diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
index a787389bf76..9dd813302d8 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ReplicationController
 metadata: 
-  name: monitoring-heapster-v2
+  name: monitoring-heapster-v3
   namespace: default
   labels: 
     k8s-app: heapster
-    version: v2
+    version: v3
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec: 
   replicas: 1
   selector: 
     k8s-app: heapster
-    version: v2
+    version: v3
   template: 
     metadata: 
       labels: 
         k8s-app: heapster
-        version: v2
+        version: v3
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec: 
       containers: 
-        - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v0.14.0
+        - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v0.14.1
           name: heapster
           command:
             - /heapster
-            - --source=kubernetes:https://kubernetes
+            - --source=kubernetes:''
             - --sink=gcm
             - --sink=gcl
             - --poll_duration=2m
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
index 508e6ee9103..40617e65f49 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ReplicationController
 metadata: 
-  name: monitoring-heapster-v2
+  name: monitoring-heapster-v3
   namespace: default
   labels: 
     k8s-app: heapster
-    version: v2
+    version: v3
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec: 
   replicas: 1
   selector: 
     k8s-app: heapster
-    version: v2
+    version: v3
   template: 
     metadata: 
       labels: 
         k8s-app: heapster
-        version: v2
+        version: v3
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec: 
       containers: 
-        - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v0.14.0
+        - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v0.14.1
           name: heapster
           command:
             - /heapster
-            - --source=kubernetes:https://kubernetes
+            - --source=kubernetes:''
             - --sink=gcl
             - --sink=influxdb:http://monitoring-influxdb:8086
             - --poll_duration=2m
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml
index a57fd61138b..39044e8ce46 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ReplicationController
 metadata:
-  name: monitoring-heapster-v2
+  name: monitoring-heapster-v3
   namespace: default 
   labels: 
     k8s-app: heapster
-    version: v2
+    version: v3
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec: 
   replicas: 1
   selector: 
     k8s-app: heapster
-    version: v2
+    version: v3
   template: 
     metadata: 
       labels: 
         k8s-app: heapster
-        version: v2
+        version: v3
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec: 
       containers: 
-        - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v0.14.0
+        - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v0.14.1
           name: heapster
           command:
             - /heapster
-            - --source=kubernetes:https://kubernetes
+            - --source=kubernetes:''
             - --sink=influxdb:http://monitoring-influxdb:8086
           volumeMounts: 
             - name: ssl-certs
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4589a8c05fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ReplicationController
+metadata: 
+  name: monitoring-heapster-v3
+  namespace: default
+  labels: 
+    k8s-app: heapster
+    version: v3
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+spec: 
+  replicas: 1
+  selector: 
+    k8s-app: heapster
+    version: v3
+  template: 
+    metadata: 
+      labels: 
+        k8s-app: heapster
+        version: v3
+        kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    spec: 
+      containers: 
+        - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v0.14.1
+          name: heapster
+          command:
+            - /heapster
+            - --source=kubernetes:''
+          volumeMounts: 
+            - name: ssl-certs
+              mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: monitoring-token
+              mountPath: /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig
+              readOnly: true
+
+      volumes: 
+        - name: ssl-certs
+          hostPath: 
+            path: /etc/ssl/certs
+        - name: monitoring-token
+          secret:
+            secretName: token-system-monitoring
+
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-service.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ed8ff9a65f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+kind: Service
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata: 
+  name: monitoring-heapster
+  labels: 
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    name: monitoring-heapster
+spec: 
+  ports: 
+    - port: 80
+      targetPort: 8082
+  selector: 
+    k8s-app: heapster
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 585113478f5..90ce3ed9746 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-true}"
 #   influxdb       - Heapster, InfluxDB, and Grafana 
 #   google         - Heapster, Google Cloud Monitoring, and Google Cloud Logging 
 #   googleinfluxdb - Enable influxdb and google (except GCM)
+#   standalone     - Heapster only. Metrics available via Heapster REST API.
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-googleinfluxdb}"
 
 # Optional: Enable node logging.
diff --git a/cluster/gke/config-default.sh b/cluster/gke/config-default.sh
index 27a6249d442..4692882cf6d 100644
--- a/cluster/gke/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gke/config-default.sh
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS=1
 #   none     - No cluster monitoring setup 
 #   influxdb - Heapster, InfluxDB, and Grafana 
 #   google   - Heapster, Google Cloud Monitoring, and Google Cloud Logging
-ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-none}"
+#   standalone     - Heapster only. Metrics available via Heapster REST API.
+ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-standalone}"
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls
index ad99b40e07e..35c0a348f61 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ addon-dir-create:
     - file_mode: 644
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if pillar.get('enable_cluster_monitoring', '').lower() == 'standalone' %}
+/etc/kubernetes/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone:
+  file.recurse:
+    - source: salt://kube-addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone
+    - include_pat: E@(^.+\.yaml$|^.+\.json$)
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - dir_mode: 755
+    - file_mode: 644
+{% endif %}
+
 {% if pillar.get('enable_cluster_monitoring', '').lower() == 'googleinfluxdb' %}
 /etc/kubernetes/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb:
   file.recurse: