diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
index cc673dc6f6..aef4ebe658 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
@@ -562,53 +562,3 @@ func GetKubeletDockerContainers(client DockerInterface, allContainers bool) (Doc
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }
-
-// TODO: Move this function with dockerCache to DockerManager.
-func GetPods(client DockerInterface, all bool) ([]*kubecontainer.Pod, error) {
-	pods := make(map[types.UID]*kubecontainer.Pod)
-	var result []*kubecontainer.Pod
-
-	containers, err := GetKubeletDockerContainers(client, all)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// Group containers by pod.
-	for _, c := range containers {
-		if len(c.Names) == 0 {
-			glog.Warningf("Cannot parse empty docker container name: %#v", c.Names)
-			continue
-		}
-		dockerName, hash, err := ParseDockerName(c.Names[0])
-		if err != nil {
-			glog.Warningf("Parse docker container name %q error: %v", c.Names[0], err)
-			continue
-		}
-		pod, found := pods[dockerName.PodUID]
-		if !found {
-			name, namespace, err := kubecontainer.ParsePodFullName(dockerName.PodFullName)
-			if err != nil {
-				glog.Warningf("Parse pod full name %q error: %v", dockerName.PodFullName, err)
-				continue
-			}
-			pod = &kubecontainer.Pod{
-				ID:        dockerName.PodUID,
-				Name:      name,
-				Namespace: namespace,
-			}
-			pods[dockerName.PodUID] = pod
-		}
-		pod.Containers = append(pod.Containers, &kubecontainer.Container{
-			ID:      types.UID(c.ID),
-			Name:    dockerName.ContainerName,
-			Hash:    hash,
-			Created: c.Created,
-		})
-	}
-
-	// Convert map to list.
-	for _, c := range pods {
-		result = append(result, c)
-	}
-	return result, nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_cache.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_cache.go
index d1fe0d6d4c..2bc9b1b4ac 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_cache.go
@@ -20,32 +20,36 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
+	kubecontainer "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 )
 
 type DockerCache interface {
-	GetPods() ([]*container.Pod, error)
+	GetPods() ([]*kubecontainer.Pod, error)
 	ForceUpdateIfOlder(time.Time) error
 }
 
-func NewDockerCache(client DockerInterface) (DockerCache, error) {
+type podsGetter interface {
+	GetPods(bool) ([]*kubecontainer.Pod, error)
+}
+
+func NewDockerCache(getter podsGetter) (DockerCache, error) {
 	return &dockerCache{
-		client:        client,
+		getter:        getter,
 		updatingCache: false,
 	}, nil
 }
 
 // dockerCache is a default implementation of DockerCache interface
+// TODO(yifan): Use runtime cache to replace this.
 type dockerCache struct {
-	// The underlying docker client used to update the cache.
-	client DockerInterface
-
+	// The narrowed interface for updating the cache.
+	getter podsGetter
 	// Mutex protecting all of the following fields.
 	lock sync.Mutex
 	// Last time when cache was updated.
 	cacheTime time.Time
 	// The content of the cache.
-	pods []*container.Pod
+	pods []*kubecontainer.Pod
 	// Whether the background thread updating the cache is running.
 	updatingCache bool
 	// Time when the background thread should be stopped.
@@ -55,11 +59,11 @@ type dockerCache struct {
 // Ensure that dockerCache abides by the DockerCache interface.
 var _ DockerCache = new(dockerCache)
 
-func (d *dockerCache) GetPods() ([]*container.Pod, error) {
+func (d *dockerCache) GetPods() ([]*kubecontainer.Pod, error) {
 	d.lock.Lock()
 	defer d.lock.Unlock()
 	if time.Since(d.cacheTime) > 2*time.Second {
-		pods, err := GetPods(d.client, false)
+		pods, err := d.getter.GetPods(false)
 		if err != nil {
 			return pods, err
 		}
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ func (d *dockerCache) ForceUpdateIfOlder(minExpectedCacheTime time.Time) error {
 	d.lock.Lock()
 	defer d.lock.Unlock()
 	if d.cacheTime.Before(minExpectedCacheTime) {
-		pods, err := GetPods(d.client, false)
+		pods, err := d.getter.GetPods(false)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ func (d *dockerCache) startUpdatingCache() {
 	run := true
 	for run {
 		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
-		pods, err := GetPods(d.client, false)
+		pods, err := d.getter.GetPods(false)
 		cacheTime := time.Now()
 		if err != nil {
 			continue
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go
index f94ba324d5..c0df853a74 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go
@@ -333,17 +333,15 @@ func (f *FakeDockerPuller) IsImagePresent(name string) (bool, error) {
 }
 
