diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/container_id.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/container_id.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81a139335c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/container_id.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+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 rkt
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// containerID defines the ID of rkt containers, it will
+// be returned to kubelet, and kubelet will use this for
+// container level operations.
+type containerID struct {
+	uuid    string // uuid of the pod.
+	appName string // name of the app in that pod.
+	imageID string // id of the image. TODO(yifan): Depreciate this.
+}
+
+// buildContainerID constructs the containers's ID using containerID,
+// which containers the pod uuid and the container name.
+// The result can be used to globally identify a container.
+func buildContainerID(c *containerID) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", c.uuid, c.appName, c.imageID)
+}
+
+// parseContainerID parses the containerID into pod uuid and the container name. The
+// results can be used to get more information of the container.
+func parseContainerID(id string) (*containerID, error) {
+	tuples := strings.Split(id, ":")
+	if len(tuples) != 3 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("rkt: cannot parse container ID for: %v", id)
+	}
+	return &containerID{
+		uuid:    tuples[0],
+		appName: tuples[1],
+		imageID: tuples[2],
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/pod_info.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/pod_info.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..639b869e200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/pod_info.go
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+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 rkt
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	kubecontainer "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+)
+
+// rkt pod state.
+// TODO(yifan): Use exported definition in rkt.
+const (
+	Embryo         = "embryo"
+	Preparing      = "preparing"
+	AbortedPrepare = "aborted prepare"
+	Prepared       = "prepared"
+	Running        = "running"
+	Deleting       = "deleting" // This covers pod.isExitedDeleting and pod.isDeleting.
+	Exited         = "exited"   // This covers pod.isExited and pod.isExitedGarbage.
+	Garbage        = "garbage"
+)
+
+// podInfo is the internal type that represents the state of
+// the rkt pod.
+type podInfo struct {
+	// The state of the pod, e.g. Embryo, Preparing.
+	state string
+	// The ip of the pod. IPv4 for now.
+	ip string
+	// The pid of the init process in the pod.
+	pid int
+	// A map from image hashes to exit codes.
+	// TODO(yifan): Should be appName to exit code in the future.
+	exitCodes map[string]int
+}
+
+// parsePodInfo parses the result of 'rkt status' into podInfo.
+func parsePodInfo(status []string) (*podInfo, error) {
+	p := &podInfo{
+		pid:       -1,
+		exitCodes: make(map[string]int),
+	}
+
+	for _, line := range status {
+		tuples := strings.SplitN(line, "=", 2)
+		if len(tuples) != 2 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid status line: %q", line)
+		}
+		switch tuples[0] {
+		case "state":
+			// TODO(yifan): Parse the status here. This requires more details in
+			// the rkt status, (e.g. started time, image name, etc).
+			p.state = tuples[1]
+		case "networks":
+			p.ip = getIPFromNetworkInfo(tuples[1])
+		case "pid":
+			pid, err := strconv.Atoi(tuples[1])
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse pid from %s: %v", tuples[1], err)
+			}
+			p.pid = pid
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(tuples[0], "sha512") {
+			exitcode, err := strconv.Atoi(tuples[1])
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse exit code from %s : %v", tuples[1], err)
+			}
+			p.exitCodes[tuples[0]] = exitcode
+		}
+	}
+	return p, nil
+}
+
+// getIPFromNetworkInfo returns the IP of a pod by parsing the network info.
+// The network info looks like this:
+//
+// default:ip4=172.16.28.3, database:ip4=172.16.28.42
+//
+func getIPFromNetworkInfo(networkInfo string) string {
+	parts := strings.Split(networkInfo, ",")
+
+	for _, part := range parts {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(part, "default:") {
+			tuples := strings.Split(part, "=")
+			if len(tuples) == 2 {
+				return tuples[1]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// getContainerStatus creates the api.containerStatus of a container from the podInfo.
+// TODO(yifan): Get more detailed info such as Image, ImageID, etc.
+func (p *podInfo) getContainerStatus(container *kubecontainer.Container) api.ContainerStatus {
+	var status api.ContainerStatus
+	status.Name = container.Name
+	status.Image = container.Image
+	containerID, _ := parseContainerID(string(container.ID))
+	status.ImageID = containerID.imageID
+
+	switch p.state {
+	case Running:
+		// TODO(yifan): Get StartedAt.
