diff --git a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/BUILD b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/BUILD
index 8592a56508..c9c11fe249 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/BUILD
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ go_test(
     srcs = [
         "legacy_metrics_client_test.go",
         "rest_metrics_client_test.go",
+        "utilization_test.go",
     ],
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics",
diff --git a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/utilization_test.go b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/utilization_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35e7df6eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/utilization_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+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 metrics
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+type resourceUtilizationRatioTestCase struct {
+	metrics           PodMetricsInfo
+	requests          map[string]int64
+	targetUtilization int32
+
+	expectedUtilizationRatio   float64
+	expectedCurrentUtilization int32
+	expectedRawAverageValue    int64
+	expectedErr                error
+}
+
+func (tc *resourceUtilizationRatioTestCase) runTest(t *testing.T) {
+	actualUtilizationRatio, actualCurrentUtilization, actualRawAverageValue, actualErr := GetResourceUtilizationRatio(tc.metrics, tc.requests, tc.targetUtilization)
+
+	if tc.expectedErr != nil {
+		assert.Error(t, actualErr, "there should be an error getting the utilization ratio")
+		assert.Contains(t, fmt.Sprintf("%v", actualErr), fmt.Sprintf("%v", tc.expectedErr), "the error message should be as expected")
+		return
+	}
+
+	assert.NoError(t, actualErr, "there should be no error retrieving the utilization ratio")
+	assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedUtilizationRatio, actualUtilizationRatio, "the utilization ratios should be as expected")
+	assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedCurrentUtilization, actualCurrentUtilization, "the current utilization should be as expected")
+	assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedRawAverageValue, actualRawAverageValue, "the raw average value should be as expected")
+}
+
+type metricUtilizationRatioTestCase struct {
+	metrics           PodMetricsInfo
+	targetUtilization int64
+
+	expectedUtilizationRatio   float64
+	expectedCurrentUtilization int64
+}
+
+func (tc *metricUtilizationRatioTestCase) runTest(t *testing.T) {
+	actualUtilizationRatio, actualCurrentUtilization := GetMetricUtilizationRatio(tc.metrics, tc.targetUtilization)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedUtilizationRatio, actualUtilizationRatio, "the utilization ratios should be as expected")
+	assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedCurrentUtilization, actualCurrentUtilization, "the current utilization should be as expected")
+}
+
+func TestGetResourceUtilizationRatioBaseCase(t *testing.T) {
+	tc := resourceUtilizationRatioTestCase{
+		metrics: PodMetricsInfo{
+			"test-pod-0": 50, "test-pod-1": 76,
+		},
+		requests: map[string]int64{
+			"test-pod-0": 100, "test-pod-1": 100,
+		},
+		targetUtilization:          50,
+		expectedUtilizationRatio:   1.26,
+		expectedCurrentUtilization: 63,
+		expectedRawAverageValue:    63,
+		expectedErr:                nil,
+	}
+
+	tc.runTest(t)
+}
+
+func TestGetResourceUtilizationRatioIgnorePodsWithNoRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	tc := resourceUtilizationRatioTestCase{
+		metrics: PodMetricsInfo{
+			"test-pod-0": 50, "test-pod-1": 76, "test-pod-no-request": 100,
+		},
+		requests: map[string]int64{
+			"test-pod-0": 100, "test-pod-1": 100,
+		},
+		targetUtilization:          50,
+		expectedUtilizationRatio:   1.26,
+		expectedCurrentUtilization: 63,
+		expectedRawAverageValue:    63,
+		expectedErr:                nil,
+	}
+
+	tc.runTest(t)
+}
+
+func TestGetResourceUtilizationRatioExtraRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	tc := resourceUtilizationRatioTestCase{
+		metrics: PodMetricsInfo{
+			"test-pod-0": 50, "test-pod-1": 76,
+		},
+		requests: map[string]int64{
+			"test-pod-0": 100, "test-pod-1": 100, "test-pod-extra-request": 500,
+		},
+		targetUtilization:          50,
+		expectedUtilizationRatio:   1.26,
+		expectedCurrentUtilization: 63,
+		expectedRawAverageValue:    63,
+		expectedErr:                nil,
+	}
+
+	tc.runTest(t)
+}
+
+func TestGetResourceUtilizationRatioNoRequests(t *testing.T) {
+	tc := resourceUtilizationRatioTestCase{
+		metrics: PodMetricsInfo{
+			"test-pod-0": 50, "test-pod-1": 76,
+		},
+		requests:          map[string]int64{},
+		targetUtilization: 50,
+
+		expectedUtilizationRatio:   0,
+		expectedCurrentUtilization: 0,
+		expectedRawAverageValue:    0,
+		expectedErr:                fmt.Errorf("no metrics returned matched known pods"),
+	}
+
+	tc.runTest(t)
+}
+
+func TestGetMetricUtilizationRatioBaseCase(t *testing.T) {
+	tc := metricUtilizationRatioTestCase{
+		metrics: PodMetricsInfo{
+			"test-pod-0": 5000, "test-pod-1": 10000,
+		},
+		targetUtilization:          10000,
+		expectedUtilizationRatio:   .75,
+		expectedCurrentUtilization: 7500,
+	}
+
+	tc.runTest(t)
+}