diff --git a/hack/test-cmd.sh b/hack/test-cmd.sh
index f3b324ece3..b274f8d462 100755
--- a/hack/test-cmd.sh
+++ b/hack/test-cmd.sh
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ runTests() {
   hpa_min_field=".spec.minReplicas"
   hpa_max_field=".spec.maxReplicas"
   hpa_cpu_field=".spec.cpuUtilization.targetPercentage"
+  job_parallelism_field=".spec.parallelism"
   deployment_replicas=".spec.replicas"
   secret_data=".data"
   secret_type=".type"
@@ -723,6 +724,8 @@ __EOF__
   kube::test::get_object_assert jobs "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" 'pi:'
   # Clean up
   kubectl delete jobs pi "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  # Post-condition: no pods exist.
+  kube::test::get_object_assert pods "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
   # Pre-Condition: no Deployment exists
   kube::test::get_object_assert deployment "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
   # Command
@@ -1047,7 +1050,10 @@ __EOF__
 
   ### Scale a job
   kubectl create -f docs/user-guide/job.yaml "${kube_flags[@]}"
-  # Job scale support removed.
+  # Command
+  kubectl scale --replicas=2 job/pi
+  # Post-condition: 2 replicas for pi
+  kube::test::get_object_assert 'job pi' "{{$job_parallelism_field}}" '2'
   # Clean-up
   kubectl delete job/pi "${kube_flags[@]}"
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
index fe51062862..c05b79b19b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/batch"
 	clientset "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset"
 	client "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/fieldpath"
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ func describerMap(c *client.Client) map[unversioned.GroupKind]Describer {
 		extensions.Kind("DaemonSet"):               &DaemonSetDescriber{c},
 		extensions.Kind("Deployment"):              &DeploymentDescriber{clientset.FromUnversionedClient(c)},
 		extensions.Kind("Job"):                     &JobDescriber{c},
+		batch.Kind("Job"):                     	    &JobDescriber{c},
 		extensions.Kind("Ingress"):                 &IngressDescriber{c},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/scale.go b/pkg/kubectl/scale.go
index 963f3050a5..10609dfd14 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/scale.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/scale.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/batch"
 	client "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/wait"
 )
@@ -46,8 +47,8 @@ func ScalerFor(kind unversioned.GroupKind, c client.Interface) (Scaler, error) {
 		return &ReplicationControllerScaler{c}, nil
 	case extensions.Kind("ReplicaSet"):
 		return &ReplicaSetScaler{c.Extensions()}, nil
-	case extensions.Kind("Job"):
-		return &JobScaler{c.Extensions()}, nil
+	case extensions.Kind("Job"), batch.Kind("Job"):
+		return &JobScaler{c.Extensions()}, nil // Either kind of job can be scaled with Extensions interface.
 	case extensions.Kind("Deployment"):
 		return &DeploymentScaler{c.Extensions()}, nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/stop.go b/pkg/kubectl/stop.go
index 828b43dcc5..f90fabd31e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/stop.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/stop.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/batch"
 	client "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func ReaperFor(kind unversioned.GroupKind, c client.Interface) (Reaper, error) {
 	case api.Kind("Service"):
 		return &ServiceReaper{c}, nil
 
-	case extensions.Kind("Job"):
+	case extensions.Kind("Job"), batch.Kind("Job"):
 		return &JobReaper{c, Interval, Timeout}, nil
 
 	case extensions.Kind("Deployment"):