diff --git a/crawler/crawler.py b/crawler/crawler.py
index f4faa8cd..cf97d522 100755
--- a/crawler/crawler.py
+++ b/crawler/crawler.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from emitters_manager import EmittersManager
 from host_crawler import HostCrawler
 from vms_crawler import VirtualMachinesCrawler
+from k8s_pods_crawler import PodsCrawler
 
 logger = None
 
@@ -94,10 +95,11 @@ def main():
             Modes.MOUNTPOINT,
             Modes.OUTCONTAINER,
             Modes.MESOS,
+            Modes.K8S
         ],
         default=Modes.INVM,
         help='The crawler mode: '
-             '{INVM,OUTVM,MOUNTPOINT,OUTCONTAINER}. '
+             '{INVM,OUTVM,MOUNTPOINT,OUTCONTAINER,K8S}. '
              'Defaults to INVM',
     )
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -222,6 +224,14 @@ def main():
             host_namespace=args.namespace,
             plugin_places=args.plugin_places,
             options=options)
+    elif args.crawlmode == 'K8S':
+        crawler = PodsCrawler(
+            features=args.features,
+            environment=args.environment,
+            user_list=args.crawlContainers,
+            host_namespace=args.namespace,
+            plugin_places=args.plugin_places,
+            options=options)
     else:
         raise NotImplementedError('Invalid crawlmode')
 
diff --git a/crawler/crawlmodes.py b/crawler/crawlmodes.py
index ce91ed83..cc9d305e 100644
--- a/crawler/crawlmodes.py
+++ b/crawler/crawlmodes.py
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
              OUTVM='OUTVM',
              MOUNTPOINT='MOUNTPOINT',
              OUTCONTAINER='OUTCONTAINER',
-             MESOS='MESOS')
+             MESOS='MESOS',
+             K8S='K8S')
diff --git a/crawler/icrawl_plugin.py b/crawler/icrawl_plugin.py
index 7e9fcaa7..18b2cd30 100644
--- a/crawler/icrawl_plugin.py
+++ b/crawler/icrawl_plugin.py
@@ -71,3 +71,22 @@ def get_feature(self):
         Returns the feature type as a string.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class IPodCrawler(IPlugin):
+
+    """
+    Crawler plugin interface
+
+    subclasses of this class can be used to implement crawling functions
+    for pod managed in the host that crawler is working
+    """
+
+    def crawl(self, pod):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def get_feature(self):
+        """
+        Return the feature type as a string
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
diff --git a/crawler/k8s_client.py b/crawler/k8s_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f96e7a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crawler/k8s_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import logging
+import socket
+from kubernetes import client, config
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('crawlutils')
+
+
+class KubernetesClient(object):
+    '''
+    Used for communicating with k8s API server.
+    This client generates v1.Pod object and passes it to each clawer plugin.
+
+    This utility class depends on Kubernetes Python Library,
+    which is developped in kube-incubator project.
+
+    v1.Pod object has compatibility for Kubernetes Object Model.
+    See also Kuberenetes REST API Reference.
+    https://kubernetes.io/docs/api-reference/v1/definitions
+    '''
+
+    def __init__(self, namespace=None):
+        self.namespace = namespace
+        self.hostname = socket.gethostname()
+        self.ipaddr = socket.gethostbyname(self.hostname)
+
+        # TODO: multiple KUBE_CONFIG support
+        # current version refers to k8s authentication config on
+        # DEFAULT KUBE CONFIG PATH (~/.kube/config) only.
+        # need to set .kube/config before crawling
+        config.load_kube_config()
+        self.v1client = client.CoreV1Api()
+
+    def list_all_pods(self):
+        '''
+        list up all living v1.Pod objects managed in this host,
+        then yield matched v1.Pod object to crawler plugin
+        '''
+        # V1PodList
+        podList = self.v1client.list_pod_for_all_namespaces()
+        for pod in podList.items:
+            if pod.status.host_ip == self.ipaddr:
+                yield pod
diff --git a/crawler/k8s_pods_crawler.py b/crawler/k8s_pods_crawler.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce378b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crawler/k8s_pods_crawler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+from k8s_client import KubernetesClient
+import plugins_manager
+from base_crawler import BaseCrawler, BaseFrame
+
+
+class PodFrame(BaseFrame):
+
+    def __init__(self, feature_types, pod):
+        BaseFrame.__init__(self, feature_types)
+        # TODO: add additional k8s special metadata if needed
+        # self.metadata.update(pod.get_metadata_dict())
+        self.metadata['system_type'] = 'kubernetes'
+
+
+class PodsCrawler(BaseCrawler):
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 features=['os', 'cpu'],
+                 environment='kubernetes',
+                 user_list='ALL',
+                 host_namespace='',
+                 plugin_places=['plugins'],
+                 options={}):
+
+        BaseCrawler.__init__(
+            self,
+            features=features,
+            plugin_places=plugin_places,
+            options=options)
+        plugins_manager.reload_env_plugin(environment, plugin_places)
+        plugins_manager.reload_pod_crawl_plugins(
+            features, plugin_places, options)
+        self.plugins = plugins_manager.get_pod_crawl_plugins(features)
+        self.environment = environment
+        self.host_namespace = host_namespace
+        self.user_list = user_list
+        self.k8s_client = KubernetesClient()
+
+    def _crawl_pod(self, pod, ignore_plugin_exception=True):
+        frame = PodFrame(self.features, pod)
+        for (plugin_obj, plugin_args) in self.plugins:
+            try:
+                frame.add_features(
+                    plugin_obj.crawl(pod, **plugin_args))
+            except Exception as exc:
+                if not ignore_plugin_exception:
+                    raise exc
+        return frame
+
+    def crawl(self, ignore_plugin_exception=True):
+        for pod in self.k8s_client.list_all_pods():
+            yield self._crawl_pod(pod, ignore_plugin_exception)
+
+    def polling_pod_crawl(self, timeout, ignore_plugin_exception=True):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
diff --git a/crawler/plugins/applications/redis/redis_pod_crawler.plugin b/crawler/plugins/applications/redis/redis_pod_crawler.plugin
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2704f7f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crawler/plugins/applications/redis/redis_pod_crawler.plugin
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Core]
+Name = application_redis_pod
+Module = redis_pod_crawler
+
+[Documentation]
+Author = Tatsuhiro Chiba (chiba@jp.ibm.com)
+Version = 0.1
+Description = Redis crawling function for k8s pod on the host
diff --git a/crawler/plugins/applications/redis/redis_pod_crawler.py b/crawler/plugins/applications/redis/redis_pod_crawler.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88053990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crawler/plugins/applications/redis/redis_pod_crawler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+from icrawl_plugin import IPodCrawler
+from plugins.applications.redis import feature
+from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
+import redis
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('crawlutils')
+
+
+class RedisPodCrawler(IPodCrawler):
+    '''
+    Crawling app provided metrics for redis container on docker/k8s.
+    usually redis listens on port 6379.
+    '''
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.feature_type = "application"
+        self.feature_key = "redis"
+        self.default_port = 6379
+
+    def get_feature(self):
+        return self.feature_key
+
+    def crawl(self, pod, **kwargs):
+        '''
+        pod equals to V1Pod objects
+        see REST definition in the following link
+        https://kubernetes.io/docs/api-reference/v1/definitions/#_v1_pod
+        '''
+        if self.feature_key not in pod.metadata.labels['app']:
+            raise NameError("not %s container" % self.feature_key)
+
+        # retrive ip & port info
+        ip = pod.status.pod_ip
+        port = pod.spec.containers[0].ports[0].container_port
+
+        # access redis endpoint
+        client = redis.Redis(host=ip, port=port)
+        try:
+            metrics = client.info()
+        except ConnectionError as ce:
+            logger.info("redis does not listen on port:%d", port)
+            raise ce
+
+        feature_attributes = feature.create_feature(metrics)
+        return [(self.feature_key, feature_attributes, self.feature_type)]
diff --git a/crawler/plugins_manager.py b/crawler/plugins_manager.py
index 90ec7f35..9700a830 100644
--- a/crawler/plugins_manager.py
+++ b/crawler/plugins_manager.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 from yapsy.PluginManager import PluginManager
 import urlparse
 import config_parser
-from icrawl_plugin import IContainerCrawler, IVMCrawler, IHostCrawler
+from icrawl_plugin import IContainerCrawler, IVMCrawler, \
+    IHostCrawler, IPodCrawler
 from iemit_plugin import IEmitter
 from runtime_environment import IRuntimeEnvironment
 from utils import misc
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 # default runtime environment: cloudsigth and plugins in 'plugins/'
 runtime_env = None
 
