diff --git a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
index e3a5cf7142b..6f1b405d85a 100644
--- a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
+++ b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ _kubectl_run-container()
     flags+=("--generator=")
     flags+=("--help")
     flags+=("-h")
+    flags+=("--hostport=")
     flags+=("--image=")
     flags+=("--labels=")
     two_word_flags+=("-l")
diff --git a/docs/kubectl.md b/docs/kubectl.md
index 0c0c2f56a85..5ffdc680699 100644
--- a/docs/kubectl.md
+++ b/docs/kubectl.md
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ kubectl
 * [kubectl update](kubectl_update.md)	 - Update a resource by filename or stdin.
 * [kubectl version](kubectl_version.md)	 - Print the client and server version information.
 
-###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra at 2015-04-30 16:43:53.288271038 +0000 UTC
+###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra at 2015-05-01 20:16:42.546735249 +0000 UTC
diff --git a/docs/kubectl_run-container.md b/docs/kubectl_run-container.md
index 2f3c783edd0..7188ca5cc31 100644
--- a/docs/kubectl_run-container.md
+++ b/docs/kubectl_run-container.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ $ kubectl run-container nginx --image=nginx --overrides='{ "apiVersion": "v1beta
       --dry-run=false: If true, only print the object that would be sent, without sending it.
       --generator="run-container/v1": The name of the API generator to use.  Default is 'run-container-controller/v1'.
   -h, --help=false: help for run-container
+      --hostport=-1: The host port mapping for the container port. To demonstrate a single-machine container.
       --image="": The image for the container to run.
   -l, --labels="": Labels to apply to the pod(s) created by this call to run-container.
       --no-headers=false: When using the default output, don't print headers.
@@ -78,4 +79,4 @@ $ kubectl run-container nginx --image=nginx --overrides='{ "apiVersion": "v1beta
 ### SEE ALSO
 * [kubectl](kubectl.md)	 - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager
 
-###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra at 2015-04-29 15:25:11.0330734 +0000 UTC
+###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra at 2015-04-29 23:46:39.503475144 +0000 UTC
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/kubectl-run-container.1 b/docs/man/man1/kubectl-run-container.1
index ba51080f909..e59ae88e6fe 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/kubectl-run-container.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/kubectl-run-container.1
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ Creates a replication controller to manage the created container(s).
 \fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP=false
     help for run\-container
 
+.PP
+\fB\-\-hostport\fP=\-1
+    The host port mapping for the container port. To demonstrate a single\-machine container.
+
 .PP
 \fB\-\-image\fP=""
     The image for the container to run.
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run.go
index b8d428cd2cf..78bc6e12a4c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func NewCmdRunContainer(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("dry-run", false, "If true, only print the object that would be sent, without sending it.")
 	cmd.Flags().String("overrides", "", "An inline JSON override for the generated object. If this is non-empty, it is used to override the generated object. Requires that the object supply a valid apiVersion field.")
 	cmd.Flags().Int("port", -1, "The port that this container exposes.")
+	cmd.Flags().Int("hostport", -1, "The host port mapping for the container port. To demonstrate a single-machine container.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("labels", "l", "", "Labels to apply to the pod(s) created by this call to run-container.")
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/run.go b/pkg/kubectl/run.go
index 18d0d074bca..1fe717781a0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/run.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/run.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package kubectl
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ func (BasicReplicationController) ParamNames() []GeneratorParam {
 		{"replicas", true},
 		{"image", true},
 		{"port", false},
+		{"hostport", false},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -78,19 +80,34 @@ func (BasicReplicationController) Generate(params map[string]string) (runtime.Ob
 		},
 	}
 
+	port := -1
+	hostPort := -1
 	if len(params["port"]) > 0 {
-		port, err := strconv.Atoi(params["port"])
+		port, err = strconv.Atoi(params["port"])
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+	}
 
-		// Don't include the port if it was not specified.
-		if port > 0 {
-			controller.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Ports = []api.ContainerPort{
-				{
-					ContainerPort: port,
-				},
-			}
+	if len(params["hostport"]) > 0 {
+		hostPort, err = strconv.Atoi(params["hostport"])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if hostPort > 0 && port < 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("--hostport requires --port to be specified")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Don't include the port if it was not specified.
+	if port > 0 {
+		controller.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Ports = []api.ContainerPort{
+			{
+				ContainerPort: port,
+			},
+		}
+		if hostPort > 0 {
+			controller.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Ports[0].HostPort = hostPort
 		}
 	}
 	return &controller, nil
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/run_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/run_test.go
index 2a4b3027bc4..763c6d5a084 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/run_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/run_test.go
@@ -96,6 +96,54 @@ func TestGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			params: map[string]string{
+				"name":     "foo",
+				"image":    "someimage",
+				"replicas": "1",
+				"port":     "80",
+				"hostport": "80",
+			},
+			expected: &api.ReplicationController{
+				ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:   "foo",
+					Labels: map[string]string{"run-container": "foo"},
+				},
+				Spec: api.ReplicationControllerSpec{
+					Replicas: 1,
+					Selector: map[string]string{"run-container": "foo"},
+					Template: &api.PodTemplateSpec{
+						ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+							Labels: map[string]string{"run-container": "foo"},
+						},
+						Spec: api.PodSpec{
+							Containers: []api.Container{
+								{
+									Name:  "foo",
+									Image: "someimage",
+									Ports: []api.ContainerPort{
+										{
+											ContainerPort: 80,
+											HostPort:      80,
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			params: map[string]string{
+				"name":     "foo",
+				"image":    "someimage",
+				"replicas": "1",
+				"hostport": "80",
+			},
+			expected:  nil,
+			expectErr: true,
+		},
 		{
 			params: map[string]string{
 				"name":     "foo",
@@ -134,6 +182,9 @@ func TestGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 		if !test.expectErr && err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}
+		if test.expectErr && err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(obj.(*api.ReplicationController).Spec.Template, test.expected.Spec.Template) {
 			t.Errorf("\nexpected:\n%#v\nsaw:\n%#v", test.expected.Spec.Template, obj.(*api.ReplicationController).Spec.Template)
 		}