diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/core/unversioned/fake/fake_node_expansion.go b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/core/unversioned/fake/fake_node_expansion.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..161d5e74593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/core/unversioned/fake/fake_node_expansion.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package fake
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/testing/core"
+)
+
+func (c *FakeNodes) PatchStatus(nodeName string, data []byte) (*api.Node, error) {
+	obj, err := c.Fake.Invokes(
+		core.NewPatchSubresourceAction(nodesResource, "status"), &api.Node{})
+	if obj == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return obj.(*api.Node), err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/core/unversioned/generated_expansion.go b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/core/unversioned/generated_expansion.go
index eeb51962e8b..546f8e7a1d1 100644
--- a/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/core/unversioned/generated_expansion.go
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/core/unversioned/generated_expansion.go
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ type EndpointsExpansion interface{}
 
 type LimitRangeExpansion interface{}
 
-type NodeExpansion interface{}
-
 type PersistentVolumeExpansion interface{}
 
 type PersistentVolumeClaimExpansion interface{}
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/core/unversioned/node_expansion.go b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/core/unversioned/node_expansion.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3146cdb357e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/core/unversioned/node_expansion.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package unversioned
+
+import "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+
+// The NodeExpansion interface allows manually adding extra methods to the NodeInterface.
+type NodeExpansion interface {
+	// PatchStatus modifies the status of an existing node. It returns the copy
+	// of the node that the server returns, or an error.
+	PatchStatus(nodeName string, data []byte) (*api.Node, error)
+}
+
+// PatchStatus modifies the status of an existing node. It returns the copy of
+// the node that the server returns, or an error.
+func (c *nodes) PatchStatus(nodeName string, data []byte) (*api.Node, error) {
+	result := &api.Node{}
+	err := c.client.Patch(api.StrategicMergePatchType).
+		Resource("nodes").
+		Name(nodeName).
+		SubResource("status").
+		Body(data).
+		Do().
+		Into(result)
+	return result, err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/testing/core/actions.go b/pkg/client/testing/core/actions.go
index 24a707c8a9b..70f5b14fd39 100644
--- a/pkg/client/testing/core/actions.go
+++ b/pkg/client/testing/core/actions.go
@@ -137,6 +137,15 @@ func NewPatchAction(resource unversioned.GroupVersionResource, namespace string,
 	return action
 }
 
+func NewPatchSubresourceAction(resource unversioned.GroupVersionResource, subresource string) PatchActionImpl {
+	action := PatchActionImpl{}
+	action.Verb = "patch"
+	action.Resource = resource
+	action.Subresource = subresource
+
+	return action
+}
+
 func NewRootUpdateSubresourceAction(resource unversioned.GroupVersionResource, subresource string, object runtime.Object) UpdateActionImpl {
 	action := UpdateActionImpl{}
 	action.Verb = "update"
diff --git a/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller_test.go b/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller_test.go
index e386004c88e..5c60e028df9 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller_test.go
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ func (m *FakeNodeHandler) UpdateStatus(node *api.Node) (*api.Node, error) {
 	return node, nil
 }
 
+func (m *FakeNodeHandler) PatchStatus(nodeName string, data []byte) (*api.Node, error) {
+	m.RequestCount++
+	return &api.Node{}, nil
+}
+
 func (m *FakeNodeHandler) Watch(opts api.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }