diff --git a/pkg/api/conversion.go b/pkg/api/conversion.go
index 89bfdefff5..bd33db677d 100644
--- a/pkg/api/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/conversion.go
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ func init() {
 			obj.LabelSelector = labels.Everything()
 			obj.FieldSelector = fields.Everything()
 		},
+		func(obj *PodExecOptions) {
+			obj.Stderr = true
+			obj.Stdout = true
+		},
 	)
 	Scheme.AddConversionFuncs(
 		func(in *util.Time, out *util.Time, s conversion.Scope) error {
diff --git a/pkg/api/latest/latest.go b/pkg/api/latest/latest.go
index 63b131c54e..887bba1a5b 100644
--- a/pkg/api/latest/latest.go
+++ b/pkg/api/latest/latest.go
@@ -125,7 +125,14 @@ func init() {
 	}
 
 	// these kinds should be excluded from the list of resources
-	ignoredKinds := util.NewStringSet("ListOptions", "DeleteOptions", "Status", "ContainerManifest")
+	ignoredKinds := util.NewStringSet(
+		"ListOptions",
+		"DeleteOptions",
+		"Status",
+		"ContainerManifest",
+		"PodLogOptions",
+		"PodExecOptions",
+		"PodProxyOptions")
 
 	// enumerate all supported versions, get the kinds, and register with the mapper how to address our resources
 	for _, version := range versions {
diff --git a/pkg/api/register.go b/pkg/api/register.go
index 2918a15328..4a35296199 100644
--- a/pkg/api/register.go
+++ b/pkg/api/register.go
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ func init() {
 		&DeleteOptions{},
 		&ListOptions{},
 		&PodLogOptions{},
+		&PodExecOptions{},
+		&PodProxyOptions{},
 	)
 	// Legacy names are supported
 	Scheme.AddKnownTypeWithName("", "Minion", &Node{})
@@ -97,3 +99,5 @@ func (*PersistentVolumeClaimList) IsAnAPIObject() {}
 func (*DeleteOptions) IsAnAPIObject()             {}
 func (*ListOptions) IsAnAPIObject()               {}
 func (*PodLogOptions) IsAnAPIObject()             {}
+func (*PodExecOptions) IsAnAPIObject()            {}
+func (*PodProxyOptions) IsAnAPIObject()           {}
diff --git a/pkg/api/rest/rest.go b/pkg/api/rest/rest.go
index 069ed3c2f8..967b92eade 100644
--- a/pkg/api/rest/rest.go
+++ b/pkg/api/rest/rest.go
@@ -171,6 +171,32 @@ type Redirector interface {
 	ResourceLocation(ctx api.Context, id string) (remoteLocation *url.URL, transport http.RoundTripper, err error)
 }
 
+// ConnectHandler is a handler for HTTP connection requests. It extends the standard
+// http.Handler interface by adding a method that returns an error object if an error
+// occurred during the handling of the request.
+type ConnectHandler interface {
+	http.Handler
+
+	// RequestError returns an error if one occurred during handling of an HTTP request
+	RequestError() error
+}
+
+// Connecter is a storage object that responds to a connection request
+type Connecter interface {
+	// Connect returns a ConnectHandler that will handle the request/response for a request
+	Connect(ctx api.Context, id string, options runtime.Object) (ConnectHandler, error)
+
+	// NewConnectOptions returns an empty options object that will be used to pass
+	// options to the Connect method. If nil, then a nil options object is passed to
+	// Connect. It may return a bool and a string. If true, the value of the request
+	// path below the object will be included as the named string in the serialization
+	// of the runtime object.
+	NewConnectOptions() (runtime.Object, bool, string)
+
+	// ConnectMethods returns the list of HTTP methods handled by Connect
+	ConnectMethods() []string
+}
+
 // ResourceStreamer is an interface implemented by objects that prefer to be streamed from the server
 // instead of decoded directly.
 type ResourceStreamer interface {
diff --git a/pkg/api/serialization_test.go b/pkg/api/serialization_test.go
index d8c02773de..ca79e6f940 100644
--- a/pkg/api/serialization_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/serialization_test.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func TestList(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 var nonRoundTrippableTypes = util.NewStringSet("ContainerManifest", "ContainerManifestList")
-var nonInternalRoundTrippableTypes = util.NewStringSet("List", "ListOptions")
+var nonInternalRoundTrippableTypes = util.NewStringSet("List", "ListOptions", "PodExecOptions")
 
 func TestRoundTripTypes(t *testing.T) {
 	// api.Scheme.Log(t)
diff --git a/pkg/api/types.go b/pkg/api/types.go
index cc91b969af..5868517c84 100644
--- a/pkg/api/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/types.go
@@ -1304,6 +1304,37 @@ type PodLogOptions struct {
 	Follow bool
 }
 
+// PodExecOptions is the query options to a Pod's remote exec call
+type PodExecOptions struct {
+	TypeMeta
+
+	// Stdin if true indicates that stdin is to be redirected for the exec call
+	Stdin bool
+
+	// Stdout if true indicates that stdout is to be redirected for the exec call
+	Stdout bool
+
+	// Stderr if true indicates that stderr is to be redirected for the exec call
+	Stderr bool
+
+	// TTY if true indicates that a tty will be allocated for the exec call
+	TTY bool
+
+	// Container in which to execute the command.
+	Container string
+
+	// Command is the remote command to execute
+	Command string
+}
+
+// PodProxyOptions is the query options to a Pod's proxy call
+type PodProxyOptions struct {
+	TypeMeta
+
+	// Path is the URL path to use for the current proxy request
+	Path string
+}
+
 // Status is a return value for calls that don't return other objects.
 // TODO: this could go in apiserver, but I'm including it here so clients needn't
 // import both.
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta1/register.go b/pkg/api/v1beta1/register.go
index 42d8be4dca..f2a137292e 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ func init() {
 		&DeleteOptions{},
 		&ListOptions{},
 		&PodLogOptions{},
+		&PodExecOptions{},
+		&PodProxyOptions{},
 	)
 	// Future names are supported
 	api.Scheme.AddKnownTypeWithName("v1beta1", "Node", &Minion{})
@@ -106,3 +108,5 @@ func (*PersistentVolumeClaimList) IsAnAPIObject() {}
 func (*DeleteOptions) IsAnAPIObject()             {}
 func (*ListOptions) IsAnAPIObject()               {}
 func (*PodLogOptions) IsAnAPIObject()             {}
+func (*PodExecOptions) IsAnAPIObject()            {}
+func (*PodProxyOptions) IsAnAPIObject()           {}
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
index 8ad1fb9ea9..57d41de70e 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -1159,6 +1159,37 @@ type PodLogOptions struct {
 	Follow bool `json:"follow,omitempty" description:"follow the log stream of the pod; defaults to false"`
 }
 
+// PodExecOptions is the query options to a Pod's remote exec call
+type PodExecOptions struct {
+	TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
+
+	// Stdin if true indicates that stdin is to be redirected for the exec call
+	Stdin bool `json:"stdin,omitempty" description:"redirect the standard input stream of the pod for this call; defaults to false"`
+
+	// Stdout if true indicates that stdout is to be redirected for the exec call
+	Stdout bool `json:"stdout,omitempty" description:"redirect the standard output stream of the pod for this call; defaults to true"`
+
+	// Stderr if true indicates that stderr is to be redirected for the exec call
+	Stderr bool `json:"stderr,omitempty" description:"redirect the standard error stream of the pod for this call; defaults to true"`
+
+	// TTY if true indicates that a tty will be allocated for the exec call
+	TTY bool `json:"tty,omitempty" description:"allocate a terminal for this exec call; defaults to false"`
+
+	// Container in which to execute the command.
+	Container string `json:"container,omitempty" description:"the container in which to execute the command. Defaults to only container if there is only one container in the pod."`
+
+	// Command is the remote command to execute
+	Command string `json:"command" description:"the command to execute"`
+}
+
+// PodProxyOptions is the query options to a Pod's proxy call
+type PodProxyOptions struct {
+	TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
+
+	// Path is the URL path to use for the current proxy request
+	Path string `json:"path,omitempty" description:"URL path to use in proxy request to pod"`
+}
+
 // Status is a return value for calls that don't return other objects.
 // TODO: this could go in apiserver, but I'm including it here so clients needn't
 // import both.
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta2/register.go b/pkg/api/v1beta2/register.go
index ccd8f06477..3cc2bc7d54 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta2/register.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta2/register.go
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ func init() {
 		&DeleteOptions{},
 		&ListOptions{},
 		&PodLogOptions{},
+		&PodExecOptions{},
+		&PodProxyOptions{},
 	)
 	// Future names are supported
 	api.Scheme.AddKnownTypeWithName("v1beta2", "Node", &Minion{})
@@ -106,3 +108,5 @@ func (*PersistentVolumeClaimList) IsAnAPIObject() {}
 func (*DeleteOptions) IsAnAPIObject()             {}
 func (*ListOptions) IsAnAPIObject()               {}
 func (*PodLogOptions) IsAnAPIObject()             {}
+func (*PodExecOptions) IsAnAPIObject()            {}
+func (*PodProxyOptions) IsAnAPIObject()           {}
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
index a76ea787be..52e1fc720c 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
@@ -1186,6 +1186,37 @@ type PodLogOptions struct {
 	Follow bool `json:"follow,omitempty" description:"follow the log stream of the pod; defaults to false"`
 }
 
