diff --git a/pkg/api/helper.go b/pkg/api/helper.go
index b4fe0c42d92..d4bd0425db0 100644
--- a/pkg/api/helper.go
+++ b/pkg/api/helper.go
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ func init() {
 		ReplicationController{},
 		ServiceList{},
 		Service{},
+		MinionList{},
+		Minion{},
 		Status{},
 	)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/types.go b/pkg/api/types.go
index fdbd8eb90a7..a9d15a3f47b 100644
--- a/pkg/api/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/types.go
@@ -175,6 +175,20 @@ type Endpoints struct {
 	Endpoints []string
 }
 
+// Information about a single Minion; the name of the minion according to etcd
+// is in JSONBase.ID.
+type Minion struct {
+	JSONBase `json:",inline" yaml:",inline"`
+	// Queried from cloud provider, if available.
+	HostIP string `json:"hostIP,omitempty" yaml:"hostIP,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// A list of minions.
+type MinionList struct {
+	JSONBase `json:",inline" yaml:",inline"`
+	Minions  []Minion `json:"minions,omitempty" yaml:"minions,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // Status is a return value for calls that don't return other objects.
 // Arguably, this could go in apiserver, but I'm including it here so clients needn't
 // import both.
diff --git a/pkg/registry/minion_registry.go b/pkg/registry/minion_registry.go
index 38f3c282631..99e46674646 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/minion_registry.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/minion_registry.go
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package registry
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/apiserver"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 )
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ type minionList struct {
 func (m *minionList) List() (currentMinions []string, err error) {
 	m.lock.Lock()
 	defer m.lock.Unlock()
-	// Make a copy to avoid any threading issues
+	// Convert from map to []string
 	for minion := range m.minions {
 		currentMinions = append(currentMinions, minion)
 	}
@@ -110,8 +110,20 @@ func MakeMinionRegistryStorage(m MinionRegistry) apiserver.RESTStorage {
 	}
 }
 
+func (storage *MinionRegistryStorage) toApiMinion(name string) api.Minion {
+	return api.Minion{JSONBase: api.JSONBase{ID: name}}
+}
+
 func (storage *MinionRegistryStorage) List(selector labels.Selector) (interface{}, error) {
-	return storage.registry.List()
+	nameList, err := storage.registry.List()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var list api.MinionList
+	for _, name := range nameList {
+		list.Minions = append(list.Minions, storage.toApiMinion(name))
+	}
+	return list, nil
 }
 
 func (storage *MinionRegistryStorage) Get(id string) (interface{}, error) {
@@ -119,17 +131,17 @@ func (storage *MinionRegistryStorage) Get(id string) (interface{}, error) {
 	if !exists {
 		return nil, ErrDoesNotExist
 	}
-	return id, err
+	return storage.toApiMinion(id), err
 }
 
-func (storage *MinionRegistryStorage) Extract(body string) (interface{}, error) {
-	var minion string
-	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(body), &minion)
+func (storage *MinionRegistryStorage) Extract(body []byte) (interface{}, error) {
+	var minion api.Minion
+	err := api.DecodeInto(body, &minion)
 	return minion, err
 }
 
 func (storage *MinionRegistryStorage) Create(minion interface{}) (<-chan interface{}, error) {
-	return apiserver.MakeAsync(func() interface{} { return minion }), storage.registry.Insert(minion.(string))
+	return apiserver.MakeAsync(func() interface{} { return minion }), storage.registry.Insert(minion.(api.Minion).ID)
 }
 
 func (storage *MinionRegistryStorage) Update(minion interface{}) (<-chan interface{}, error) {
@@ -144,5 +156,5 @@ func (storage *MinionRegistryStorage) Delete(id string) (<-chan interface{}, err
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return apiserver.MakeAsync(func() interface{} { return apiserver.Status{Success: true} }), storage.registry.Delete(id)
+	return apiserver.MakeAsync(func() interface{} { return api.Status{Status: api.StatusSuccess} }), storage.registry.Delete(id)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/registry/minion_registry_test.go b/pkg/registry/minion_registry_test.go
index fbad64426f1..a46936f2289 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/minion_registry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/minion_registry_test.go
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ 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 registry
 
 import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 )
 
@@ -61,20 +63,20 @@ func TestMinionRegistryStorage(t *testing.T) {
 	m := MakeMinionRegistry([]string{"foo", "bar"})
 	ms := MakeMinionRegistryStorage(m)
 
-	if obj, err := ms.Get("foo"); err != nil || obj.(string) != "foo" {
+	if obj, err := ms.Get("foo"); err != nil || obj.(api.Minion).ID != "foo" {
 		t.Errorf("missing expected object")
 	}
-	if obj, err := ms.Get("bar"); err != nil || obj.(string) != "bar" {
+	if obj, err := ms.Get("bar"); err != nil || obj.(api.Minion).ID != "bar" {
 		t.Errorf("missing expected object")
 	}
 	if _, err := ms.Get("baz"); err != ErrDoesNotExist {
 		t.Errorf("has unexpected object")
 	}
 
-	if _, err := ms.Create("baz"); err != nil {
+	if _, err := ms.Create(api.Minion{JSONBase: api.JSONBase{ID: "baz"}}); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("insert failed")
 	}
-	if obj, err := ms.Get("baz"); err != nil || obj.(string) != "baz" {
+	if obj, err := ms.Get("baz"); err != nil || obj.(api.Minion).ID != "baz" {
 		t.Errorf("insert didn't actually insert")
 	}
 
@@ -92,7 +94,14 @@ func TestMinionRegistryStorage(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("got error calling List")
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(list.([]string), []string{"baz", "foo"}) {
+	expect := []api.Minion{
+		{
+			JSONBase: api.JSONBase{ID: "baz"},
+		}, {
+			JSONBase: api.JSONBase{ID: "foo"},
+		},
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(list.(api.MinionList).Minions, expect) {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected list value: %#v", list)
 	}
 }