diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go
index b3ac10cb21c..b3bf57b28b8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	dockercontainer "github.com/docker/engine-api/types/container"
 
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/clock"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 )
 
 type calledDetail struct {
@@ -797,3 +798,21 @@ func (f *FakeDockerClient) InjectImageHistory(data map[string][]dockertypes.Imag
 	defer f.Unlock()
 	f.ImageHistoryMap = data
 }
+
+// FakeDockerPuller is meant to be a simple wrapper around FakeDockerClient.
+// Please do not add more functionalities to it.
+type FakeDockerPuller struct {
+	client DockerInterface
+}
+
+func (f *FakeDockerPuller) Pull(image string, _ []v1.Secret) error {
+	return f.client.PullImage(image, dockertypes.AuthConfig{}, dockertypes.ImagePullOptions{})
+}
+
+func (f *FakeDockerPuller) GetImageRef(image string) (string, error) {
+	_, err := f.client.InspectImageByRef(image)
+	if err != nil && IsImageNotFoundError(err) {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	return image, err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_manager.go
index e3b017af826..83f4d35fbe6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_manager.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func NewFakeDockerManager(
 	dm := NewDockerManager(client, recorder, livenessManager, containerRefManager, fakePodGetter, machineInfo, podInfraContainerImage, qps,
 		burst, containerLogsDir, osInterface, networkPlugin, runtimeHelper, httpClient, &NativeExecHandler{},
 		fakeOOMAdjuster, fakeProcFs, false, imageBackOff, false, false, true, "/var/lib/kubelet/seccomp")
-	dm.dockerPuller = newDockerPuller(client)
+	dm.dockerPuller = &FakeDockerPuller{client: client}
 
 	// ttl of version cache is set to 0 so we always call version api directly in tests.
 	dm.versionCache = cache.NewObjectCache(