+// PodExecOptions is the query options to a Pod's remote exec call
+type PodExecOptions struct {
+	TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
+
+	// Stdin if true indicates that stdin is to be redirected for the exec call
+	Stdin bool `json:"stdin,omitempty" description:"redirect the standard input stream of the pod for this call; defaults to false"`
+
+	// Stdout if true indicates that stdout is to be redirected for the exec call
+	Stdout bool `json:"stdout,omitempty" description:"redirect the standard output stream of the pod for this call; defaults to true"`
+
+	// Stderr if true indicates that stderr is to be redirected for the exec call
+	Stderr bool `json:"stderr,omitempty" description:"redirect the standard error stream of the pod for this call; defaults to true"`
+
+	// TTY if true indicates that a tty will be allocated for the exec call
+	TTY bool `json:"tty,omitempty" description:"allocate a terminal for this exec call; defaults to false"`
+
+	// Container in which to execute the command.
+	Container string `json:"container,omitempty" description:"the container in which to execute the command. Defaults to only container if there is only one container in the pod."`
+
+	// Command is the remote command to execute
+	Command string `json:"command" description:"the command to execute"`
+}
+
+// PodProxyOptions is the query options to a Pod's proxy call
+type PodProxyOptions struct {
+	TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
+
+	// Path is the URL path to use for the current proxy request
+	Path string `json:"path,omitempty" description:"URL path to use in proxy request to pod"`
+}
+
 // Status is a return value for calls that don't return other objects.
 // TODO: this could go in apiserver, but I'm including it here so clients needn't
 // import both.
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta3/register.go b/pkg/api/v1beta3/register.go
index dd35b5de23..538ea5a9ac 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta3/register.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta3/register.go
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ func init() {
 		&DeleteOptions{},
 		&ListOptions{},
 		&PodLogOptions{},
+		&PodExecOptions{},
+		&PodProxyOptions{},
 	)
 	// Legacy names are supported
 	api.Scheme.AddKnownTypeWithName("v1beta3", "Minion", &Node{})
@@ -98,3 +100,5 @@ func (*PersistentVolumeClaimList) IsAnAPIObject() {}
 func (*DeleteOptions) IsAnAPIObject()             {}
 func (*ListOptions) IsAnAPIObject()               {}
 func (*PodLogOptions) IsAnAPIObject()             {}
+func (*PodExecOptions) IsAnAPIObject()            {}
+func (*PodProxyOptions) IsAnAPIObject()           {}
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
index 1c02a1ae59..a70316c06d 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
@@ -1291,6 +1291,37 @@ type PodLogOptions struct {
 	Follow bool `json:"follow,omitempty" description:"follow the log stream of the pod; defaults to false"`
 }
 
+// PodExecOptions is the query options to a Pod's remote exec call
+type PodExecOptions struct {
+	TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
+
+	// Stdin if true indicates that stdin is to be redirected for the exec call
+	Stdin bool `json:"stdin,omitempty" description:"redirect the standard input stream of the pod for this call; defaults to false"`
+
+	// Stdout if true indicates that stdout is to be redirected for the exec call
+	Stdout bool `json:"stdout,omitempty" description:"redirect the standard output stream of the pod for this call; defaults to true"`
+
+	// Stderr if true indicates that stderr is to be redirected for the exec call
+	Stderr bool `json:"stderr,omitempty" description:"redirect the standard error stream of the pod for this call; defaults to true"`
+
+	// TTY if true indicates that a tty will be allocated for the exec call
+	TTY bool `json:"tty,omitempty" description:"allocate a terminal for this exec call; defaults to false"`
+
+	// Container in which to execute the command.
+	Container string `json:"container,omitempty" description:"the container in which to execute the command. Defaults to only container if there is only one container in the pod."`
+
+	// Command is the remote command to execute
+	Command string `json:"command" description:"the command to execute"`
+}
+
+// PodProxyOptions is the query options to a Pod's proxy call
+type PodProxyOptions struct {
+	TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
+
+	// Path is the URL path to use for the current proxy request
+	Path string `json:"path,omitempty" description:"URL path to use in proxy request to pod"`
+}
+
 // Status is a return value for calls that don't return other objects.
 type Status struct {
 	TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/api_installer.go b/pkg/apiserver/api_installer.go
index 10ff4c90c5..4215ef8741 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/api_installer.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/api_installer.go
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage rest.Storag
 	patcher, isPatcher := storage.(rest.Patcher)
 	watcher, isWatcher := storage.(rest.Watcher)
 	_, isRedirector := storage.(rest.Redirector)
+	connecter, isConnecter := storage.(rest.Connecter)
 	storageMeta, isMetadata := storage.(rest.StorageMetadata)
 	if !isMetadata {
 		storageMeta = defaultStorageMetadata{}
@@ -193,6 +194,22 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage rest.Storag
 		isGetter = true
 	}
 
+	var (
+		connectOptions     runtime.Object
+		connectOptionsKind string
+		connectSubpath     bool
+		connectSubpathKey  string
+	)
+	if isConnecter {
+		connectOptions, connectSubpath, connectSubpathKey = connecter.NewConnectOptions()
+		if connectOptions != nil {
+			_, connectOptionsKind, err = a.group.Typer.ObjectVersionAndKind(connectOptions)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	var ctxFn ContextFunc
 	ctxFn = func(req *restful.Request) api.Context {
 		if ctx, ok := context.Get(req.Request); ok {
@@ -238,6 +255,8 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage rest.Storag
 		actions = appendIf(actions, action{"REDIRECT", "redirect/" + itemPath, nameParams, namer}, isRedirector)
 		actions = appendIf(actions, action{"PROXY", "proxy/" + itemPath + "/{path:*}", proxyParams, namer}, isRedirector)
 		actions = appendIf(actions, action{"PROXY", "proxy/" + itemPath, nameParams, namer}, isRedirector)
+		actions = appendIf(actions, action{"CONNECT", itemPath, nameParams, namer}, isConnecter)
+		actions = appendIf(actions, action{"CONNECT", itemPath + "/{path:*}", nameParams, namer}, isConnecter && connectSubpath)
 
 	} else {
 		// v1beta3 format with namespace in path
@@ -275,6 +294,8 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage rest.Storag
 			actions = appendIf(actions, action{"REDIRECT", "redirect/" + itemPath, nameParams, namer}, isRedirector)
 			actions = appendIf(actions, action{"PROXY", "proxy/" + itemPath + "/{path:*}", proxyParams, namer}, isRedirector)
 			actions = appendIf(actions, action{"PROXY", "proxy/" + itemPath, nameParams, namer}, isRedirector)
+			actions = appendIf(actions, action{"CONNECT", itemPath, nameParams, namer}, isConnecter)
+			actions = appendIf(actions, action{"CONNECT", itemPath + "/{path:*}", nameParams, namer}, isConnecter && connectSubpath)
 
 			// list across namespace.
 			namer = scopeNaming{scope, a.group.Linker, gpath.Join(a.prefix, itemPath), true}
@@ -315,6 +336,8 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage rest.Storag
 			actions = appendIf(actions, action{"REDIRECT", "redirect/" + itemPath, nameParams, namer}, isRedirector)
 			actions = appendIf(actions, action{"PROXY", "proxy/" + itemPath + "/{path:*}", proxyParams, namer}, isRedirector)
 			actions = appendIf(actions, action{"PROXY", "proxy/" + itemPath, nameParams, namer}, isRedirector)
+			actions = appendIf(actions, action{"CONNECT", itemPath, nameParams, namer}, isConnecter)
+			actions = appendIf(actions, action{"CONNECT", itemPath + "/{path:*}", nameParams, namer}, isConnecter && connectSubpath)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -480,6 +503,23 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage rest.Storag
 			addProxyRoute(ws, "PUT", a.prefix, action.Path, proxyHandler, kind, resource, action.Params)
 			addProxyRoute(ws, "POST", a.prefix, action.Path, proxyHandler, kind, resource, action.Params)
 			addProxyRoute(ws, "DELETE", a.prefix, action.Path, proxyHandler, kind, resource, action.Params)
+		case "CONNECT":
+			for _, method := range connecter.ConnectMethods() {
+				route := ws.Method(method).Path(action.Path).
+					To(ConnectResource(connecter, reqScope, connectOptionsKind, connectSubpath, connectSubpathKey)).
+					Filter(m).
+					Doc("connect " + method + " requests to " + kind).
+					Operation("connect" + method + kind).
+					Produces("*/*").
+					Consumes("*/*").
+					Writes("string")
+				if connectOptions != nil {
+					if err := addObjectParams(ws, route, connectOptions); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				}
+				ws.Route(route)
+			}
 		default:
 			return fmt.Errorf("unrecognized action verb: %s", action.Verb)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/apiserver_test.go b/pkg/apiserver/apiserver_test.go
index a15a4dbc70..fc2d2ebc8f 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/apiserver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/apiserver_test.go
@@ -348,6 +348,19 @@ func (s *SimpleStream) InputStream(version, accept string) (io.ReadCloser, bool,
 	return s, false, s.contentType, s.err
 }
 
+type SimpleConnectHandler struct {
+	response string
+	err      error
+}
+
+func (h *SimpleConnectHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	w.Write([]byte(h.response))
+}
+
+func (h *SimpleConnectHandler) RequestError() error {
+	return h.err
+}
+
 func (storage *SimpleRESTStorage) Get(ctx api.Context, id string) (runtime.Object, error) {
 	storage.checkContext(ctx)
 	if id == "binary" {
@@ -443,6 +456,39 @@ func (storage *SimpleRESTStorage) ResourceLocation(ctx api.Context, id string) (
 	return &locationCopy, nil, nil
 }
 
+// Implement Connecter
+type ConnecterRESTStorage struct {
+	connectHandler         rest.ConnectHandler
+	emptyConnectOptions    runtime.Object
+	receivedConnectOptions runtime.Object
+	receivedID             string
+	takesPath              string
+}
+
+// Implement Connecter
+var _ = rest.Connecter(&ConnecterRESTStorage{})
+
+func (s *ConnecterRESTStorage) New() runtime.Object {
+	return &Simple{}
+}
+
+func (s *ConnecterRESTStorage) Connect(ctx api.Context, id string, options runtime.Object) (rest.ConnectHandler, error) {
+	s.receivedConnectOptions = options
+	s.receivedID = id
+	return s.connectHandler, nil
+}
+
+func (s *ConnecterRESTStorage) ConnectMethods() []string {
+	return []string{"GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE"}
+}
+
+func (s *ConnecterRESTStorage) NewConnectOptions() (runtime.Object, bool, string) {
+	if len(s.takesPath) > 0 {
+		return s.emptyConnectOptions, true, s.takesPath
+	}
+	return s.emptyConnectOptions, false, ""
+}
+
 type LegacyRESTStorage struct {
 	*SimpleRESTStorage
 }
@@ -1108,6 +1154,135 @@ func TestGetMissing(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
+	responseText := "Hello World"
+	itemID := "theID"
+	connectStorage := &ConnecterRESTStorage{
+		connectHandler: &SimpleConnectHandler{
+			response: responseText,
+		},
+	}
+	storage := map[string]rest.Storage{
+		"simple/connect": connectStorage,
+	}
+	handler := handle(storage)
+	server := httptest.NewServer(handler)
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	resp, err := http.Get(server.URL + "/api/version/simple/" + itemID + "/connect")
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected response: %#v", resp)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if connectStorage.receivedID != itemID {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected item id. Expected: %s. Actual: %s.", itemID, connectStorage.receivedID)
+	}
+	if string(body) != responseText {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected response. Expected: %s. Actual: %s.", responseText, string(body))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConnectWithOptions(t *testing.T) {
+	responseText := "Hello World"
+	itemID := "theID"
+	connectStorage := &ConnecterRESTStorage{
+		connectHandler: &SimpleConnectHandler{
+			response: responseText,
+		},
+		emptyConnectOptions: &SimpleGetOptions{},
+	}
+	storage := map[string]rest.Storage{
+		"simple/connect": connectStorage,
+	}
+	handler := handle(storage)
+	server := httptest.NewServer(handler)
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	resp, err := http.Get(server.URL + "/api/version/simple/" + itemID + "/connect?param1=value1&param2=value2")
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected response: %#v", resp)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if connectStorage.receivedID != itemID {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected item id. Expected: %s. Actual: %s.", itemID, connectStorage.receivedID)
+	}
+	if string(body) != responseText {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected response. Expected: %s. Actual: %s.", responseText, string(body))
+	}
+	opts, ok := connectStorage.receivedConnectOptions.(*SimpleGetOptions)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected options type: %#v", connectStorage.receivedConnectOptions)
+	}
+	if opts.Param1 != "value1" && opts.Param2 != "value2" {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected options value: %#v", opts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConnectWithOptionsAndPath(t *testing.T) {
+	responseText := "Hello World"
+	itemID := "theID"
+	testPath := "a/b/c/def"
+	connectStorage := &ConnecterRESTStorage{
+		connectHandler: &SimpleConnectHandler{
+			response: responseText,
+		},
+		emptyConnectOptions: &SimpleGetOptions{},
+		takesPath:           "atAPath",
+	}
+	storage := map[string]rest.Storage{
+		"simple/connect": connectStorage,
+	}
+	handler := handle(storage)
+	server := httptest.NewServer(handler)
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	resp, err := http.Get(server.URL + "/api/version/simple/" + itemID + "/connect/" + testPath + "?param1=value1&param2=value2")
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected response: %#v", resp)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if connectStorage.receivedID != itemID {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected item id. Expected: %s. Actual: %s.", itemID, connectStorage.receivedID)
+	}
+	if string(body) != responseText {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected response. Expected: %s. Actual: %s.", responseText, string(body))
+	}
+	opts, ok := connectStorage.receivedConnectOptions.(*SimpleGetOptions)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected options type: %#v", connectStorage.receivedConnectOptions)
+	}
+	if opts.Param1 != "value1" && opts.Param2 != "value2" {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected options value: %#v", opts)
+	}
+	if opts.Path != testPath {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected path value. Expected: %s. Actual: %s.", testPath, opts.Path)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	storage := map[string]rest.Storage{}
 	simpleStorage := SimpleRESTStorage{}
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/proxy.go b/pkg/apiserver/proxy.go
index 8b4336beed..1cdb700ba6 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/proxy.go
@@ -17,12 +17,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 package apiserver
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-	"compress/gzip"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
@@ -36,47 +33,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/rest"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/httplog"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util/httpstream"
+	proxyutil "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util/proxy"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/third_party/golang/netutil"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
-	"golang.org/x/net/html"
 )
 
-// tagsToAttrs states which attributes of which tags require URL substitution.
-// Sources: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/index/attributes.html
-//          http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/index.html#attributes-1
-var tagsToAttrs = map[string]util.StringSet{
-	"a":          util.NewStringSet("href"),
-	"applet":     util.NewStringSet("codebase"),
-	"area":       util.NewStringSet("href"),
-	"audio":      util.NewStringSet("src"),
-	"base":       util.NewStringSet("href"),
-	"blockquote": util.NewStringSet("cite"),
-	"body":       util.NewStringSet("background"),
-	"button":     util.NewStringSet("formaction"),
-	"command":    util.NewStringSet("icon"),
-	"del":        util.NewStringSet("cite"),
-	"embed":      util.NewStringSet("src"),
-	"form":       util.NewStringSet("action"),
-	"frame":      util.NewStringSet("longdesc", "src"),
-	"head":       util.NewStringSet("profile"),
-	"html":       util.NewStringSet("manifest"),
-	"iframe":     util.NewStringSet("longdesc", "src"),
-	"img":        util.NewStringSet("longdesc", "src", "usemap"),
-	"input":      util.NewStringSet("src", "usemap", "formaction"),
-	"ins":        util.NewStringSet("cite"),
-	"link":       util.NewStringSet("href"),
-	"object":     util.NewStringSet("classid", "codebase", "data", "usemap"),
-	"q":          util.NewStringSet("cite"),
-	"script":     util.NewStringSet("src"),
-	"source":     util.NewStringSet("src"),
-	"video":      util.NewStringSet("poster", "src"),
-
-	// TODO: css URLs hidden in style elements.
-}
-
 // ProxyHandler provides a http.Handler which will proxy traffic to locations
 // specified by items implementing Redirector.
 type ProxyHandler struct {
@@ -210,10 +173,10 @@ func (r *ProxyHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		if len(namespace) > 0 {
 			prepend = path.Join(r.prefix, "namespaces", namespace, resource, id)
 		}
-		transport = &proxyTransport{
-			proxyScheme:      req.URL.Scheme,
-			proxyHost:        req.URL.Host,
-			proxyPathPrepend: prepend,
+		transport = &proxyutil.Transport{
+			Scheme:      req.URL.Scheme,
+			Host:        req.URL.Host,
+			PathPrepend: prepend,
 		}
 	}
 	proxy.Transport = transport
@@ -321,149 +284,3 @@ func singleJoiningSlash(a, b string) string {
 	}
 	return a + b
 }
-
-type proxyTransport struct {
-	proxyScheme      string
-	proxyHost        string
-	proxyPathPrepend string
-}
-
-func (t *proxyTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-	// Add reverse proxy headers.
-	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Uri", t.proxyPathPrepend+req.URL.Path)
-	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Host", t.proxyHost)
-	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Proto", t.proxyScheme)
-
-	resp, err := http.DefaultTransport.RoundTrip(req)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		message := fmt.Sprintf("Error: '%s'\nTrying to reach: '%v'", err.Error(), req.URL.String())
-		resp = &http.Response{
-			StatusCode: http.StatusServiceUnavailable,
-			Body:       ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(message)),
-		}
-		return resp, nil
-	}
-
-	if redirect := resp.Header.Get("Location"); redirect != "" {
-		resp.Header.Set("Location", t.rewriteURL(redirect, req.URL))
-	}
-
-	cType := resp.Header.Get("Content-Type")
-	cType = strings.TrimSpace(strings.SplitN(cType, ";", 2)[0])
-	if cType != "text/html" {
-		// Do nothing, simply pass through
-		return resp, nil
-	}
-
-	return t.fixLinks(req, resp)
-}
-
-// rewriteURL rewrites a single URL to go through the proxy, if the URL refers
-// to the same host as sourceURL, which is the page on which the target URL
-// occurred. If any error occurs (e.g. parsing), it returns targetURL.
-func (t *proxyTransport) rewriteURL(targetURL string, sourceURL *url.URL) string {
-	url, err := url.Parse(targetURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return targetURL
-	}
-	if url.Host != "" && url.Host != sourceURL.Host {
-		return targetURL
-	}
-
-	url.Scheme = t.proxyScheme
-	url.Host = t.proxyHost
-	origPath := url.Path
-
-	if strings.HasPrefix(url.Path, "/") {
-		// The path is rooted at the host. Just add proxy prepend.
-		url.Path = path.Join(t.proxyPathPrepend, url.Path)
-	} else {
-		// The path is relative to sourceURL.
-		url.Path = path.Join(t.proxyPathPrepend, path.Dir(sourceURL.Path), url.Path)
-	}
-
-	if strings.HasSuffix(origPath, "/") {
-		// Add back the trailing slash, which was stripped by path.Join().
-		url.Path += "/"
-	}
-
-	return url.String()
-}
-
-// updateURLs checks and updates any of n's attributes that are listed in tagsToAttrs.
-// Any URLs found are, if they're relative, updated with the necessary changes to make
-// a visit to that URL also go through the proxy.
-// sourceURL is the URL of the page which we're currently on; it's required to make
-// relative links work.
-func (t *proxyTransport) updateURLs(n *html.Node, sourceURL *url.URL) {
-	if n.Type != html.ElementNode {
-		return
-	}
-	attrs, ok := tagsToAttrs[n.Data]
-	if !ok {
-		return
-	}
-	for i, attr := range n.Attr {
-		if !attrs.Has(attr.Key) {
-			continue
-		}
-		n.Attr[i].Val = t.rewriteURL(attr.Val, sourceURL)
-	}
-}
-
-// scan recursively calls f for every n and every subnode of n.
-func (t *proxyTransport) scan(n *html.Node, f func(*html.Node)) {
-	f(n)
-	for c := n.FirstChild; c != nil; c = c.NextSibling {
-		t.scan(c, f)
-	}
-}
-
-// fixLinks modifies links in an HTML file such that they will be redirected through the proxy if needed.
-func (t *proxyTransport) fixLinks(req *http.Request, resp *http.Response) (*http.Response, error) {
-	origBody := resp.Body
-	defer origBody.Close()
-
-	newContent := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	var reader io.Reader = origBody
-	var writer io.Writer = newContent
-	encoding := resp.Header.Get("Content-Encoding")
-	switch encoding {
-	case "gzip":
-		var err error
-		reader, err = gzip.NewReader(reader)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("errorf making gzip reader: %v", err)
-		}
-		gzw := gzip.NewWriter(writer)
-		defer gzw.Close()
-		writer = gzw
-	// TODO: support flate, other encodings.
-	case "":
-		// This is fine
-	default:
-		// Some encoding we don't understand-- don't try to parse this
-		glog.Errorf("Proxy encountered encoding %v for text/html; can't understand this so not fixing links.", encoding)
-		return resp, nil
-	}
-
-	doc, err := html.Parse(reader)
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Errorf("Parse failed: %v", err)
-		return resp, err
-	}
-
-	t.scan(doc, func(n *html.Node) { t.updateURLs(n, req.URL) })
-	if err := html.Render(writer, doc); err != nil {
-		glog.Errorf("Failed to render: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	resp.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(newContent)
-	// Update header node with new content-length
-	// TODO: Remove any hash/signature headers here?
-	resp.Header.Del("Content-Length")
-	resp.ContentLength = int64(newContent.Len())
-
-	return resp, err
-}
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/proxy_test.go b/pkg/apiserver/proxy_test.go
index 9d2f25ecd0..38509095bb 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/proxy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/proxy_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package apiserver
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -29,207 +28,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/rest"
-	"golang.org/x/net/html"
 	"golang.org/x/net/websocket"
 )
 
-func parseURLOrDie(inURL string) *url.URL {
-	parsed, err := url.Parse(inURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return parsed
-}
-
-// fmtHTML parses and re-emits 'in', effectively canonicalizing it.
-func fmtHTML(in string) string {
-	doc, err := html.Parse(strings.NewReader(in))
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	if err := html.Render(out, doc); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return string(out.Bytes())
-}
-
-func TestProxyTransport(t *testing.T) {
-	testTransport := &proxyTransport{
-		proxyScheme:      "http",
-		proxyHost:        "foo.com",
-		proxyPathPrepend: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250",
-	}
-	testTransport2 := &proxyTransport{
-		proxyScheme:      "https",
-		proxyHost:        "foo.com",
-		proxyPathPrepend: "/proxy/minion/minion1:8080",
-	}
-	type Item struct {
-		input        string
-		sourceURL    string
-		transport    *proxyTransport
-		output       string
-		contentType  string
-		forwardedURI string
-		redirect     string
-		redirectWant string
-	}
-
-	table := map[string]Item{
-		"normal": {
-			input:        `<pre><a href="kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="/google.log">google.log</a></pre>`,
-			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/logs/log.log",
-			transport:    testTransport,
-			output:       `<pre><a href="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/logs/kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/google.log">google.log</a></pre>`,
-			contentType:  "text/html",
-			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/logs/log.log",
-		},
-		"trailing slash": {
-			input:        `<pre><a href="kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="/google.log/">google.log</a></pre>`,
-			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/logs/log.log",
-			transport:    testTransport,
-			output:       `<pre><a href="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/logs/kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/google.log/">google.log</a></pre>`,
-			contentType:  "text/html",
-			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/logs/log.log",
-		},
-		"content-type charset": {
-			input:        `<pre><a href="kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="/google.log">google.log</a></pre>`,
-			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/logs/log.log",
-			transport:    testTransport,
-			output:       `<pre><a href="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/logs/kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/google.log">google.log</a></pre>`,
-			contentType:  "text/html; charset=utf-8",
-			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/logs/log.log",
-		},
-		"content-type passthrough": {
-			input:        `<pre><a href="kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="/google.log">google.log</a></pre>`,
-			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/logs/log.log",
-			transport:    testTransport,
-			output:       `<pre><a href="kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="/google.log">google.log</a></pre>`,
-			contentType:  "text/plain",
-			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/logs/log.log",
-		},
-		"subdir": {
-			input:        `<a href="kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="/google.log">google.log</a>`,
-			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/whatever/apt/somelog.log",
-			transport:    testTransport2,
-			output:       `<a href="https://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:8080/whatever/apt/kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="https://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:8080/google.log">google.log</a>`,
-			contentType:  "text/html",
-			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:8080/whatever/apt/somelog.log",
-		},
-		"image": {
-			input:        `<pre><img src="kubernetes.jpg"/></pre>`,
-			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/",
-			transport:    testTransport,
-			output:       `<pre><img src="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/kubernetes.jpg"/></pre>`,
-			contentType:  "text/html",
-			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/",
-		},
-		"abs": {
-			input:        `<script src="http://google.com/kubernetes.js"/>`,
-			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/any/path/",
-			transport:    testTransport,
-			output:       `<script src="http://google.com/kubernetes.js"/>`,
-			contentType:  "text/html",
-			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/any/path/",
-		},
-		"abs but same host": {
-			input:        `<script src="http://myminion.com/kubernetes.js"/>`,
-			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/any/path/",
-			transport:    testTransport,
-			output:       `<script src="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/kubernetes.js"/>`,
-			contentType:  "text/html",
-			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/any/path/",
-		},
-		"redirect rel": {
-			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/redirect",
-			transport:    testTransport,
-			redirect:     "/redirected/target/",
-			redirectWant: "http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/redirected/target/",
-			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/redirect",
-		},
-		"redirect abs same host": {
-			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/redirect",
-			transport:    testTransport,
-			redirect:     "http://myminion.com/redirected/target/",
-			redirectWant: "http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/redirected/target/",
-			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/redirect",
-		},
-		"redirect abs other host": {
-			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/redirect",
-			transport:    testTransport,
-			redirect:     "http://example.com/redirected/target/",
-			redirectWant: "http://example.com/redirected/target/",
-			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/redirect",
-		},
-	}
-
-	testItem := func(name string, item *Item) {
-		// Canonicalize the html so we can diff.
-		item.input = fmtHTML(item.input)
-		item.output = fmtHTML(item.output)
-
-		server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			// Check request headers.
-			if got, want := r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Uri"), item.forwardedURI; got != want {
-				t.Errorf("%v: X-Forwarded-Uri = %q, want %q", name, got, want)
-			}
-			if got, want := r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Host"), item.transport.proxyHost; got != want {
-				t.Errorf("%v: X-Forwarded-Host = %q, want %q", name, got, want)
-			}
-			if got, want := r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Proto"), item.transport.proxyScheme; got != want {
-				t.Errorf("%v: X-Forwarded-Proto = %q, want %q", name, got, want)
-			}
-
-			// Send response.
-			if item.redirect != "" {
-				http.Redirect(w, r, item.redirect, http.StatusMovedPermanently)
-				return
-			}
-			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", item.contentType)
-			fmt.Fprint(w, item.input)
-		}))
-		defer server.Close()
-
-		// Replace source URL with our test server address.
-		sourceURL := parseURLOrDie(item.sourceURL)
-		serverURL := parseURLOrDie(server.URL)
-		item.input = strings.Replace(item.input, sourceURL.Host, serverURL.Host, -1)
-		item.redirect = strings.Replace(item.redirect, sourceURL.Host, serverURL.Host, -1)
-		sourceURL.Host = serverURL.Host
-
-		req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", sourceURL.String(), nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("%v: Unexpected error: %v", name, err)
-			return
-		}
-		resp, err := item.transport.RoundTrip(req)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("%v: Unexpected error: %v", name, err)
-			return
-		}
-		if item.redirect != "" {
-			// Check that redirect URLs get rewritten properly.
-			if got, want := resp.Header.Get("Location"), item.redirectWant; got != want {
-				t.Errorf("%v: Location header = %q, want %q", name, got, want)
-			}
-			return
-		}
-		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("%v: Unexpected error: %v", name, err)
-			return
-		}
-		if e, a := item.output, string(body); e != a {
-			t.Errorf("%v: expected %v, but got %v", name, e, a)
-		}
-	}
-
-	for name, item := range table {
-		testItem(name, &item)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestProxy(t *testing.T) {
 	table := []struct {
 		method          string
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/resthandler.go b/pkg/apiserver/resthandler.go
index 26cd92384c..f449dc88b1 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/resthandler.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/resthandler.go
@@ -116,16 +116,7 @@ func GetResource(r rest.Getter, scope RequestScope) restful.RouteFunction {
 func GetResourceWithOptions(r rest.GetterWithOptions, scope RequestScope, getOptionsKind string, subpath bool, subpathKey string) restful.RouteFunction {
 	return getResourceHandler(scope,
 		func(ctx api.Context, name string, req *restful.Request) (runtime.Object, error) {
-			query := req.Request.URL.Query()
-			if subpath {
-				newQuery := make(url.Values)
-				for k, v := range query {
-					newQuery[k] = v
-				}
-				newQuery[subpathKey] = []string{req.PathParameter("path")}
-				query = newQuery
-			}
-			opts, err := queryToObject(query, scope, getOptionsKind)
+			opts, err := getRequestOptions(req, scope, getOptionsKind, subpath, subpathKey)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -133,6 +124,52 @@ func GetResourceWithOptions(r rest.GetterWithOptions, scope RequestScope, getOpt
 		})
 }
 
