diff --git a/docs/user-guide/downward-api.md b/docs/user-guide/downward-api.md
index 36bc3769ed2..c3fbf9f1fcd 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/downward-api.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/downward-api.md
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ The following information is available to a `Pod` through the downward API:
 
 *   The pod's name
 *   The pod's namespace
+*   The pod's IP
 
 More information will be exposed through this same API over time.
 
@@ -101,6 +102,10 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        - name: MY_POD_IP
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: status.podIP
   restartPolicy: Never
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/downward-api/README.md b/docs/user-guide/downward-api/README.md
index c93bbce2011..36d40fe2824 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/downward-api/README.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/downward-api/README.md
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ through the pod logs to see that the pod was injected with the correct values:
 
 ```console
 $ kubectl logs dapi-test-pod | grep POD_
-2015-04-30T20:22:18.568024817Z POD_NAME=dapi-test-pod
-2015-04-30T20:22:18.568087688Z POD_NAMESPACE=default
+2015-04-30T20:22:18.568024817Z MY_POD_NAME=dapi-test-pod
+2015-04-30T20:22:18.568087688Z MY_POD_NAMESPACE=default
+2015-04-30T20:22:18.568092435Z MY_POD_IP=10.0.1.6
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/downward-api/dapi-pod.yaml b/docs/user-guide/downward-api/dapi-pod.yaml
index e02ce6e78fd..7d688aa0e99 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/downward-api/dapi-pod.yaml
+++ b/docs/user-guide/downward-api/dapi-pod.yaml
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        - name: MY_POD_IP
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: status.podIP
   restartPolicy: Never
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go b/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go
index a61a6252607..5cf1c615b85 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func addConversionFuncs() {
 			case "metadata.name",
 				"metadata.namespace",
 				"status.phase",
+				"status.podIP",
 				"spec.nodeName":
 				return label, value, nil
 				// This is for backwards compatibility with old v1 clients which send spec.host
diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
index c1d6fa28e3f..9d42e5b1427 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ func validateEnvVarValueFrom(ev api.EnvVar) errs.ValidationErrorList {
 	return allErrs
 }
 
-var validFieldPathExpressions = util.NewStringSet("metadata.name", "metadata.namespace")
+var validFieldPathExpressions = util.NewStringSet("metadata.name", "metadata.namespace", "status.podIP")
 
 func validateObjectFieldSelector(fs *api.ObjectFieldSelector) errs.ValidationErrorList {
 	allErrs := errs.ValidationErrorList{}
diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
index 14eab7e276b..b20de4cd9d2 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ func TestValidateEnv(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}},
-			expectedError: "[0].valueFrom.fieldRef.fieldPath: unsupported value 'status.phase', Details: supported values: metadata.name, metadata.namespace",
+			expectedError: "[0].valueFrom.fieldRef.fieldPath: unsupported value 'status.phase', Details: supported values: metadata.name, metadata.namespace, status.podIP",
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range errorCases {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 2b4c3404dae..3fd7c83f45d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1051,7 +1051,10 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) podFieldSelectorRuntimeValue(fs *api.ObjectFieldSelector, pod
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-
+	switch internalFieldPath {
+	case "status.podIP":
+		return pod.Status.PodIP, nil
+	}
 	return fieldpath.ExtractFieldPathAsString(pod, internalFieldPath)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
index 5af88797d7e..cea439c03b5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
@@ -1187,6 +1187,15 @@ func TestMakeEnvironmentVariables(t *testing.T) {
 							},
 						},
 					},
+					{
+						Name: "POD_IP",
+						ValueFrom: &api.EnvVarSource{
+							FieldRef: &api.ObjectFieldSelector{
+								APIVersion: testapi.Version(),
+								FieldPath:  "status.podIP",
+							},
+						},
+					},
 				},
 			},
 			masterServiceNs: "nothing",
@@ -1194,6 +1203,7 @@ func TestMakeEnvironmentVariables(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedEnvs: []kubecontainer.EnvVar{
 				{Name: "POD_NAME", Value: "dapi-test-pod-name"},
 				{Name: "POD_NAMESPACE", Value: "downward-api"},
+				{Name: "POD_IP", Value: "1.2.3.4"},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -1345,6 +1355,7 @@ func TestMakeEnvironmentVariables(t *testing.T) {
 				Name:      "dapi-test-pod-name",
 			},
 		}
+		testPod.Status.PodIP = "1.2.3.4"
 
 		result, err := kl.makeEnvironmentVariables(testPod, tc.container)
 		if err != nil {