diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go b/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
index a0487fb6777..00cf4a2c1cd 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func main() {
 		CAdvisorPort:            *cAdvisorPort,
 		EnableServer:            *enableServer,
 		EnableDebuggingHandlers: *enableDebuggingHandlers,
-		DockerClient:            kubelet.ConnectToDockerOrDie(*dockerEndpoint),
+		DockerClient:            util.ConnectToDockerOrDie(*dockerEndpoint),
 		EtcdClient:              kubelet.EtcdClientOrDie(etcdServerList, *etcdConfigFile),
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/cmd/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index bd7400b4ef7..785048ecda4 100644
--- a/cmd/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/cmd/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/standalone"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/tools"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ func startComponents(etcdClient tools.EtcdClient, cl *client.Client, addr string
 	standalone.RunScheduler(cl)
 	standalone.RunControllerManager(machineList, cl, *nodeMilliCPU, *nodeMemory)
 
-	dockerClient := kubelet.ConnectToDockerOrDie(*dockerEndpoint)
+	dockerClient := util.ConnectToDockerOrDie(*dockerEndpoint)
 	standalone.SimpleRunKubelet(etcdClient, dockerClient, machineList[0], "/tmp/kubernetes", "", "127.0.0.1", 10250)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/util.go b/pkg/kubelet/util.go
index aea6316ffd3..fdb6b4afd6f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/util.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/util.go
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"path"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/capabilities"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
@@ -32,50 +30,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/health"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/coreos/go-etcd/etcd"
-	"github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	cadvisor "github.com/google/cadvisor/client"
 )
 
-// TODO: move this into a pkg/util
-func GetHostname(hostnameOverride string) string {
-	hostname := []byte(hostnameOverride)
-	if string(hostname) == "" {
-		// Note: We use exec here instead of os.Hostname() because we
-		// want the FQDN, and this is the easiest way to get it.
-		fqdn, err := exec.Command("hostname", "-f").Output()
-		if err != nil {
-			glog.Fatalf("Couldn't determine hostname: %v", err)
-		}
-		hostname = fqdn
-	}
-	return strings.TrimSpace(string(hostname))
-}
-
-// TODO: move this into a pkg/util
-func GetDockerEndpoint(dockerEndpoint string) string {
-	var endpoint string
-	if len(dockerEndpoint) > 0 {
-		endpoint = dockerEndpoint
-	} else if len(os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST")) > 0 {
-		endpoint = os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST")
-	} else {
-		endpoint = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
-	}
-	glog.Infof("Connecting to docker on %s", endpoint)
-
-	return endpoint
-}
-
-// TODO: move this into pkg/util
-func ConnectToDockerOrDie(dockerEndpoint string) *docker.Client {
-	client, err := docker.NewClient(GetDockerEndpoint(dockerEndpoint))
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Fatal("Couldn't connect to docker.")
-	}
-	return client
-}
-
 // TODO: move this into the kubelet itself
 func MonitorCAdvisor(k *Kubelet, cp uint) {
 	defer util.HandleCrash()
diff --git a/pkg/standalone/standalone.go b/pkg/standalone/standalone.go
index fa6d9d1fb3b..1c0cbe77115 100644
--- a/pkg/standalone/standalone.go
+++ b/pkg/standalone/standalone.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
-	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
@@ -56,21 +55,6 @@ func (h *delegateHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
 }
 
-// Get a docker endpoint, either from the string passed in, or $DOCKER_HOST environment variables
-func GetDockerEndpoint(dockerEndpoint string) string {
-	var endpoint string
-	if len(dockerEndpoint) > 0 {
-		endpoint = dockerEndpoint
-	} else if len(os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST")) > 0 {
-		endpoint = os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST")
-	} else {
-		endpoint = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
-	}
-	glog.Infof("Connecting to docker on %s", endpoint)
-
-	return endpoint
-}
-
 // RunApiServer starts an API server in a go routine.
 func RunApiServer(cl *client.Client, etcdClient tools.EtcdClient, addr string, port int) {
 	handler := delegateHandler{}
@@ -172,7 +156,7 @@ func RunKubelet(kcfg *KubeletConfig) {
 	kubelet.SetupLogging()
 	kubelet.SetupCapabilities(kcfg.AllowPrivileged)
 
-	kcfg.Hostname = kubelet.GetHostname(kcfg.HostnameOverride)
+	kcfg.Hostname = util.GetHostname(kcfg.HostnameOverride)
 	if len(kcfg.RootDirectory) > 0 {
 		kubelet.SetupRootDirectoryOrDie(kcfg.RootDirectory)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/node.go b/pkg/util/node.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e427394b166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/node.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+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 util
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+)
+
+func GetHostname(hostnameOverride string) string {
+	hostname := []byte(hostnameOverride)
+	if string(hostname) == "" {
+		// Note: We use exec here instead of os.Hostname() because we
+		// want the FQDN, and this is the easiest way to get it.
+		fqdn, err := exec.Command("hostname", "-f").Output()
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Fatalf("Couldn't determine hostname: %v", err)
+		}
+		hostname = fqdn
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(hostname))
+}
+
+// Get a docker endpoint, either from the string passed in, or $DOCKER_HOST environment variables
+func GetDockerEndpoint(dockerEndpoint string) string {
+	var endpoint string
+	if len(dockerEndpoint) > 0 {
+		endpoint = dockerEndpoint
+	} else if len(os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST")) > 0 {
+		endpoint = os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST")
+	} else {
+		endpoint = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
+	}
+	glog.Infof("Connecting to docker on %s", endpoint)
+
+	return endpoint
+}
+
+func ConnectToDockerOrDie(dockerEndpoint string) *docker.Client {
+	client, err := docker.NewClient(GetDockerEndpoint(dockerEndpoint))
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Fatal("Couldn't connect to docker.")
+	}
+	return client
+}