 type FakeDockerCache struct {
-	client DockerInterface
+	getter podsGetter
 }
 
-func NewFakeDockerCache(client DockerInterface) DockerCache {
-	return &FakeDockerCache{
-		client: client,
-	}
+func NewFakeDockerCache(getter podsGetter) DockerCache {
+	return &FakeDockerCache{getter: getter}
 }
 
 func (f *FakeDockerCache) GetPods() ([]*container.Pod, error) {
-	return GetPods(f.client, false)
+	return f.getter.GetPods(false)
 }
 
 func (f *FakeDockerCache) ForceUpdateIfOlder(time.Time) error {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
index 25a0c9e5f6..0aa2f1852b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
@@ -520,3 +520,52 @@ func makeCapabilites(capAdd []api.CapabilityType, capDrop []api.CapabilityType)
 	}
 	return addCaps, dropCaps
 }
+
+func (self *DockerManager) GetPods(all bool) ([]*kubecontainer.Pod, error) {
+	pods := make(map[types.UID]*kubecontainer.Pod)
+	var result []*kubecontainer.Pod
+
+	containers, err := GetKubeletDockerContainers(self.client, all)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Group containers by pod.
+	for _, c := range containers {
+		if len(c.Names) == 0 {
+			glog.Warningf("Cannot parse empty docker container name: %#v", c.Names)
+			continue
+		}
+		dockerName, hash, err := ParseDockerName(c.Names[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Warningf("Parse docker container name %q error: %v", c.Names[0], err)
+			continue
+		}
+		pod, found := pods[dockerName.PodUID]
+		if !found {
+			name, namespace, err := kubecontainer.ParsePodFullName(dockerName.PodFullName)
+			if err != nil {
+				glog.Warningf("Parse pod full name %q error: %v", dockerName.PodFullName, err)
+				continue
+			}
+			pod = &kubecontainer.Pod{
+				ID:        dockerName.PodUID,
+				Name:      name,
+				Namespace: namespace,
+			}
+			pods[dockerName.PodUID] = pod
+		}
+		pod.Containers = append(pod.Containers, &kubecontainer.Container{
+			ID:      types.UID(c.ID),
+			Name:    dockerName.ContainerName,
+			Hash:    hash,
+			Created: c.Created,
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Convert map to list.
+	for _, c := range pods {
+		result = append(result, c)
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index b544402cc9..bb57ebd8d0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func NewMainKubelet(
 
 	klet.podManager = newBasicPodManager(klet.kubeClient)
 
-	dockerCache, err := dockertools.NewDockerCache(dockerClient)
+	dockerCache, err := dockertools.NewDockerCache(containerManager)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -1973,9 +1973,9 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) ServeLogs(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 
 // findContainer finds and returns the container with the given pod ID, full name, and container name.
 // It returns nil if not found.
-// TODO(yifan): Move this to runtime once GetPods() has the same signature as the runtime.GetPods().
+// TODO(yifan): Move this to runtime once the runtime interface has been all implemented.
 func (kl *Kubelet) findContainer(podFullName string, podUID types.UID, containerName string) (*kubecontainer.Container, error) {
-	pods, err := dockertools.GetPods(kl.dockerClient, false)
+	pods, err := kl.containerManager.GetPods(false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -2027,7 +2027,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) PortForward(podFullName string, podUID types.UID, port uint16
 		return fmt.Errorf("no runner specified.")
 	}
 