+		status.State = api.ContainerState{
+			Running: &api.ContainerStateRunning{
+				StartedAt: util.Unix(container.Created, 0),
+			},
+		}
+	case Embryo, Preparing, Prepared:
+		status.State = api.ContainerState{Waiting: &api.ContainerStateWaiting{}}
+	case AbortedPrepare, Deleting, Exited, Garbage:
+		exitCode, ok := p.exitCodes[status.ImageID]
+		if !ok {
+			glog.Warningf("rkt: Cannot get exit code for container %v", container)
+		}
+		exitCode = -1
+		status.State = api.ContainerState{
+			Termination: &api.ContainerStateTerminated{
+				ExitCode:  exitCode,
+				StartedAt: util.Unix(container.Created, 0),
+			},
+		}
+	default:
+		glog.Warningf("rkt: Unknown pod state: %q", p.state)
+	}
+	return status
+}
+
+// toPodStatus converts a podInfo type into an api.PodStatus type.
+func (p *podInfo) toPodStatus(pod *kubecontainer.Pod) api.PodStatus {
+	var status api.PodStatus
+	status.PodIP = p.ip
+	// For now just make every container's state the same as the pod.
+	for _, container := range pod.Containers {
+		status.ContainerStatuses = append(status.ContainerStatuses, p.getContainerStatus(container))
+	}
+	return status
+}
+
+// splitLineByTab breaks a line by tabs, and trims the leading and tailing spaces.
+func splitLineByTab(line string) []string {
+	var result []string
+	tuples := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(line), "\t")
+	for _, t := range tuples {
+		if t != "" {
+			result = append(result, t)
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+// getPodInfos returns a map of [pod-uuid]:*podInfo
+func (r *Runtime) getPodInfos() (map[string]*podInfo, error) {
+	result := make(map[string]*podInfo)
+
+	output, err := r.runCommand("list", "--no-legend", "--full")
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+	if len(output) == 0 {
+		// No pods are running.
+		return result, nil
+	}
+
+	// Example output of current 'rkt list --full' (version == 0.4.2):
+	// UUID                                 ACI     STATE      NETWORKS
+	// 2372bc17-47cb-43fb-8d78-20b31729feda	foo     running    default:ip4=172.16.28.3
+	//                                      bar
+	// 40e2813b-9d5d-4146-a817-0de92646da96 foo     exited
+	// 40e2813b-9d5d-4146-a817-0de92646da96 bar     exited
+	//
+	// With '--no-legend', the first line is eliminated.
+	for _, line := range output {
+		tuples := splitLineByTab(line)
+		if len(tuples) < 3 { // At least it should have 3 entries.
+			glog.Warningf("rkt: Unrecognized line: %q", line)
+			continue
+		}
+		id := tuples[0]
+
+		status, err := r.runCommand("status", id)
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("rkt: Cannot get status for pod (uuid=%q): %v", id, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		info, err := parsePodInfo(status)
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("rkt: Cannot parse status for pod (uuid=%q): %v", id, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		result[id] = info
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
index 13c4a2c0dcb..1cda4a2d6ec 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
+	rktBinName = "rkt"
+
 	acversion             = "0.5.1"
 	rktMinimumVersion     = "0.5.4"
 	systemdMinimumVersion = "215"
@@ -46,19 +48,6 @@ const (
 	dockerPrefix = "docker://"
 )
 
-const (
-	rktBinName = "rkt"
-
-	Embryo         = "embryo"
-	Preparing      = "preparing"
-	AbortedPrepare = "aborted prepare"
-	Prepared       = "prepared"
-	Running        = "running"
-	Deleting       = "deleting" // This covers pod.isExitedDeleting and pod.isDeleting.
-	Exited         = "exited"   // This covers pod.isExited and pod.isExitedGarbage.
-	Garbage        = "garbage"
-)
-
 // Runtime implements the ContainerRuntime for rkt. The implementation
 // uses systemd, so in order to run this runtime, systemd must be installed
 // on the machine.