+func getRequestOptions(req *restful.Request, scope RequestScope, kind string, subpath bool, subpathKey string) (runtime.Object, error) {
+	if len(kind) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	query := req.Request.URL.Query()
+	if subpath {
+		newQuery := make(url.Values)
+		for k, v := range query {
+			newQuery[k] = v
+		}
+		newQuery[subpathKey] = []string{req.PathParameter("path")}
+		query = newQuery
+	}
+	return queryToObject(query, scope, kind)
+}
+
+// ConnectResource returns a function that handles a connect request on a rest.Storage object.
+func ConnectResource(connecter rest.Connecter, scope RequestScope, connectOptionsKind string, subpath bool, subpathKey string) restful.RouteFunction {
+	return func(req *restful.Request, res *restful.Response) {
+		w := res.ResponseWriter
+		namespace, name, err := scope.Namer.Name(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			errorJSON(err, scope.Codec, w)
+			return
+		}
+		ctx := scope.ContextFunc(req)
+		ctx = api.WithNamespace(ctx, namespace)
+		opts, err := getRequestOptions(req, scope, connectOptionsKind, subpath, subpathKey)
+		if err != nil {
+			errorJSON(err, scope.Codec, w)
+			return
+		}
+		handler, err := connecter.Connect(ctx, name, opts)
+		if err != nil {
+			errorJSON(err, scope.Codec, w)
+			return
+		}
+		handler.ServeHTTP(w, req.Request)
+		err = handler.RequestError()
+		if err != nil {
+			errorJSON(err, scope.Codec, w)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // ListResource returns a function that handles retrieving a list of resources from a rest.Storage object.
 func ListResource(r rest.Lister, rw rest.Watcher, scope RequestScope, forceWatch bool) restful.RouteFunction {
 	return func(req *restful.Request, res *restful.Response) {
diff --git a/pkg/master/master.go b/pkg/master/master.go
index ca7c987df4..a310bd1766 100644
--- a/pkg/master/master.go
+++ b/pkg/master/master.go
@@ -387,11 +387,14 @@ func (m *Master) init(c *Config) {
 
 	// TODO: Factor out the core API registration
 	m.storage = map[string]rest.Storage{
-		"pods":         podStorage.Pod,
-		"pods/status":  podStorage.Status,
-		"pods/log":     podStorage.Log,
-		"pods/binding": podStorage.Binding,
-		"bindings":     podStorage.Binding,
+		"pods":             podStorage.Pod,
+		"pods/status":      podStorage.Status,
+		"pods/log":         podStorage.Log,
+		"pods/exec":        podStorage.Exec,
+		"pods/portforward": podStorage.PortForward,
+		"pods/proxy":       podStorage.Proxy,
+		"pods/binding":     podStorage.Binding,
+		"bindings":         podStorage.Binding,
 
