diff --git a/pkg/client/unversioned/client.go b/pkg/client/unversioned/client.go
index ef23b69238..b1bbab16f9 100644
--- a/pkg/client/unversioned/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/unversioned/client.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ type Interface interface {
 	ComponentStatusesInterface
 	SwaggerSchemaInterface
 	Extensions() ExtensionsInterface
+	ResourcesInterface
 }
 
 func (c *Client) ReplicationControllers(namespace string) ReplicationControllerInterface {
@@ -119,6 +120,12 @@ type VersionInterface interface {
 	ServerAPIVersions() (*unversioned.APIVersions, error)
 }
 
+// ResourcesInterface has methods for obtaining supported resources on the API server
+type ResourcesInterface interface {
+	SupportedResourcesForGroupVersion(groupVersion string) (*api.APIResourceList, error)
+	SupportedResources() (map[string]*api.APIResourceList, error)
+}
+
 // APIStatus is exposed by errors that can be converted to an api.Status object
 // for finer grained details.
 type APIStatus interface {
@@ -145,6 +152,42 @@ func (c *Client) ServerVersion() (*version.Info, error) {
 	return &info, nil
 }
 
+// SupportedResourcesForGroupVersion retrieves the list of resources supported by the API server for a group version.
+func (c *Client) SupportedResourcesForGroupVersion(groupVersion string) (*api.APIResourceList, error) {
+	var prefix string
+	if groupVersion == "v1" {
+		prefix = "/api"
+	} else {
+		prefix = "/apis"
+	}
+	body, err := c.Get().AbsPath(prefix, groupVersion).Do().Raw()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	resources := api.APIResourceList{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &resources); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &resources, nil
+}
+
+// SupportedResources gets all supported resources for all group versions.  The key in the map is an API groupVersion.
+func (c *Client) SupportedResources() (map[string]*api.APIResourceList, error) {
+	apis, err := c.ServerAPIVersions()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	result := map[string]*api.APIResourceList{}
+	for _, groupVersion := range apis.Versions {
+		resources, err := c.SupportedResourcesForGroupVersion(groupVersion)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		result[groupVersion] = resources
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
 // ServerAPIVersions retrieves and parses the list of API versions the server supports.
 func (c *Client) ServerAPIVersions() (*unversioned.APIVersions, error) {
 	body, err := c.Get().UnversionedPath("").Do().Raw()
diff --git a/pkg/client/unversioned/client_test.go b/pkg/client/unversioned/client_test.go
index 843e4ee302..86d015c62d 100644
--- a/pkg/client/unversioned/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/unversioned/client_test.go
@@ -271,6 +271,105 @@ func TestGetServerVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGetServerResources(t *testing.T) {
+	stable := api.APIResourceList{
+		GroupVersion: "v1",
+		APIResources: []api.APIResource{
+			{"pods", true},
+			{"services", true},
+			{"namespaces", false},
+		},
+	}
+	beta := api.APIResourceList{
+		GroupVersion: "extensions/v1",
+		APIResources: []api.APIResource{
+			{"deployments", true},
+			{"ingress", true},
+			{"jobs", true},
+		},
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		resourcesList *api.APIResourceList
+		path          string
+		request       string
+		expectErr     bool
+	}{
+		{
+			resourcesList: &stable,
+			path:          "/api/v1",
+			request:       "v1",
+			expectErr:     false,
+		},
+		{
+			resourcesList: &beta,
+			path:          "/apis/extensions/v1beta1",
+			request:       "extensions/v1beta1",
+			expectErr:     false,
+		},
+		{
+			resourcesList: &stable,
+			path:          "/api/v1",
+			request:       "foobar",
+			expectErr:     true,
+		},
+	}
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		var list interface{}
+		switch req.URL.Path {
+		case "/api/v1":
+			list = &stable
+		case "/apis/extensions/v1beta1":
+			list = &beta
+		case "/api":
+			list = &api.APIVersions{
+				Versions: []string{
+					"v1",
+					"extensions/v1beta1",
+				},
+			}
+		default:
+			t.Logf("unexpected request: %s", req.URL.Path)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+			return
+		}
+		output, err := json.Marshal(list)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected encoding error: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		w.Write(output)
+	}))
+	client := NewOrDie(&Config{Host: server.URL})
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		got, err := client.SupportedResourcesForGroupVersion(test.request)
+		if test.expectErr {
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Error("unexpected non-error")
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, test.resourcesList) {
+			t.Errorf("expected:\n%v\ngot:\n%v\n", test.resourcesList, got)
+		}
+	}
+
+	resourceMap, err := client.SupportedResources()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, api := range []string{"v1", "extensions/v1beta1"} {
+		if _, found := resourceMap[api]; !found {
+			t.Errorf("missing expected api: %s", api)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGetServerAPIVersions(t *testing.T) {
 	versions := []string{"v1", "v2", "v3"}
 	expect := unversioned.APIVersions{Versions: versions}
diff --git a/pkg/client/unversioned/testclient/testclient.go b/pkg/client/unversioned/testclient/testclient.go
index fe0e2fdcd7..ddcf9d5ebe 100644
--- a/pkg/client/unversioned/testclient/testclient.go
+++ b/pkg/client/unversioned/testclient/testclient.go
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ type Fake struct {
 	WatchReactionChain []WatchReactor
 	// ProxyReactionChain is the list of proxy reactors that will be attempted for every request in the order they are tried
 	ProxyReactionChain []ProxyReactor
+
+	Resources []api.APIResourceList
 }
 
 // Reactor is an interface to allow the composition of reaction functions.
@@ -272,6 +274,35 @@ func (c *Fake) Extensions() client.ExtensionsInterface {
 	return &FakeExperimental{c}
 }
 
+func (c *Fake) SupportedResources() (map[string]*api.APIResourceList, error) {
+	action := ActionImpl{
+		Verb:     "get",
+		Resource: "resources",
+	}
+	c.Invokes(action, nil)
+	result := map[string]*api.APIResourceList{}
+	for _, resource := range c.Resources {
+		result[resource.GroupVersion] = &api.APIResourceList{
+			APIResources: resource.APIResources,
+		}
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Fake) SupportedResourcesForGroupVersion(version string) (*api.APIResourceList, error) {
+	action := ActionImpl{
+		Verb:     "get",
+		Resource: "resource",
+	}
+	c.Invokes(action, nil)
+	for _, resource := range c.Resources {
+		if resource.GroupVersion == version {
+			return &resource, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
 func (c *Fake) ServerVersion() (*version.Info, error) {
 	action := ActionImpl{}
 	action.Verb = "get"