+pod_crawl_plugins = []
 container_crawl_plugins = []
 vm_crawl_plugins = []
 host_crawl_plugins = []
@@ -135,6 +137,21 @@ def load_crawl_plugins(
             yield (plugin.plugin_object, plugin_args)
 
 
+def reload_pod_crawl_plugins(
+        features=['os,' 'cpu'],
+        plugin_places=['plugins'],
+        options={}):
+    global pod_crawl_plugins
+
+    pod_crawl_plugins = list(
+        load_crawl_plugins(
+            category_filter={
+                "crawler": IPodCrawler},
+            features=features,
+            plugin_places=plugin_places,
+            options=options))
+
+
 def reload_container_crawl_plugins(
         features=['os', 'cpu'],
         plugin_places=['plugins'],
@@ -180,6 +197,17 @@ def reload_host_crawl_plugins(
             options=options))
 
 
+def get_pod_crawl_plugins(
+        features=[
+            'os',
+            'cpu'
+        ]):
+    global pod_crawl_plugins
+    if not pod_crawl_plugins:
+        reload_pod_crawl_plugins(features=features)
+    return pod_crawl_plugins
+
+
 def get_container_crawl_plugins(
     features=[
         'package',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5e59e688..bcab8479 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ Yapsy==1.11.223
 configobj==4.7.0
 redis>=2.10.5
 morph==0.1.2
+kubernetes>=1.0.0b1