diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 80184d02e72..2e40384b4b9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ const minShares = 2
 const sharesPerCPU = 1024
 const milliCPUToCPU = 1000
 
+// The oom_score_adj of the POD infrastructure container. The default is 0, so
+// any value below that makes it *less* likely to get OOM killed.
+const podOomScoreAdj = -100
+
 // SyncHandler is an interface implemented by Kubelet, for testability
 type SyncHandler interface {
 	SyncPods([]api.BoundPod) error
@@ -938,7 +942,20 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) createPodInfraContainer(pod *api.BoundPod) (dockertools.Docke
 	if ref != nil {
 		record.Eventf(ref, "pulled", "Successfully pulled image %q", container.Image)
 	}
-	return kl.runContainer(pod, container, nil, "", "")
+	id, err := kl.runContainer(pod, container, nil, "", "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// Set OOM score of POD container to lower than those of the other
+	// containers in the pod. This ensures that it is killed only as a last
+	// resort.
+	containerInfo, err := kl.dockerClient.InspectContainer(string(id))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return id, util.ApplyOomScoreAdj(containerInfo.State.Pid, podOomScoreAdj)
 }
 
 func (kl *Kubelet) pullImage(img string, ref *api.ObjectReference) error {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
index 7c0a2c92cb5..daafb6bcbdf 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ func TestSyncPodsWithTerminationLog(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	kubelet.drainWorkers()
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
-		"list", "create", "start", "list", "inspect_container", "inspect_image", "list", "create", "start"})
+		"list", "create", "start", "inspect_container", "list", "inspect_container", "inspect_image", "list", "create", "start"})
 
 	fakeDocker.Lock()
 	parts := strings.Split(fakeDocker.Container.HostConfig.Binds[0], ":")
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ func TestSyncPodsCreatesNetAndContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	kubelet.drainWorkers()
 
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
-		"list", "create", "start", "list", "inspect_container", "inspect_image", "list", "create", "start"})
+		"list", "create", "start", "inspect_container", "list", "inspect_container", "inspect_image", "list", "create", "start"})
 
 	fakeDocker.Lock()
 
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ func TestSyncPodsCreatesNetAndContainerPullsImage(t *testing.T) {
 	kubelet.drainWorkers()
 
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
-		"list", "create", "start", "list", "inspect_container", "inspect_image", "list", "create", "start"})
+		"list", "create", "start", "inspect_container", "list", "inspect_container", "inspect_image", "list", "create", "start"})
 
 	fakeDocker.Lock()
 
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ func TestSyncPodsCreatesNetAndContainerPullsImage(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeDocker.Unlock()
 }
 
-func TestSyncPodsWithNetCreatesContainer(t *testing.T) {
+func TestSyncPodsWithPodInfraCreatesContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	kubelet, fakeDocker := newTestKubelet(t)
 	fakeDocker.ContainerList = []docker.APIContainers{
 		{
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ func TestSyncPodsWithNetCreatesContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeDocker.Unlock()
 }
 
-func TestSyncPodsWithNetCreatesContainerCallsHandler(t *testing.T) {
+func TestSyncPodsWithPodInfraCreatesContainerCallsHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	kubelet, fakeDocker := newTestKubelet(t)
 	fakeHttp := fakeHTTP{}
 	kubelet.httpClient = &fakeHttp
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ func TestSyncPodsWithNetCreatesContainerCallsHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestSyncPodsDeletesWithNoNetContainer(t *testing.T) {
+func TestSyncPodsDeletesWithNoPodInfraContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	kubelet, fakeDocker := newTestKubelet(t)
 	fakeDocker.ContainerList = []docker.APIContainers{
 		{
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ func TestSyncPodsDeletesWithNoNetContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	kubelet.drainWorkers()
 
 	verifyCalls(t, fakeDocker, []string{
-		"list", "stop", "create", "start", "list", "list", "inspect_container", "inspect_image", "list", "create", "start"})
+		"list", "stop", "create", "start", "inspect_container", "list", "list", "inspect_container", "inspect_image", "list", "create", "start"})
 
 	// A map iteration is used to delete containers, so must not depend on
 	// order here.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/runonce_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/runonce_test.go
index 8a1f9af9b75..3fde0209a25 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/runonce_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/runonce_test.go
@@ -97,14 +97,28 @@ func TestRunOnce(t *testing.T) {
 				label: "syncPod",
 				container: docker.Container{
 					Config: &docker.Config{Image: "someimage"},
-					State:  docker.State{Running: true},
+					State:  docker.State{Running: true, Pid: 42},
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				label: "syncPod",
 				container: docker.Container{
 					Config: &docker.Config{Image: "someimage"},
-					State:  docker.State{Running: true},
+					State:  docker.State{Running: true, Pid: 42},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				label: "syncPod",
+				container: docker.Container{
+					Config: &docker.Config{Image: "someimage"},
+					State:  docker.State{Running: true, Pid: 42},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				label: "syncPod",
+				container: docker.Container{
+					Config: &docker.Config{Image: "someimage"},
+					State:  docker.State{Running: true, Pid: 42},
 				},
 			},
 		},