diff --git a/cluster/images/nginx/Dockerfile b/cluster/images/nginx/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63271bd131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/images/nginx/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM google/debian:wheezy
+
+COPY backports.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
+
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get -t wheezy-backports -yy -q install nginx
diff --git a/cluster/images/nginx/Makefile b/cluster/images/nginx/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9aca17fc67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/images/nginx/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+### Nginx image
+# This image is used to run nginx on the master.
+
+# Current 'live' version is v1
+# Please make sure that you update this comment if you build/push new
+# versions.
+VERSION=v2
+
+all:
+	docker build -t gcr.io/google_containers/nginx:${VERSION} .
+	gcloud preview docker push gcr.io/google_containers/nginx:${VERSION}
+
+.PHONY: all
+
diff --git a/cluster/images/nginx/README.md b/cluster/images/nginx/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dff28767a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/images/nginx/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+### Nginx image
+This image is used to run nginx on the master.
+
+#### Instructions
+make
+
+
diff --git a/cluster/images/nginx/backports.list b/cluster/images/nginx/backports.list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8174be2c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/images/nginx/backports.list
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+deb http://gce_debian_mirror.storage.googleapis.com wheezy-backports main non-free
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/nginx/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/nginx/init.sls
index 473123c0af..c8e06061ff 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/nginx/init.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/nginx/init.sls
@@ -28,6 +28,30 @@ nginx:
     - group: root
     - mode: 644
 
+{% if grains.cloud in ['gce'] %}
+/etc/kubernetes/manifests/nginx.json:
+  file:
+    - managed
+    - source: salt://nginx/nginx.json
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 644
+    - require:
+      - file: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+      - file: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
+      - file: /usr/share/nginx/htpasswd
+      - cmd: kubernetes-cert      
+
+
+#stop legacy nginx_service 
+stop_nginx-service:
+  service.dead:
+    - name: nginx
+    - enable: None
+    - watch:
+      - file: /etc/kubernetes/manifests/nginx.json
+
+{% else %}
 nginx-service:
   service:
     - running
@@ -38,3 +62,5 @@ nginx-service:
       - file: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
       - file: /usr/share/nginx/htpasswd
       - cmd: kubernetes-cert
+{% endif %}
+
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/nginx/nginx.json b/cluster/saltbase/salt/nginx/nginx.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acada758c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/nginx/nginx.json
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{
+"apiVersion": "v1beta3",
+"kind": "Pod",
+"metadata": {"name":"nginx"},
+"spec":{
+"hostNetwork": true,
+"containers":[
+    {
+    "name": "nginx",
+    "image": "gcr.io/google-containers/nginx:v1",
+    "command": [
+              "nginx",
+	      "-g",
+	      "daemon off;"
+	],
+    "ports":[
+      { "name": "https",
+        "containerPort": 443,
+        "hostPort": 443}
+        ],
+    "volumeMounts": [
+      { "name": "nginx",
+        "mountPath": "/etc/nginx",
+        "readOnly": true},
+      { "name": "k8s",
+        "mountPath": "/srv/kubernetes",
+        "readOnly": true},
+      { "name": "logs",
+        "mountPath": "/var/log/nginx",
+        "readOnly": false},
+      { "name": "passwd",
+        "mountPath": "/usr/share/nginx",
+        "readOnly": true}
+        ]
+    }
+],
+"volumes":[
+  { "name": "nginx",
+    "hostPath": {
+        "path": "/etc/nginx"}
+  },
+  { "name": "k8s",
+    "hostPath": {
+        "path": "/srv/kubernetes"}
+  },
+  { "name": "passwd",
+    "hostPath": {
+        "path": "/usr/share/nginx"}
+  },
+  { "name": "logs",
+    "hostPath": {
+        "path": "/var/logs/nginx"}
+  }
+]
+}}