diff --git a/cmd/integration/integration.go b/cmd/integration/integration.go
index 06ddad6d84..1eb73720a8 100644
--- a/cmd/integration/integration.go
+++ b/cmd/integration/integration.go
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ func main() {
 	//              1 pod infra container + 2 pods from the URL +
 	//              1 pod infra container + 1 pod from the service test.
 	if len(createdPods) != 9 {
-		glog.Fatalf("Unexpected list of created pods:\n\n%#v\n\n%#v\n\n%#v\n\n", createdPods.List(), fakeDocker1.Created, fakeDocker2.Created)
+		glog.Fatalf("Expected 9 pods; got %v\n\nlist of created pods:\n\n%#v\n\nDocker 1 Created:\n\n%#v\n\nDocker 2 Created:\n\n%#v\n\n", len(createdPods), createdPods.List(), fakeDocker1.Created, fakeDocker2.Created)
 	}
 	glog.Infof("OK - found created pods: %#v", createdPods.List())
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/conversion.go b/pkg/api/conversion.go
index 372adb7609..f6a6204563 100644
--- a/pkg/api/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/conversion.go
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ func init() {
 			return nil
 		},
 		// Convert ContainerManifest to BoundPod
+		//
+		// This function generates a dummy selfLink using the same method as the
+		// boundPod registry, in order for the Kubelet to work with well-formed
+		// boundPods during the integration test.
 		func(in *ContainerManifest, out *BoundPod, s conversion.Scope) error {
 			out.Spec.Containers = in.Containers
 			out.Spec.Volumes = in.Volumes
@@ -47,6 +51,11 @@ func init() {
 			out.Spec.DNSPolicy = in.DNSPolicy
 			out.Name = in.ID
 			out.UID = in.UUID
+
+			if in.ID != "" {
+				out.SelfLink = "/api/v1beta1/boundPods/" + in.ID
+			}
+
 			return nil
 		},
 		func(in *BoundPod, out *ContainerManifest, s conversion.Scope) error {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/config/http_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/config/http_test.go
index 7c1196e1d2..f556774cc1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/config/http_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/config/http_test.go
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ func TestExtractFromHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 						UID:       "111",
 						Name:      "foo" + "-" + hostname,
 						Namespace: "foobar",
+						SelfLink:  "/api/v1beta1/boundPods/foo",
 					},
 					Spec: api.PodSpec{
 						RestartPolicy: api.RestartPolicy{Always: &api.RestartPolicyAlways{}},
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ func TestExtractFromHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 						UID:       "111",
 						Name:      "foo" + "-" + hostname,
 						Namespace: "foobar",
+						SelfLink:  "/api/v1beta1/boundPods/foo",
 					},
 					Spec: api.PodSpec{
 						RestartPolicy: api.RestartPolicy{Always: &api.RestartPolicyAlways{}},
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ func TestExtractFromHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 						UID:       "111",
 						Name:      "foo" + "-" + hostname,
 						Namespace: "foobar",
+						SelfLink:  "/api/v1beta1/boundPods/foo",
 					},
 					Spec: api.PodSpec{
 						RestartPolicy: api.RestartPolicy{Always: &api.RestartPolicyAlways{}},
@@ -220,6 +223,7 @@ func TestExtractFromHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 						UID:       "222",
 						Name:      "bar" + "-" + hostname,
 						Namespace: "foobar",
+						SelfLink:  "/api/v1beta1/boundPods/bar",
 					},
 					Spec: api.PodSpec{
 						RestartPolicy: api.RestartPolicy{Always: &api.RestartPolicyAlways{}},