diff --git a/test/scalability/counter/Makefile b/test/scalability/counter/Makefile
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+++ b/test/scalability/counter/Makefile
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+counter:
+	kubectl create --validate -f counter-rc.yaml
+
+counter1:
+	kubectl scale rc counter --replicas=1
+
+counter10:
+	kubectl scale rc counter --replicas=10
+
+counter50:
+	kubectl scale rc counter --replicas=50
+
+counter100:
+	kubectl scale rc counter --replicas=100
+
+counter200:
+	kubectl scale rc counter --replicas=200
+
+counter500:
+	kubectl scale rc counter --replicas=500
+
+
+counter5000:
+	kubectl scale rc counter --replicas=5000
+
+stop:
+	kubectl stop rc counter
diff --git a/test/scalability/counter/counter-rc.yaml b/test/scalability/counter/counter-rc.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ReplicationController
+metadata:
+  name: counter
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    app: counter
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: counter
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: count
+        image: ubuntu:14.04
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: 1m
+        args: [bash, -c, 
+               'for ((i = 0; ; i++)); do echo "$i: $(date)"; sleep 1; done']
+
+