diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 3e180238367..dfb266af922 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -822,7 +822,11 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 		v1.NamespaceNodeLease,
 		util.SetNodeOwnerFunc(klet.heartbeatClient, string(klet.nodeName)))
 
-	klet.shutdownManager = nodeshutdown.NewManager(klet.GetActivePods, killPodNow(klet.podWorkers, kubeDeps.Recorder), kubeCfg.ShutdownGracePeriod.Duration, kubeCfg.ShutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods.Duration)
+	// setup node shutdown manager
+	shutdownManager, shutdownAdmitHandler := nodeshutdown.NewManager(klet.GetActivePods, killPodNow(klet.podWorkers, kubeDeps.Recorder), klet.syncNodeStatus, kubeCfg.ShutdownGracePeriod.Duration, kubeCfg.ShutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods.Duration)
+
+	klet.shutdownManager = shutdownManager
+	klet.admitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(shutdownAdmitHandler)
 
 	// Finally, put the most recent version of the config on the Kubelet, so
 	// people can see how it was configured.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/BUILD
index 125c4c43c82..261fc916d35 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/BUILD
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ go_library(
     deps = select({
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:aix": [
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:android": [
             "//pkg/features:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/systemd:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/kubelet/types:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/kubelet/util/format:go_default_library",
@@ -26,25 +28,32 @@ go_library(
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:darwin": [
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:dragonfly": [
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:freebsd": [
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:illumos": [
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:ios": [
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:js": [
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:linux": [
             "//pkg/features:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/systemd:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/kubelet/types:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/kubelet/util/format:go_default_library",
@@ -56,21 +65,27 @@ go_library(
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:nacl": [
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:netbsd": [
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:openbsd": [
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:plan9": [
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:solaris": [
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:windows": [
             "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
+            "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         ],
         "//conditions:default": [],
     }),
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_linux.go
index 215afa01c27..874449e5d25 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_linux.go
@@ -31,14 +31,16 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/eviction"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/systemd"
 	kubelettypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/format"
 )
 
 const (
-	nodeShutdownReason  = "Shutdown"
-	nodeShutdownMessage = "Node is shutting, evicting pods"
+	nodeShutdownReason          = "Shutdown"
+	nodeShutdownMessage         = "Node is shutting, evicting pods"
+	nodeShutdownNotAdmitMessage = "Node is in progress of shutting down, not admitting any new pods"
 )
 
 var systemDbus = func() (dbusInhibiter, error) {
@@ -63,8 +65,9 @@ type Manager struct {
 	shutdownGracePeriodRequested    time.Duration
 	shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods time.Duration
 
-	getPods eviction.ActivePodsFunc
-	killPod eviction.KillPodFunc
+	getPods        eviction.ActivePodsFunc
+	killPod        eviction.KillPodFunc
+	syncNodeStatus func()
 
 	dbusCon     dbusInhibiter
 	inhibitLock systemd.InhibitLock
@@ -76,14 +79,30 @@ type Manager struct {
 }
 
 // NewManager returns a new node shutdown manager.
-func NewManager(getPodsFunc eviction.ActivePodsFunc, killPodFunc eviction.KillPodFunc, shutdownGracePeriodRequested, shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods time.Duration) *Manager {
-	return &Manager{
+func NewManager(getPodsFunc eviction.ActivePodsFunc, killPodFunc eviction.KillPodFunc, syncNodeStatus func(), shutdownGracePeriodRequested, shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods time.Duration) (*Manager, lifecycle.PodAdmitHandler) {
+	manager := &Manager{
 		getPods:                         getPodsFunc,
 		killPod:                         killPodFunc,
+		syncNodeStatus:                  syncNodeStatus,
 		shutdownGracePeriodRequested:    shutdownGracePeriodRequested,
 		shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods,
 		clock:                           clock.RealClock{},
 	}
+	return manager, manager
+}
+
+// Admit rejects all pods if node is shutting
+func (m *Manager) Admit(attrs *lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult {
+	nodeShuttingDown := m.ShutdownStatus() != nil
+
+	if nodeShuttingDown {
+		return lifecycle.PodAdmitResult{
+			Admit:   false,
+			Reason:  nodeShutdownReason,
+			Message: nodeShutdownNotAdmitMessage,
+		}
+	}
+	return lifecycle.PodAdmitResult{Admit: true}
 }
 
 // Start starts the node shutdown manager and will start watching the node for shutdown events.
@@ -158,6 +177,9 @@ func (m *Manager) Start() error {
 				m.nodeShuttingDownMutex.Unlock()
 
 				if isShuttingDown {
+					// Update node status and ready condition
+					go m.syncNodeStatus()
+
 					m.processShutdownEvent()
 				} else {
 					m.aquireInhibitLock()
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_linux_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_linux_test.go
index ba3512791b6..4bc036e1bd7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_linux_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_linux_test.go
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func TestManager(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, pkgfeatures.GracefulNodeShutdown, true)()
 
-			manager := NewManager(activePodsFunc, killPodsFunc, tc.shutdownGracePeriodRequested, tc.shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods)
+			manager, _ := NewManager(activePodsFunc, killPodsFunc, func() {}, tc.shutdownGracePeriodRequested, tc.shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods)
 			manager.clock = clock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
 
 			err := manager.Start()
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ func TestManager(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.NoError(t, err, "expected manager.Start() to not return error")
 				assert.True(t, fakeDbus.didInhibitShutdown, "expected that manager inhibited shutdown")
 				assert.NoError(t, manager.ShutdownStatus(), "expected that manager does not return error since shutdown is not active")
+				assert.Equal(t, manager.Admit(nil).Admit, true)
 
 				// Send fake shutdown event
 				fakeShutdownChan <- true
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ func TestManager(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 
 				assert.Error(t, manager.ShutdownStatus(), "expected that manager returns error since shutdown is active")
+				assert.Equal(t, manager.Admit(nil).Admit, false)
 				assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedPodToGracePeriodOverride, killedPodsToGracePeriods)
 				assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedDidOverrideInhibitDelay, fakeDbus.didOverrideInhibitDelay, "override system inhibit delay differs")
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_others.go b/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_others.go
index 42ea8ba83f3..44228f8be58 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_others.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_others.go
@@ -22,14 +22,21 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/eviction"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle"
 )
 
 // Manager is a fake node shutdown manager for non linux platforms.
 type Manager struct{}
 
 // NewManager returns a fake node shutdown manager for non linux platforms.
-func NewManager(getPodsFunc eviction.ActivePodsFunc, killPodFunc eviction.KillPodFunc, shutdownGracePeriodRequested, shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods time.Duration) *Manager {
-	return &Manager{}
+func NewManager(getPodsFunc eviction.ActivePodsFunc, killPodFunc eviction.KillPodFunc, syncNodeStatus func(), shutdownGracePeriodRequested, shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods time.Duration) (*Manager, lifecycle.PodAdmitHandler) {
+	m := &Manager{}
+	return m, m
+}
+
+// Admit returns a fake Pod admission which always returns true
+func (m *Manager) Admit(attrs *lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult {
+	return lifecycle.PodAdmitResult{Admit: true}
 }
 
 // Start is a no-op always returning nil for non linux platforms.