9 +364,16 @@ func (r *APIRequestInfoResolver) GetAPIRequestInfo(req *http.Request) (APIReques
 	// Raw should have everything not in Parts
 	requestInfo.Raw = requestInfo.Raw[:len(requestInfo.Raw)-len(currentParts)]
 
-	// if there's another part remaining after the kind, then that's the resource name
-	if len(requestInfo.Parts) >= 2 {
+	// parts look like: resource/resourceName/subresource/other/stuff/we/don't/interpret
+	switch {
+	case len(requestInfo.Parts) >= 3:
+		requestInfo.Subresource = requestInfo.Parts[2]
+		fallthrough
+	case len(requestInfo.Parts) == 2:
 		requestInfo.Name = requestInfo.Parts[1]
+		fallthrough
+	case len(requestInfo.Parts) == 1:
+		requestInfo.Resource = requestInfo.Parts[0]
 	}
 
 	// if there's no name on the request and we thought it was a get before, then the actual verb is a list
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/handlers_test.go b/pkg/apiserver/handlers_test.go
index 40f0a9a72cb..9015f60be59 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/handlers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/handlers_test.go
@@ -135,49 +135,56 @@ func TestReadOnly(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestGetAPIRequestInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	successCases := []struct {
-		method             string
-		url                string
-		expectedVerb       string
-		expectedAPIVersion string
-		expectedNamespace  string
-		expectedResource   string
-		expectedKind       string
-		expectedName       string
-		expectedParts      []string
+		method              string
+		url                 string
+		expectedVerb        string
+		expectedAPIVersion  string
+		expectedNamespace   string
+		expectedResource    string
+		expectedSubresource string
+		expectedKind        string
+		expectedName        string
+		expectedParts       []string
 	}{
 
 		// resource paths
-		{"GET", "/namespaces", "list", "", "", "namespaces", "Namespace", "", []string{"namespaces"}},
-		{"GET", "/namespaces/other", "get", "", "other", "namespaces", "Namespace", "other", []string{"namespaces", "other"}},
+		{"GET", "/namespaces", "list", "", "", "namespaces", "", "Namespace", "", []string{"namespaces"}},
+		{"GET", "/namespaces/other", "get", "", "other", "namespaces", "", "Namespace", "other", []string{"namespaces", "other"}},
 
-		{"GET", "/namespaces/other/pods", "list", "", "other", "pods", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
-		{"GET", "/namespaces/other/pods/foo", "get", "", "other", "pods", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
-		{"GET", "/pods", "list", "", api.NamespaceAll, "pods", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
-		{"POST", "/pods", "create", "", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
-		{"GET", "/pods/foo", "get", "", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
-		{"GET", "/pods/foo?namespace=other", "get", "", "other", "pods", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
-		{"GET", "/pods?namespace=other", "list", "", "other", "pods", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
+		{"GET", "/namespaces/other/pods", "list", "", "other", "pods", "", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
+		{"GET", "/namespaces/other/pods/foo", "get", "", "other", "pods", "", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
+		{"GET", "/pods", "list", "", api.NamespaceAll, "pods", "", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
+		{"POST", "/pods", "create", "", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
+		{"GET", "/pods/foo", "get", "", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
+		{"GET", "/pods/foo?namespace=other", "get", "", "other", "pods", "", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
+		{"GET", "/pods?namespace=other", "list", "", "other", "pods", "", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
 
 		// special verbs
-		{"GET", "/proxy/namespaces/other/pods/foo", "proxy", "", "other", "pods", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
-		{"GET", "/proxy/pods/foo", "proxy", "", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
-		{"GET", "/redirect/namespaces/other/pods/foo", "redirect", "", "other", "pods", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
-		{"GET", "/redirect/pods/foo", "redirect", "", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
-		{"GET", "/watch/pods", "watch", "", api.NamespaceAll, "pods", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
-		{"GET", "/watch/namespaces/other/pods", "watch", "", "other", "pods", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
+		{"GET", "/proxy/namespaces/other/pods/foo", "proxy", "", "other", "pods", "", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
+		{"GET", "/proxy/pods/foo", "proxy", "", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
+		{"GET", "/redirect/namespaces/other/pods/foo", "redirect", "", "other", "pods", "", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
+		{"GET", "/redirect/pods/foo", "redirect", "", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
+		{"GET", "/watch/pods", "watch", "", api.NamespaceAll, "pods", "", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
+		{"GET", "/watch/namespaces/other/pods", "watch", "", "other", "pods", "", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
 
 		// fully-qualified paths
-		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/namespaces/other/pods", "list", "v1beta1", "other", "pods", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
-		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/namespaces/other/pods/foo", "get", "v1beta1", "other", "pods", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
-		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/pods", "list", "v1beta1", api.NamespaceAll, "pods", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
-		{"POST", "/api/v1beta1/pods", "create", "v1beta1", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
-		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/pods/foo", "get", "v1beta1", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
-		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/pods/foo?namespace=other", "get", "v1beta1", "other", "pods", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
-		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/pods?namespace=other", "list", "v1beta1", "other", "pods", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
-		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/proxy/pods/foo", "proxy", "v1beta1", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
-		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/redirect/pods/foo", "redirect", "v1beta1", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
-		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/watch/pods", "watch", "v1beta1", api.NamespaceAll, "pods", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
-		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/watch/namespaces/other/pods", "watch", "v1beta1", "other", "pods", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
+		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/namespaces/other/pods", "list", "v1beta1", "other", "pods", "", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
+		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/namespaces/other/pods/foo", "get", "v1beta1", "other", "pods", "", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
+		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/pods", "list", "v1beta1", api.NamespaceAll, "pods", "", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
+		{"POST", "/api/v1beta1/pods", "create", "v1beta1", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
+		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/pods/foo", "get", "v1beta1", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
+		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/pods/foo?namespace=other", "get", "v1beta1", "other", "pods", "", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
+		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/pods?namespace=other", "list", "v1beta1", "other", "pods", "", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
+		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/proxy/pods/foo", "proxy", "v1beta1", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
+		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/redirect/pods/foo", "redirect", "v1beta1", api.NamespaceDefault, "pods", "", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo"}},
+		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/watch/pods", "watch", "v1beta1", api.NamespaceAll, "pods", "", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
+		{"GET", "/api/v1beta1/watch/namespaces/other/pods", "watch", "v1beta1", "other", "pods", "", "Pod", "", []string{"pods"}},
+
+		// subresource identification
+		{"GET", "/namespaces/other/pods/foo/status", "get", "", "other", "pods", "status", "Pod", "foo", []string{"pods", "foo", "status"}},
+		{"GET", "/namespaces/other/finalize", "get", "", "other", "namespaces", "finalize", "Namespace", "other", []string{"namespaces", "other", "finalize"}},
+		{"PUT", "/namespaces/other/status", "update", "", "other", "namespaces", "status", "Namespace", "other", []string{"namespaces", "other", "status"}},
+		{"PUT", "/namespaces/other/anything", "update", "", "other", "anything", "", "", "", []string{"anything"}},
 	}
 
 	apiRequestInfoResolver := &APIRequestInfoResolver{util.NewStringSet("api"), latest.RESTMapper}
@@ -204,15 +211,15 @@ func TestGetAPIRequestInfo(t *testing.T) {
 		if successCase.expectedResource != apiRequestInfo.Resource {
 			t.Errorf("Unexpected resource for url: %s, expected: %s, actual: %s", successCase.url, successCase.expectedResource, apiRequestInfo.Resource)
 		}
+		if successCase.expectedSubresource != apiRequestInfo.Subresource {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected resource for url: %s, expected: %s, actual: %s", successCase.url, successCase.expectedSubresource, apiRequestInfo.Subresource)
+		}
 		if successCase.expectedName != apiRequestInfo.Name {
 			t.Errorf("Unexpected name for url: %s, expected: %s, actual: %s", successCase.url, successCase.expectedName, apiRequestInfo.Name)
 		}
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(successCase.expectedParts, apiRequestInfo.Parts) {
 			t.Errorf("Unexpected parts for url: %s, expected: %v, actual: %v", successCase.url, successCase.expectedParts, apiRequestInfo.Parts)
 		}
-		if e, a := strings.Split(successCase.url, "?")[0], apiRequestInfo.URLPath(); e != a {
-			t.Errorf("Expected %v, got %v", e, a)
-		}
 	}
 
 	errorCases := map[string]string{