diff --git a/pkg/controller/replication_controller.go b/pkg/controller/replication_controller.go
index ce17106b31..552c836c43 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/replication_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/replication_controller.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import (
 // with actual running pods.
 // TODO: Remove the etcd dependency and re-factor in terms of a generic watch interface
 type ReplicationManager struct {
-	etcdClient *etcd.Client
+	etcdClient util.EtcdClient
 	kubeClient client.ClientInterface
 	podControl PodControlInterface
 	updateLock sync.Mutex
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (r RealPodControl) deletePod(podID string) error {
 	return r.kubeClient.DeletePod(podID)
 }
 
-func MakeReplicationManager(etcdClient *etcd.Client, kubeClient client.ClientInterface) *ReplicationManager {
+func MakeReplicationManager(etcdClient util.EtcdClient, kubeClient client.ClientInterface) *ReplicationManager {
 	return &ReplicationManager{
 		kubeClient: kubeClient,
 		etcdClient: etcdClient,
diff --git a/pkg/controller/replication_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/replication_controller_test.go
index efe90f80fb..696af15960 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/replication_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/replication_controller_test.go
@@ -317,3 +317,79 @@ func TestHandleWatchResponse(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected mismatch.  Expected %#v, Saw: %#v", controller, controllerOut)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSyncronize(t *testing.T) {
+	controllerSpec1 := api.ReplicationController{
+		DesiredState: api.ReplicationControllerState{
+			Replicas: 4,
+			PodTemplate: api.PodTemplate{
+				DesiredState: api.PodState{
+					Manifest: api.ContainerManifest{
+						Containers: []api.Container{
+							{
+								Image: "foo/bar",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Labels: map[string]string{
+					"name": "foo",
+					"type": "production",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	controllerSpec2 := api.ReplicationController{
+		DesiredState: api.ReplicationControllerState{
+			Replicas: 3,
+			PodTemplate: api.PodTemplate{
+				DesiredState: api.PodState{
+					Manifest: api.ContainerManifest{
+						Containers: []api.Container{
+							{
+								Image: "bar/baz",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Labels: map[string]string{
+					"name": "bar",
+					"type": "production",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	fakeEtcd := util.MakeFakeEtcdClient(t)
+	fakeEtcd.Data["/registry/controllers"] = util.EtcdResponseWithError{
+		R: &etcd.Response{
+			Node: &etcd.Node{
+				Nodes: []*etcd.Node{
+					{
+						Value: util.MakeJSONString(controllerSpec1),
+					},
+					{
+						Value: util.MakeJSONString(controllerSpec2),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	fakeHandler := util.FakeHandler{
+		StatusCode:   200,
+		ResponseBody: "{}",
+		T:            t,
+	}
+	testServer := httptest.NewTLSServer(&fakeHandler)
+	client := client.Client{
+		Host: testServer.URL,
+	}
+	manager := MakeReplicationManager(fakeEtcd, client)
+	fakePodControl := FakePodControl{}
+	manager.podControl = &fakePodControl
+
+	manager.synchronize()
+
+	validateSyncReplication(t, &fakePodControl, 7, 0)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 0167af4031..620c99df7e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/registry"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/coreos/go-etcd/etcd"
 	"github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ type DockerInterface interface {
 // The main kubelet implementation
 type Kubelet struct {
 	Hostname           string
-	Client             registry.EtcdClient
+	Client             util.EtcdClient
 	DockerClient       DockerInterface
 	FileCheckFrequency time.Duration
 	SyncFrequency      time.Duration
diff --git a/pkg/registry/etcd_registry.go b/pkg/registry/etcd_registry.go
index b45233d907..389e4b98ec 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/etcd_registry.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/etcd_registry.go
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 
-	"github.com/coreos/go-etcd/etcd"
-
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
@@ -31,21 +29,9 @@ import (
 // TODO: Need to add a reconciler loop that makes sure that things in pods are reflected into
 //       kubelet (and vice versa)
 
-// EtcdClient is an injectable interface for testing.
-type EtcdClient interface {
-	AddChild(key, data string, ttl uint64) (*etcd.Response, error)
-	Get(key string, sort, recursive bool) (*etcd.Response, error)
-	Set(key, value string, ttl uint64) (*etcd.Response, error)
-	Create(key, value string, ttl uint64) (*etcd.Response, error)
-	Delete(key string, recursive bool) (*etcd.Response, error)
-	// I'd like to use directional channels here (e.g. <-chan) but this interface mimics
-	// the etcd client interface which doesn't, and it doesn't seem worth it to wrap the api.
-	Watch(prefix string, waitIndex uint64, recursive bool, receiver chan *etcd.Response, stop chan bool) (*etcd.Response, error)
-}
-
 // EtcdRegistry is an implementation of both ControllerRegistry and PodRegistry which is backed with etcd.
 type EtcdRegistry struct {
-	etcdClient      EtcdClient
+	etcdClient      util.EtcdClient
 	machines        []string
 	manifestFactory ManifestFactory
 }
@@ -54,7 +40,7 @@ type EtcdRegistry struct {
 // 'client' is the connection to etcd
 // 'machines' is the list of machines
 // 'scheduler' is the scheduling algorithm to use.
-func MakeEtcdRegistry(client EtcdClient, machines []string) *EtcdRegistry {
+func MakeEtcdRegistry(client util.EtcdClient, machines []string) *EtcdRegistry {
 	registry := &EtcdRegistry{
 		etcdClient: client,
 		machines:   machines,
diff --git a/pkg/registry/etcd_registry_test.go b/pkg/registry/etcd_registry_test.go
index 27b30884e4..85676d80f8 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/etcd_registry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/etcd_registry_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/go-etcd/etcd"
 )
 
-func MakeTestEtcdRegistry(client EtcdClient, machines []string) *EtcdRegistry {
+func MakeTestEtcdRegistry(client util.EtcdClient, machines []string) *EtcdRegistry {
 	registry := MakeEtcdRegistry(client, machines)
 	registry.manifestFactory = &BasicManifestFactory{
 		serviceRegistry: &MockServiceRegistry{},
diff --git a/pkg/util/fake_etcd_client.go b/pkg/util/fake_etcd_client.go
index 9fff51a41b..d98bb500c2 100644
--- a/pkg/util/fake_etcd_client.go
+++ b/pkg/util/fake_etcd_client.go
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/go-etcd/etcd"
 )
 
+// EtcdClient is an injectable interface for testing.
+type EtcdClient interface {
+	AddChild(key, data string, ttl uint64) (*etcd.Response, error)
+	Get(key string, sort, recursive bool) (*etcd.Response, error)
+	Set(key, value string, ttl uint64) (*etcd.Response, error)
+	Create(key, value string, ttl uint64) (*etcd.Response, error)
+	Delete(key string, recursive bool) (*etcd.Response, error)
+	// I'd like to use directional channels here (e.g. <-chan) but this interface mimics
+	// the etcd client interface which doesn't, and it doesn't seem worth it to wrap the api.
+	Watch(prefix string, waitIndex uint64, recursive bool, receiver chan *etcd.Response, stop chan bool) (*etcd.Response, error)
+}
+
 type EtcdResponseWithError struct {
 	R *etcd.Response
 	E error