diff --git a/podex/google/nodejs-hello/pod.json b/podex/google/nodejs-hello/pod.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e61550fcc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/podex/google/nodejs-hello/pod.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "version": "v1beta1",
+  "id": "nodejs-hello-pod",
+  "volumes": null,
+  "containers": [
+    {
+      "name": "nodejs-hello",
+      "image": "google/nodejs-hello",
+      "ports": [
+        {
+          "name": "nodejs-hello-tcp-8080",
+          "containerPort": 8080,
+          "protocol": "TCP"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "restartPolicy": {
+    "always": {}
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/podex/google/nodejs-hello/pod.yaml b/podex/google/nodejs-hello/pod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/podex/podex.go b/podex/podex.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..26cbdc01257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/podex/podex.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// podex is a command line tool to generate kubernetes container manifest
+// from docker image metadata.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"flag"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	dockerclient "github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v1"
+)
+
+const usage = "usage: podex [-json|-yaml] <repo/dockerimage>"
+
+var generateJSON = flag.Bool("json", false, "generate json manifest")
+var generateYAML = flag.Bool("yaml", false, "generate yaml manifest")
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if flag.NArg() < 1 {
+		log.Fatal(usage)
+	}
+
+	imageName := flag.Arg(0)
+	if len(imageName) == 0 {
+		log.Fatal(usage)
+	}
+
+	if !*generateJSON && !*generateYAML {
+		log.Fatal(usage)
+	}
+
+	parts := strings.Split(imageName, "/")
+	baseName := parts[len(parts)-1]
+
+	dockerHost := os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST")
+	docker, err := dockerclient.NewClient(dockerHost)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to connect to %q: %v", dockerHost, err)
+	}
+
+	img, err := docker.InspectImage(imageName)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to inspect image %q: %v", imageName, err)
+	}
+	manifest := api.ContainerManifest{
+		Version: "v1beta1",
+		ID:      baseName + "-pod",
+		Containers: []api.Container{{
+			Name:  baseName,
+			Image: imageName,
+		}},
+		RestartPolicy: api.RestartPolicy{
+			Always: &api.RestartPolicyAlways{},
+		},
+	}
+	for p, _ := range img.Config.ExposedPorts {
+		port, err := strconv.Atoi(p.Port())
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to parse port %q: %v", parts[0], err)
+		}
+		manifest.Containers[0].Ports = append(manifest.Containers[0].Ports, api.Port{
+			Name:          strings.Join([]string{baseName, p.Proto(), p.Port()}, "-"),
+			ContainerPort: port,
+			Protocol:      api.Protocol(strings.ToUpper(p.Proto())),
+		})
+	}
+	if *generateJSON {
+		bs, err := json.MarshalIndent(manifest, "", "  ")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to render JSON container manifest: %v", err)
+		}
+		os.Stdout.Write(bs)
+	}
+	if *generateYAML {
+		bs, err := yaml.Marshal(manifest)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to render YAML container manifest: %v", err)
+		}
+		os.Stdout.Write(bs)
+	}
+}