diff --git a/pkg/controller/daemon/daemoncontroller_test.go b/pkg/controller/daemon/daemoncontroller_test.go
index f501d5834cb..7d4f190683e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/daemon/daemoncontroller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/daemon/daemoncontroller_test.go
@@ -651,3 +651,119 @@ func TestObservedGeneration(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Wrong ObservedGeneration for daemon %s in status. Expected %d, got %d", updated.Name, daemon.Generation, updated.Status.ObservedGeneration)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNodeShouldRunDaemonPod(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		podsOnNode                                       []*v1.Pod
+		ds                                               *extensions.DaemonSet
+		wantToRun, shouldSchedule, shouldContinueRunning bool
+		err                                              error
+	}{
+		{
+			ds: &extensions.DaemonSet{
+				Spec: extensions.DaemonSetSpec{
+					Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: simpleDaemonSetLabel},
+					Template: v1.PodTemplateSpec{
+						ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+							Labels: simpleDaemonSetLabel,
+						},
+						Spec: resourcePodSpec("", "50M", "0.5"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantToRun:             true,
+			shouldSchedule:        true,
+			shouldContinueRunning: true,
+		},
+		{
+			ds: &extensions.DaemonSet{
+				Spec: extensions.DaemonSetSpec{
+					Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: simpleDaemonSetLabel},
+					Template: v1.PodTemplateSpec{
+						ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+							Labels: simpleDaemonSetLabel,
+						},
+						Spec: resourcePodSpec("", "200M", "0.5"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantToRun:             true,
+			shouldSchedule:        false,
+			shouldContinueRunning: true,
+		},
+		{
+			ds: &extensions.DaemonSet{
+				Spec: extensions.DaemonSetSpec{
+					Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: simpleDaemonSetLabel},
+					Template: v1.PodTemplateSpec{
+						ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+							Labels: simpleDaemonSetLabel,
+						},
+						Spec: resourcePodSpec("other-node", "50M", "0.5"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantToRun:             false,
+			shouldSchedule:        false,
+			shouldContinueRunning: false,
+		},
+		{
+			podsOnNode: []*v1.Pod{
+				{
+					Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+						Containers: []v1.Container{{
+							Ports: []v1.ContainerPort{{
+								HostPort: 666,
+							}},
+						}},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			ds: &extensions.DaemonSet{
+				Spec: extensions.DaemonSetSpec{
+					Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: simpleDaemonSetLabel},
+					Template: v1.PodTemplateSpec{
+						ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+							Labels: simpleDaemonSetLabel,
+						},
+						Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+							Containers: []v1.Container{{
+								Ports: []v1.ContainerPort{{
+									HostPort: 666,
+								}},
+							}},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantToRun:             false,
+			shouldSchedule:        false,
+			shouldContinueRunning: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for i, c := range cases {
+		node := newNode("test-node", nil)
+		node.Status.Allocatable = allocatableResources("100M", "1")
+		manager, _, _ := newTestController()
+		manager.nodeStore.Store.Add(node)
+		for _, p := range c.podsOnNode {
+			manager.podStore.Indexer.Add(p)
+			p.Spec.NodeName = "test-node"
+		}
+		wantToRun, shouldSchedule, shouldContinueRunning, err := manager.nodeShouldRunDaemonPod(node, c.ds)
+
+		if wantToRun != c.wantToRun {
+			t.Errorf("[%v] expected wantToRun: %v, got: %v", i, c.wantToRun, wantToRun)
+		}
+		if shouldSchedule != c.shouldSchedule {
+			t.Errorf("[%v] expected shouldSchedule: %v, got: %v", i, c.shouldSchedule, shouldSchedule)
+		}
+		if shouldContinueRunning != c.shouldContinueRunning {
+			t.Errorf("[%v] expected shouldContinueRunning: %v, got: %v", i, c.shouldContinueRunning, shouldContinueRunning)
+		}
+		if err != c.err {
+			t.Errorf("[%v] expected err: %v, got: %v", i, c.err, err)
+		}
+	}
+}