 		"replicationControllers": controllerStorage,
 		"services":               service.NewStorage(m.serviceRegistry, m.nodeRegistry, m.endpointRegistry, m.portalNet, c.ClusterName),
diff --git a/pkg/registry/generic/rest/proxy.go b/pkg/registry/generic/rest/proxy.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdee893c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/registry/generic/rest/proxy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package rest
+
+import (
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httputil"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util/httpstream"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util/proxy"
+
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/third_party/golang/netutil"
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+)
+
+// UpgradeAwareProxyHandler is a handler for proxy requests that may require an upgrade
+type UpgradeAwareProxyHandler struct {
+	UpgradeRequired bool
+	Location        *url.URL
+	Transport       http.RoundTripper
+	FlushInterval   time.Duration
+	err             error
+}
+
+const defaultFlushInterval = 200 * time.Millisecond
+
+// NewUpgradeAwareProxyHandler creates a new proxy handler with a default flush interval
+func NewUpgradeAwareProxyHandler(location *url.URL, transport http.RoundTripper, upgradeRequired bool) *UpgradeAwareProxyHandler {
+	return &UpgradeAwareProxyHandler{
+		Location:        location,
+		Transport:       transport,
+		UpgradeRequired: upgradeRequired,
+		FlushInterval:   defaultFlushInterval,
+	}
+}
+
+// RequestError returns an error that occurred while handling request
+func (h *UpgradeAwareProxyHandler) RequestError() error {
+	return h.err
+}
+
+// ServeHTTP handles the proxy request
+func (h *UpgradeAwareProxyHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	h.err = nil
+	if len(h.Location.Scheme) == 0 {
+		h.Location.Scheme = "http"
+	}
+	if h.tryUpgrade(w, req) {
+		return
+	}
+	if h.UpgradeRequired {
+		h.err = errors.NewBadRequest("Upgrade request required")
+		return
+	}
+
+	if h.Transport == nil {
+		h.Transport = h.defaultProxyTransport(req.URL)
+	}
+
+	loc := *h.Location
+	loc.RawQuery = req.URL.RawQuery
+	newReq, err := http.NewRequest(req.Method, loc.String(), req.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		h.err = err
+		return
+	}
+	newReq.Header = req.Header
+
+	proxy := httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy(&url.URL{Scheme: h.Location.Scheme, Host: h.Location.Host})
+	proxy.Transport = h.Transport
+	proxy.FlushInterval = h.FlushInterval
+	proxy.ServeHTTP(w, newReq)
+}
+
+// tryUpgrade returns true if the request was handled.
+func (h *UpgradeAwareProxyHandler) tryUpgrade(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) bool {
+	if !httpstream.IsUpgradeRequest(req) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	backendConn, err := h.dialURL()
+	if err != nil {
+		h.err = err
+		return true
+	}
+	defer backendConn.Close()
+
+	requestHijackedConn, _, err := w.(http.Hijacker).Hijack()
+	if err != nil {
+		h.err = err
+		return true
+	}
+	defer requestHijackedConn.Close()
+
+	newReq, err := http.NewRequest(req.Method, h.Location.String(), req.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		h.err = err
+		return true
+	}
+	newReq.Header = req.Header
+
+	if err = newReq.Write(backendConn); err != nil {
+		h.err = err
+		return true
+	}
+
+	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wg.Add(2)
+
+	go func() {
+		_, err := io.Copy(backendConn, requestHijackedConn)
+		if err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "use of closed network connection") {
+			glog.Errorf("Error proxying data from client to backend: %v", err)
+		}
+		wg.Done()
+	}()
+
+	go func() {
+		_, err := io.Copy(requestHijackedConn, backendConn)
+		if err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "use of closed network connection") {
+			glog.Errorf("Error proxying data from backend to client: %v", err)
+		}
+		wg.Done()
+	}()
+
+	wg.Wait()
+	return true
+}
+
+func (h *UpgradeAwareProxyHandler) dialURL() (net.Conn, error) {
+	dialAddr := netutil.CanonicalAddr(h.Location)
+
+	switch h.Location.Scheme {
+	case "http":
+		return net.Dial("tcp", dialAddr)
+	case "https":
+		// Get the tls config from the transport if we recognize it
+		var tlsConfig *tls.Config
+		if h.Transport != nil {
+			httpTransport, ok := h.Transport.(*http.Transport)
+			if ok {
+				tlsConfig = httpTransport.TLSClientConfig
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Dial
+		tlsConn, err := tls.Dial("tcp", dialAddr, tlsConfig)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// Verify
+		host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(dialAddr)
+		if err := tlsConn.VerifyHostname(host); err != nil {
+			tlsConn.Close()
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		return tlsConn, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown scheme: %s", h.Location.Scheme)
+	}
+}
+
+func (h *UpgradeAwareProxyHandler) defaultProxyTransport(url *url.URL) http.RoundTripper {
+	scheme := url.Scheme
+	host := url.Host
+	pathPrepend := strings.TrimRight(url.Path, h.Location.Path)
+	return &proxy.Transport{
+		Scheme:      scheme,
+		Host:        host,
+		PathPrepend: pathPrepend,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/generic/rest/proxy_test.go b/pkg/registry/generic/rest/proxy_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..615312032c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/registry/generic/rest/proxy_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package rest
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/websocket"
+)
+
+type SimpleBackendHandler struct {
+	requestURL     url.URL
+	requestHeader  http.Header
+	requestBody    []byte
+	requestMethod  string
+	responseBody   string
+	responseHeader map[string]string
+	t              *testing.T
+}
+
+func (s *SimpleBackendHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	s.requestURL = *req.URL
+	s.requestHeader = req.Header
+	s.requestMethod = req.Method
+	var err error
+	s.requestBody, err = ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range s.responseHeader {
+		w.Header().Add(k, v)
+	}
+	w.Write([]byte(s.responseBody))
+}
+
+func validateParameters(t *testing.T, name string, actual url.Values, expected map[string]string) {
+	for k, v := range expected {
+		actualValue, ok := actual[k]
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("%s: Expected parameter %s not received", name, k)
+			continue
+		}
+		if actualValue[0] != v {
+			t.Errorf("%s: Parameter %s values don't match. Actual: %#v, Expected: %s",
+				name, k, actualValue, v)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func validateHeaders(t *testing.T, name string, actual http.Header, expected map[string]string) {
+	for k, v := range expected {
+		actualValue, ok := actual[k]
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("%s: Expected header %s not received", name, k)
+			continue
+		}
+		if actualValue[0] != v {
+			t.Errorf("%s: Header %s values don't match. Actual: %s, Expected: %s",
+				name, k, actualValue, v)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		method        string
+		requestPath   string
+		requestBody   string
+		requestParams map[string]string
+		requestHeader map[string]string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "root path, simple get",
+			method:      "GET",
+			requestPath: "/",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "simple path, get",
+			method:      "GET",
+			requestPath: "/path/to/test",
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "request params",
+			method:        "POST",
+			requestPath:   "/some/path",
+			requestParams: map[string]string{"param1": "value/1", "param2": "value%2"},
+			requestBody:   "test request body",
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "request headers",
+			method:        "PUT",
+			requestPath:   "/some/path",
+			requestHeader: map[string]string{"Header1": "value1", "Header2": "value2"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		func() {
+			backendResponse := "<html><head></head><body><a href=\"/test/path\">Hello</a></body></html>"
+			backendHandler := &SimpleBackendHandler{
+				responseBody:   backendResponse,
+				responseHeader: map[string]string{"Content-Type": "text/html"},
+			}
+			backendServer := httptest.NewServer(backendHandler)
+			defer backendServer.Close()
+
+			backendURL, _ := url.Parse(backendServer.URL)
+			backendURL.Path = test.requestPath
+			proxyHandler := &UpgradeAwareProxyHandler{
+				Location: backendURL,
+			}
+			proxyServer := httptest.NewServer(proxyHandler)
+			defer proxyServer.Close()
+			proxyURL, _ := url.Parse(proxyServer.URL)
+			proxyURL.Path = test.requestPath
+			paramValues := url.Values{}
+			for k, v := range test.requestParams {
+				paramValues[k] = []string{v}
+			}
+			proxyURL.RawQuery = paramValues.Encode()
+			var requestBody io.Reader
+			if test.requestBody != "" {
+				requestBody = bytes.NewBufferString(test.requestBody)
+			}
+			req, err := http.NewRequest(test.method, proxyURL.String(), requestBody)
+			if test.requestHeader != nil {
+				header := http.Header{}
+				for k, v := range test.requestHeader {
+					header.Add(k, v)
+				}
+				req.Header = header
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("Error creating client request: %v", err)
+			}
+			client := &http.Client{}
+			res, err := client.Do(req)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("Error from proxy request: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			// Validate backend request
+			// Method
+			if backendHandler.requestMethod != test.method {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected request method: %s. Expected: %s",
+					backendHandler.requestMethod, test.method)
+			}
+
+			// Body
+			if string(backendHandler.requestBody) != test.requestBody {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected request body: %s. Expected: %s",
+					string(backendHandler.requestBody), test.requestBody)
+			}
+
+			// Path
+			if backendHandler.requestURL.Path != test.requestPath {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected request path: %s", backendHandler.requestURL.Path)
+			}
+			// Parameters
+			validateParameters(t, test.name, backendHandler.requestURL.Query(), test.requestParams)
+
+			// Headers
+			validateHeaders(t, test.name+" backend request", backendHandler.requestHeader,
+				test.requestHeader)
+
+			// Validate proxy response
+			// Validate Body
+			responseBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected error reading response body: %v", err)
+			}
+			if rb := string(responseBody); rb != backendResponse {
+				t.Errorf("Did not get expected response body: %s. Expected: %s", rb, backendResponse)
+			}
+
+			// Error
+			err = proxyHandler.RequestError()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected proxy handler error: %v", err)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProxyUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
+	backendServer := httptest.NewServer(websocket.Handler(func(ws *websocket.Conn) {
+		defer ws.Close()
+		body := make([]byte, 5)
+		ws.Read(body)
+		ws.Write([]byte("hello " + string(body)))
+	}))
+	defer backendServer.Close()
+
+	serverURL, _ := url.Parse(backendServer.URL)
+	proxyHandler := &UpgradeAwareProxyHandler{
+		Location: serverURL,
+	}
+	proxy := httptest.NewServer(proxyHandler)
+	defer proxy.Close()
+
+	ws, err := websocket.Dial("ws://"+proxy.Listener.Addr().String()+"/some/path", "", "http://127.0.0.1/")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("websocket dial err: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer ws.Close()
+
+	if _, err := ws.Write([]byte("world")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	response := make([]byte, 20)
+	n, err := ws.Read(response)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read err: %s", err)
+	}
+	if e, a := "hello world", string(response[0:n]); e != a {
+		t.Fatalf("expected '%#v', got '%#v'", e, a)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/pod/etcd/etcd.go b/pkg/registry/pod/etcd/etcd.go
index 90ba972851..a3ab8e7edc 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/pod/etcd/etcd.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/pod/etcd/etcd.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"path"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -39,10 +40,13 @@ import (
 
 // PodStorage includes storage for pods and all sub resources
 type PodStorage struct {
-	Pod     *REST
-	Binding *BindingREST
-	Status  *StatusREST
-	Log     *LogREST
+	Pod         *REST
+	Binding     *BindingREST
+	Status      *StatusREST
+	Log         *LogREST
+	Proxy       *ProxyREST
+	Exec        *ExecREST
+	PortForward *PortForwardREST
 }
 
 // REST implements a RESTStorage for pods against etcd
@@ -85,10 +89,13 @@ func NewStorage(h tools.EtcdHelper, k client.ConnectionInfoGetter) PodStorage {
 	statusStore.UpdateStrategy = pod.StatusStrategy
 
 	return PodStorage{
-		Pod:     &REST{*store},
-		Binding: &BindingREST{store: store},
-		Status:  &StatusREST{store: &statusStore},
-		Log:     &LogREST{store: store, kubeletConn: k},
+		Pod:         &REST{*store},
+		Binding:     &BindingREST{store: store},
+		Status:      &StatusREST{store: &statusStore},
+		Log:         &LogREST{store: store, kubeletConn: k},
+		Proxy:       &ProxyREST{store: store},
+		Exec:        &ExecREST{store: store, kubeletConn: k},
+		PortForward: &PortForwardREST{store: store, kubeletConn: k},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -193,6 +200,9 @@ func (r *StatusREST) Update(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object
 	return r.store.Update(ctx, obj)
 }
 
+// Implement GetterWithOptions
+var _ = rest.GetterWithOptions(&LogREST{})
+
 // LogREST implements the log endpoint for a Pod
 type LogREST struct {
 	store       *etcdgeneric.Etcd
@@ -204,7 +214,8 @@ var _ = rest.GetterWithOptions(&LogREST{})
 
 // New creates a new Pod log options object
 func (r *LogREST) New() runtime.Object {
-	return &api.PodLogOptions{}
+	// TODO - return a resource that represents a log
+	return &api.Pod{}
 }
 
