diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
index d95f4be1e3..bed79673f4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
@@ -997,16 +997,31 @@ func (r *Runtime) GetPods(all bool) ([]*kubecontainer.Pod, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't list pods: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	var pods []*kubecontainer.Pod
+	pods := make(map[types.UID]*kubecontainer.Pod)
 	for _, pod := range listResp.Pods {
 		pod, err := r.convertRktPod(pod)
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Warningf("rkt: Cannot construct pod from unit file: %v.", err)
 			continue
 		}
-		pods = append(pods, pod)
+
+		// Group pods together.
+		oldPod, found := pods[pod.ID]
+		if !found {
+			pods[pod.ID] = pod
+			continue
+		}
+
+		oldPod.Containers = append(oldPod.Containers, pod.Containers...)
 	}
-	return pods, nil
+
+	// Convert map to list.
+	var result []*kubecontainer.Pod
+	for _, p := range pods {
+		result = append(result, p)
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
 }
 
 // KillPod invokes 'systemctl kill' to kill the unit that runs the pod.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
index 7c4b3b5c73..901f2ec0de 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
@@ -409,7 +409,17 @@ func TestGetPods(t *testing.T) {
 					[]string{"img-id-11", "img-id-22"},
 					[]string{"img-name-11", "img-name-22"},
 					[]string{"10011", "10022"},
-					[]rktapi.AppState{rktapi.AppState_APP_STATE_RUNNING, rktapi.AppState_APP_STATE_EXITED},
+					[]rktapi.AppState{rktapi.AppState_APP_STATE_EXITED, rktapi.AppState_APP_STATE_EXITED},
+					[]int32{0, 0},
+				),
+				makeRktPod(rktapi.PodState_POD_STATE_EXITED,
+					"uuid-4004", "43", "guestbook", "default",
+					"10.10.10.44", "100000", "8",
+					[]string{"app-11", "app-22"},
+					[]string{"img-id-11", "img-id-22"},
+					[]string{"img-name-11", "img-name-22"},
+					[]string{"10011", "10022"},
+					[]rktapi.AppState{rktapi.AppState_APP_STATE_RUNNING, rktapi.AppState_APP_STATE_RUNNING},
 					[]int32{0, 0},
 				),
 			},
@@ -448,7 +458,7 @@ func TestGetPods(t *testing.T) {
 							Image:   "img-name-11",
 							Hash:    10011,
 							Created: 90000,
-							State:   "running",
+							State:   "exited",
 						},
 						{
 							ID:      kubecontainer.BuildContainerID("rkt", "uuid-4003:app-22"),
@@ -458,6 +468,22 @@ func TestGetPods(t *testing.T) {
 							Created: 90000,
 							State:   "exited",
 						},
+						{
+							ID:      kubecontainer.BuildContainerID("rkt", "uuid-4004:app-11"),
+							Name:    "app-11",
+							Image:   "img-name-11",
+							Hash:    10011,
+							Created: 100000,
+							State:   "running",
+						},
+						{
+							ID:      kubecontainer.BuildContainerID("rkt", "uuid-4004:app-22"),
+							Name:    "app-22",
+							Image:   "img-name-22",
+							Hash:    10022,
+							Created: 100000,
+							State:   "running",
+						},
 					},
 				},
 			},