-	pods, err := dockertools.GetPods(kl.dockerClient, false)
+	pods, err := kl.containerManager.GetPods(false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
index ce8219f5df..8c33813b33 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
@@ -70,13 +70,12 @@ type TestKubelet struct {
 
 func newTestKubelet(t *testing.T) *TestKubelet {
 	fakeDocker := &dockertools.FakeDockerClient{Errors: make(map[string]error), RemovedImages: util.StringSet{}}
-	fakeDockerCache := dockertools.NewFakeDockerCache(fakeDocker)
+
 	fakeRecorder := &record.FakeRecorder{}
 	fakeKubeClient := &testclient.Fake{}
 
 	kubelet := &Kubelet{}
 	kubelet.dockerClient = fakeDocker
-	kubelet.dockerCache = fakeDockerCache
 	kubelet.kubeClient = fakeKubeClient
 	kubelet.dockerPuller = &dockertools.FakeDockerPuller{}
 	kubelet.hostname = "testnode"
@@ -90,14 +89,6 @@ func newTestKubelet(t *testing.T) *TestKubelet {
 		t.Fatalf("can't mkdir(%q): %v", kubelet.rootDirectory, err)
 	}
 	waitGroup := new(sync.WaitGroup)
-	kubelet.podWorkers = newPodWorkers(
-		fakeDockerCache,
-		func(pod *api.Pod, mirrorPod *api.Pod, runningPod container.Pod) error {
-			err := kubelet.syncPod(pod, mirrorPod, runningPod)
-			waitGroup.Done()
-			return err
-		},
-		fakeRecorder)
 	kubelet.sourcesReady = func() bool { return true }
 	kubelet.masterServiceNamespace = api.NamespaceDefault
 	kubelet.serviceLister = testServiceLister{}
@@ -114,6 +105,15 @@ func newTestKubelet(t *testing.T) *TestKubelet {
 	kubelet.podManager = podManager
 	kubelet.containerRefManager = kubecontainer.NewRefManager()
 	kubelet.containerManager = dockertools.NewDockerManager(fakeDocker, fakeRecorder, dockertools.PodInfraContainerImage)
+	kubelet.dockerCache = dockertools.NewFakeDockerCache(kubelet.containerManager)
+	kubelet.podWorkers = newPodWorkers(
+		kubelet.dockerCache,
+		func(pod *api.Pod, mirrorPod *api.Pod, runningPod container.Pod) error {
+			err := kubelet.syncPod(pod, mirrorPod, runningPod)
+			waitGroup.Done()
+			return err
+		},
+		fakeRecorder)
 	return &TestKubelet{kubelet, fakeDocker, mockCadvisor, fakeKubeClient, waitGroup, fakeMirrorClient}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/pod_workers_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/pod_workers_test.go
index 2b11e7e6c5..5a25e5a3e8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/pod_workers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/pod_workers_test.go
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ func newPod(uid, name string) *api.Pod {
 
 func createPodWorkers() (*podWorkers, map[types.UID][]string) {
 	fakeDocker := &dockertools.FakeDockerClient{}
-	fakeDockerCache := dockertools.NewFakeDockerCache(fakeDocker)
-	recorder := &record.FakeRecorder{}
+	fakeRecorder := &record.FakeRecorder{}
+	fakeDockerCache := dockertools.NewFakeDockerCache(dockertools.NewDockerManager(fakeDocker, fakeRecorder, dockertools.PodInfraContainerImage))
 
 	lock := sync.Mutex{}
 	processed := make(map[types.UID][]string)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func createPodWorkers() (*podWorkers, map[types.UID][]string) {
 			}()
 			return nil
 		},
-		recorder,
+		fakeRecorder,
 	)
 	return podWorkers, processed
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/runonce.go b/pkg/kubelet/runonce.go
index 4154b1c7ef..be9458a1f8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/runonce.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/runonce.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) runPod(pod api.Pod, retryDelay time.Duration) error {
 	delay := retryDelay
 	retry := 0
 	for {
-		pods, err := dockertools.GetPods(kl.dockerClient, false)
+		pods, err := kl.containerManager.GetPods(false)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get kubelet pods: %v", err)
 		}