 // Get retrieves a runtime.Object that will stream the contents of the pod log
@@ -229,3 +240,114 @@ func (r *LogREST) Get(ctx api.Context, name string, opts runtime.Object) (runtim
 func (r *LogREST) NewGetOptions() (runtime.Object, bool, string) {
 	return &api.PodLogOptions{}, false, ""
 }
+
+// ProxyREST implements the proxy subresource for a Pod
+type ProxyREST struct {
+	store *etcdgeneric.Etcd
+}
+
+// Implement Connecter
+var _ = rest.Connecter(&ProxyREST{})
+
+var proxyMethods = []string{"GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "HEAD", "OPTIONS"}
+
+// New returns an empty pod resource
+func (r *ProxyREST) New() runtime.Object {
+	return &api.Pod{}
+}
+
+// ConnectMethods returns the list of HTTP methods that can be proxied
+func (r *ProxyREST) ConnectMethods() []string {
+	return proxyMethods
+}
+
+// NewConnectOptions returns versioned resource that represents proxy parameters
+func (r *ProxyREST) NewConnectOptions() (runtime.Object, bool, string) {
+	return &api.PodProxyOptions{}, true, "path"
+}
+
+// Connect returns a handler for the pod proxy
+func (r *ProxyREST) Connect(ctx api.Context, id string, opts runtime.Object) (rest.ConnectHandler, error) {
+	proxyOpts, ok := opts.(*api.PodProxyOptions)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid options object: %#v", opts)
+	}
+	location, _, err := pod.ResourceLocation(r.store, ctx, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	location.Path = path.Join(location.Path, proxyOpts.Path)
+	return genericrest.NewUpgradeAwareProxyHandler(location, nil, false), nil
+}
+
+var upgradeableMethods = []string{"GET"}
+
+// ExecREST implements the exec subresource for a Pod
+type ExecREST struct {
+	store       *etcdgeneric.Etcd
+	kubeletConn client.ConnectionInfoGetter
+}
+
+// Implement Connecter
+var _ = rest.Connecter(&ExecREST{})
+
+// New creates a new Pod object
+func (r *ExecREST) New() runtime.Object {
+	return &api.Pod{}
+}
+
+// Connect returns a handler for the pod exec proxy
+func (r *ExecREST) Connect(ctx api.Context, name string, opts runtime.Object) (rest.ConnectHandler, error) {
+	execOpts, ok := opts.(*api.PodExecOptions)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid options object: %#v", opts)
+	}
+	location, transport, err := pod.ExecLocation(r.store, r.kubeletConn, ctx, name, execOpts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return genericrest.NewUpgradeAwareProxyHandler(location, transport, true), nil
+}
+
+// NewConnectOptions returns the versioned object that represents exec parameters
+func (r *ExecREST) NewConnectOptions() (runtime.Object, bool, string) {
+	return &api.PodExecOptions{}, false, ""
+}
+
+// ConnectMethods returns the methods supported by exec
+func (r *ExecREST) ConnectMethods() []string {
+	return upgradeableMethods
+}
+
+// PortForwardREST implements the portforward subresource for a Pod
+type PortForwardREST struct {
+	store       *etcdgeneric.Etcd
+	kubeletConn client.ConnectionInfoGetter
+}
+
+// Implement Connecter
+var _ = rest.Connecter(&PortForwardREST{})
+
+// New returns an empty pod object
+func (r *PortForwardREST) New() runtime.Object {
+	return &api.Pod{}
+}
+
+// NewConnectOptions returns nil since portforward doesn't take additional parameters
+func (r *PortForwardREST) NewConnectOptions() (runtime.Object, bool, string) {
+	return nil, false, ""
+}
+
+// ConnectMethods returns the methods supported by portforward
+func (r *PortForwardREST) ConnectMethods() []string {
+	return upgradeableMethods
+}
+
+// Connect returns a handler for the pod portforward proxy
+func (r *PortForwardREST) Connect(ctx api.Context, name string, opts runtime.Object) (rest.ConnectHandler, error) {
+	location, transport, err := pod.PortForwardLocation(r.store, r.kubeletConn, ctx, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return genericrest.NewUpgradeAwareProxyHandler(location, transport, true), nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/pod/rest.go b/pkg/registry/pod/rest.go
index 6d70f66ce6..5f81e9c843 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/pod/rest.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/pod/rest.go
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func LogLocation(getter ResourceGetter, connInfo client.ConnectionInfoGetter, ct
 		if len(pod.Spec.Containers) == 1 {
 			container = pod.Spec.Containers[0].Name
 		} else {
-			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("a container name must be specified for pod %s", name)
+			return nil, nil, errors.NewBadRequest(fmt.Sprintf("a container name must be specified for pod %s", name))
 		}
 	}
 	nodeHost := pod.Status.HostIP
@@ -226,3 +226,78 @@ func LogLocation(getter ResourceGetter, connInfo client.ConnectionInfoGetter, ct
 	}
 	return loc, nodeTransport, nil
 }
+
+// ExecLocation returns the exec URL for a pod container. If opts.Container is blank
+// and only one container is present in the pod, that container is used.
+func ExecLocation(getter ResourceGetter, connInfo client.ConnectionInfoGetter, ctx api.Context, name string, opts *api.PodExecOptions) (*url.URL, http.RoundTripper, error) {
+
+	pod, err := getPod(getter, ctx, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Try to figure out a container
+	container := opts.Container
+	if container == "" {
+		if len(pod.Spec.Containers) == 1 {
+			container = pod.Spec.Containers[0].Name
+		} else {
+			return nil, nil, errors.NewBadRequest(fmt.Sprintf("a container name must be specified for pod %s", name))
+		}
+	}
+	nodeHost := pod.Status.HostIP
+	if len(nodeHost) == 0 {
+		// If pod has not been assigned a host, return an empty location
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("pod %s does not have a host assigned", name)
+	}
+	nodeScheme, nodePort, nodeTransport, err := connInfo.GetConnectionInfo(nodeHost)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	params := url.Values{}
+	if opts.Stdin {
+		params.Add(api.ExecStdinParam, "1")
+	}
+	if opts.Stdout {
+		params.Add(api.ExecStdoutParam, "1")
+	}
+	if opts.Stderr {
+		params.Add(api.ExecStderrParam, "1")
+	}
+	if opts.TTY {
+		params.Add(api.ExecTTYParam, "1")
+	}
+	params.Add("command", opts.Command)
+	loc := &url.URL{
+		Scheme:   nodeScheme,
+		Host:     fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", nodeHost, nodePort),
+		Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/exec/%s/%s/%s", pod.Namespace, name, container),
+		RawQuery: params.Encode(),
+	}
+	return loc, nodeTransport, nil
+}
+
+// PortForwardLocation returns a the port-forward URL for a pod.
+func PortForwardLocation(getter ResourceGetter, connInfo client.ConnectionInfoGetter, ctx api.Context, name string) (*url.URL, http.RoundTripper, error) {
+
+	pod, err := getPod(getter, ctx, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	nodeHost := pod.Status.HostIP
+	if len(nodeHost) == 0 {
+		// If pod has not been assigned a host, return an empty location
+		return nil, nil, errors.NewBadRequest(fmt.Sprintf("pod %s does not have a host assigned", name))
+	}
+	nodeScheme, nodePort, nodeTransport, err := connInfo.GetConnectionInfo(nodeHost)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	loc := &url.URL{
+		Scheme: nodeScheme,
+		Host:   fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", nodeHost, nodePort),
+		Path:   fmt.Sprintf("/portForward/%s/%s", pod.Namespace, name),
+	}
+	return loc, nodeTransport, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/proxy/doc.go b/pkg/util/proxy/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9001817373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/proxy/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Package proxy provides transport and upgrade support for proxies
+package proxy
diff --git a/pkg/util/proxy/transport.go b/pkg/util/proxy/transport.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf8525c57e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/proxy/transport.go
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package proxy
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"path"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"golang.org/x/net/html"
+
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
+)
+
+// tagsToAttrs states which attributes of which tags require URL substitution.
+// Sources: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/index/attributes.html
+//          http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/index.html#attributes-1
+var tagsToAttrs = map[string]util.StringSet{
+	"a":          util.NewStringSet("href"),
+	"applet":     util.NewStringSet("codebase"),
+	"area":       util.NewStringSet("href"),
+	"audio":      util.NewStringSet("src"),
+	"base":       util.NewStringSet("href"),
+	"blockquote": util.NewStringSet("cite"),
+	"body":       util.NewStringSet("background"),
+	"button":     util.NewStringSet("formaction"),
+	"command":    util.NewStringSet("icon"),
+	"del":        util.NewStringSet("cite"),
+	"embed":      util.NewStringSet("src"),
+	"form":       util.NewStringSet("action"),
+	"frame":      util.NewStringSet("longdesc", "src"),
+	"head":       util.NewStringSet("profile"),
+	"html":       util.NewStringSet("manifest"),
+	"iframe":     util.NewStringSet("longdesc", "src"),
+	"img":        util.NewStringSet("longdesc", "src", "usemap"),
+	"input":      util.NewStringSet("src", "usemap", "formaction"),
+	"ins":        util.NewStringSet("cite"),
+	"link":       util.NewStringSet("href"),
+	"object":     util.NewStringSet("classid", "codebase", "data", "usemap"),
+	"q":          util.NewStringSet("cite"),
+	"script":     util.NewStringSet("src"),
+	"source":     util.NewStringSet("src"),
+	"video":      util.NewStringSet("poster", "src"),
+
+	// TODO: css URLs hidden in style elements.
+}
+
+// Transport is a transport for text/html content that replaces URLs in html
+// content with the prefix of the proxy server
+type Transport struct {
+	Scheme      string
+	Host        string
+	PathPrepend string
+}
+
+// RoundTrip implements the http.RoundTripper interface
+func (t *Transport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	// Add reverse proxy headers.
+	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Uri", t.PathPrepend+req.URL.Path)
+	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Host", t.Host)
+	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Proto", t.Scheme)
+
+	resp, err := http.DefaultTransport.RoundTrip(req)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		message := fmt.Sprintf("Error: '%s'\nTrying to reach: '%v'", err.Error(), req.URL.String())
+		resp = &http.Response{
+			StatusCode: http.StatusServiceUnavailable,
+			Body:       ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(message)),
+		}
+		return resp, nil
+	}
+
+	if redirect := resp.Header.Get("Location"); redirect != "" {
+		resp.Header.Set("Location", t.rewriteURL(redirect, req.URL))
+		return resp, nil
+	}
+
+	cType := resp.Header.Get("Content-Type")
+	cType = strings.TrimSpace(strings.SplitN(cType, ";", 2)[0])
+	if cType != "text/html" {
+		// Do nothing, simply pass through
+		return resp, nil
+	}
+
+	return t.fixLinks(req, resp)
+}
+
+// rewriteURL rewrites a single URL to go through the proxy, if the URL refers
+// to the same host as sourceURL, which is the page on which the target URL
+// occurred. If any error occurs (e.g. parsing), it returns targetURL.
+func (t *Transport) rewriteURL(targetURL string, sourceURL *url.URL) string {
+	url, err := url.Parse(targetURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return targetURL
+	}
+	if url.Host != "" && url.Host != sourceURL.Host {
+		return targetURL
+	}
+
+	url.Scheme = t.Scheme
+	url.Host = t.Host
+	origPath := url.Path
+
+	if strings.HasPrefix(url.Path, "/") {
+		// The path is rooted at the host. Just add proxy prepend.
+		url.Path = path.Join(t.PathPrepend, url.Path)
+	} else {
+		// The path is relative to sourceURL.
+		url.Path = path.Join(t.PathPrepend, path.Dir(sourceURL.Path), url.Path)
+	}
+
+	if strings.HasSuffix(origPath, "/") {
+		// Add back the trailing slash, which was stripped by path.Join().
+		url.Path += "/"
+	}
+
+	return url.String()
+}
+
+// updateURLs checks and updates any of n's attributes that are listed in tagsToAttrs.
+// Any URLs found are, if they're relative, updated with the necessary changes to make
+// a visit to that URL also go through the proxy.
+// sourceURL is the URL of the page which we're currently on; it's required to make
+// relative links work.
+func (t *Transport) updateURLs(n *html.Node, sourceURL *url.URL) {
+	if n.Type != html.ElementNode {
+		return
+	}
+	attrs, ok := tagsToAttrs[n.Data]
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	for i, attr := range n.Attr {
+		if !attrs.Has(attr.Key) {
+			continue
+		}
+		n.Attr[i].Val = t.rewriteURL(attr.Val, sourceURL)
+	}
+}
+
+// scan recursively calls f for every n and every subnode of n.
+func (t *Transport) scan(n *html.Node, f func(*html.Node)) {
+	f(n)
+	for c := n.FirstChild; c != nil; c = c.NextSibling {
+		t.scan(c, f)
+	}
+}
+
+// fixLinks modifies links in an HTML file such that they will be redirected through the proxy if needed.
+func (t *Transport) fixLinks(req *http.Request, resp *http.Response) (*http.Response, error) {
+	origBody := resp.Body
+	defer origBody.Close()
+
+	newContent := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	var reader io.Reader = origBody
+	var writer io.Writer = newContent
+	encoding := resp.Header.Get("Content-Encoding")
+	switch encoding {
+	case "gzip":
+		var err error
+		reader, err = gzip.NewReader(reader)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("errorf making gzip reader: %v", err)
+		}
+		gzw := gzip.NewWriter(writer)
+		defer gzw.Close()
+		writer = gzw
+	// TODO: support flate, other encodings.
+	case "":
+		// This is fine
+	default:
+		// Some encoding we don't understand-- don't try to parse this
+		glog.Errorf("Proxy encountered encoding %v for text/html; can't understand this so not fixing links.", encoding)
+		return resp, nil
+	}
+
+	doc, err := html.Parse(reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Parse failed: %v", err)
+		return resp, err
+	}
+
+	t.scan(doc, func(n *html.Node) { t.updateURLs(n, req.URL) })
+	if err := html.Render(writer, doc); err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Failed to render: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	resp.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(newContent)
+	// Update header node with new content-length
+	// TODO: Remove any hash/signature headers here?
+	resp.Header.Del("Content-Length")
+	resp.ContentLength = int64(newContent.Len())
+
+	return resp, err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/proxy/transport_test.go b/pkg/util/proxy/transport_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f22b733e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/proxy/transport_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package proxy
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/html"
+)
+
+func parseURLOrDie(inURL string) *url.URL {
+	parsed, err := url.Parse(inURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return parsed
+}
+
+// fmtHTML parses and re-emits 'in', effectively canonicalizing it.
+func fmtHTML(in string) string {
+	doc, err := html.Parse(strings.NewReader(in))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	if err := html.Render(out, doc); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return string(out.Bytes())
+}
+
+func TestProxyTransport(t *testing.T) {
+	testTransport := &Transport{
+		Scheme:      "http",
+		Host:        "foo.com",
+		PathPrepend: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250",
+	}
+	testTransport2 := &Transport{
+		Scheme:      "https",
+		Host:        "foo.com",
+		PathPrepend: "/proxy/minion/minion1:8080",
+	}
+	type Item struct {
+		input        string
+		sourceURL    string
+		transport    *Transport
+		output       string
+		contentType  string
+		forwardedURI string
+		redirect     string
+		redirectWant string
+	}
+
+	table := map[string]Item{
+		"normal": {
+			input:        `<pre><a href="kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="/google.log">google.log</a></pre>`,
+			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/logs/log.log",
+			transport:    testTransport,
+			output:       `<pre><a href="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/logs/kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/google.log">google.log</a></pre>`,
+			contentType:  "text/html",
+			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/logs/log.log",
+		},
+		"trailing slash": {
+			input:        `<pre><a href="kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="/google.log/">google.log</a></pre>`,
+			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/logs/log.log",
+			transport:    testTransport,
+			output:       `<pre><a href="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/logs/kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/google.log/">google.log</a></pre>`,
+			contentType:  "text/html",
+			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/logs/log.log",
+		},
+		"content-type charset": {
+			input:        `<pre><a href="kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="/google.log">google.log</a></pre>`,
+			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/logs/log.log",
+			transport:    testTransport,
+			output:       `<pre><a href="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/logs/kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/google.log">google.log</a></pre>`,
+			contentType:  "text/html; charset=utf-8",
+			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/logs/log.log",
+		},
+		"content-type passthrough": {
+			input:        `<pre><a href="kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="/google.log">google.log</a></pre>`,
+			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/logs/log.log",
+			transport:    testTransport,
+			output:       `<pre><a href="kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="/google.log">google.log</a></pre>`,
+			contentType:  "text/plain",
+			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/logs/log.log",
+		},
+		"subdir": {
+			input:        `<a href="kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="/google.log">google.log</a>`,
+			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/whatever/apt/somelog.log",
+			transport:    testTransport2,
+			output:       `<a href="https://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:8080/whatever/apt/kubelet.log">kubelet.log</a><a href="https://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:8080/google.log">google.log</a>`,
+			contentType:  "text/html",
+			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:8080/whatever/apt/somelog.log",
+		},
+		"image": {
+			input:        `<pre><img src="kubernetes.jpg"/></pre>`,
+			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/",
+			transport:    testTransport,
+			output:       `<pre><img src="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/kubernetes.jpg"/></pre>`,
+			contentType:  "text/html",
+			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/",
+		},
+		"abs": {
+			input:        `<script src="http://google.com/kubernetes.js"/>`,
+			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/any/path/",
+			transport:    testTransport,
+			output:       `<script src="http://google.com/kubernetes.js"/>`,
+			contentType:  "text/html",
+			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/any/path/",
+		},
+		"abs but same host": {
+			input:        `<script src="http://myminion.com/kubernetes.js"/>`,
+			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/any/path/",
+			transport:    testTransport,
+			output:       `<script src="http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/kubernetes.js"/>`,
+			contentType:  "text/html",
+			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/any/path/",
+		},
+		"redirect rel": {
+			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/redirect",
+			transport:    testTransport,
+			redirect:     "/redirected/target/",
+			redirectWant: "http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/redirected/target/",
+			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/redirect",
+		},
+		"redirect abs same host": {
+			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/redirect",
+			transport:    testTransport,
+			redirect:     "http://myminion.com/redirected/target/",
+			redirectWant: "http://foo.com/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/redirected/target/",
+			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/redirect",
+		},
+		"redirect abs other host": {
+			sourceURL:    "http://myminion.com/redirect",
+			transport:    testTransport,
+			redirect:     "http://example.com/redirected/target/",
+			redirectWant: "http://example.com/redirected/target/",
+			forwardedURI: "/proxy/minion/minion1:10250/redirect",
+		},
+	}
+
+	testItem := func(name string, item *Item) {
+		// Canonicalize the html so we can diff.
+		item.input = fmtHTML(item.input)
+		item.output = fmtHTML(item.output)
+
+		server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			// Check request headers.
+			if got, want := r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Uri"), item.forwardedURI; got != want {
+				t.Errorf("%v: X-Forwarded-Uri = %q, want %q", name, got, want)
+			}
+			if got, want := r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Host"), item.transport.Host; got != want {
+				t.Errorf("%v: X-Forwarded-Host = %q, want %q", name, got, want)
+			}
+			if got, want := r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Proto"), item.transport.Scheme; got != want {
+				t.Errorf("%v: X-Forwarded-Proto = %q, want %q", name, got, want)
+			}
+
+			// Send response.
+			if item.redirect != "" {
+				http.Redirect(w, r, item.redirect, http.StatusMovedPermanently)
+				return
+			}
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", item.contentType)
+			fmt.Fprint(w, item.input)
+		}))
+		defer server.Close()
+
+		// Replace source URL with our test server address.
+		sourceURL := parseURLOrDie(item.sourceURL)
+		serverURL := parseURLOrDie(server.URL)
+		item.input = strings.Replace(item.input, sourceURL.Host, serverURL.Host, -1)
+		item.redirect = strings.Replace(item.redirect, sourceURL.Host, serverURL.Host, -1)
+		sourceURL.Host = serverURL.Host
+
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", sourceURL.String(), nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%v: Unexpected error: %v", name, err)
+			return
+		}
+		resp, err := item.transport.RoundTrip(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%v: Unexpected error: %v", name, err)
+			return
+		}
+		if item.redirect != "" {
+			// Check that redirect URLs get rewritten properly.
+			if got, want := resp.Header.Get("Location"), item.redirectWant; got != want {
+				t.Errorf("%v: Location header = %q, want %q", name, got, want)
+			}
+			return
+		}
+		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%v: Unexpected error: %v", name, err)
+			return
+		}
+		if e, a := item.output, string(body); e != a {
+			t.Errorf("%v: expected %v, but got %v", name, e, a)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for name, item := range table {
+		testItem(name, &item)
+	}
+}