diff --git a/cmd/controller-manager/controller-manager.go b/cmd/controller-manager/controller-manager.go
index c1372674c4d21..5364f6582130a 100644
--- a/cmd/controller-manager/controller-manager.go
+++ b/cmd/controller-manager/controller-manager.go
@@ -22,17 +22,24 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
+	_ "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/healthz"
+	masterPkg "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/master"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/version/verflag"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
 var (
-	master = flag.String("master", "", "The address of the Kubernetes API server")
+	master  = flag.String("master", "", "The address of the Kubernetes API server")
+	port    = flag.Int("port", masterPkg.ControllerManagerPort, "The port that the controller-manager's http service runs on")
+	address = flag.String("address", "127.0.0.1", "The address to serve from")
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -51,6 +58,8 @@ func main() {
 		glog.Fatalf("Invalid -master: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	go http.ListenAndServe(net.JoinHostPort(*address, strconv.Itoa(*port)), nil)
+
 	controllerManager := controller.NewReplicationManager(kubeClient)
 	controllerManager.Run(10 * time.Second)
 	select {}
diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go b/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
index f072b5583aec6..1e407c2e951ab 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/healthz"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet"
 	kconfig "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/config"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/master"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/tools"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/version/verflag"
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ var (
 	manifestURL        = flag.String("manifest_url", "", "URL for accessing the container manifest")
 	enableServer       = flag.Bool("enable_server", true, "Enable the info server")
 	address            = flag.String("address", "127.0.0.1", "The address for the info server to serve on (set to 0.0.0.0 or \"\" for all interfaces)")
-	port               = flag.Uint("port", 10250, "The port for the info server to serve on")
+	port               = flag.Uint("port", master.KubeletPort, "The port for the info server to serve on")
 	hostnameOverride   = flag.String("hostname_override", "", "If non-empty, will use this string as identification instead of the actual hostname.")
 	dockerEndpoint     = flag.String("docker_endpoint", "", "If non-empty, use this for the docker endpoint to communicate with")
 	etcdServerList     util.StringList
diff --git a/pkg/master/ports.go b/pkg/master/ports.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2920ab7c777fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/master/ports.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+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 master
+
+const (
+	// KubeletPort is the default port for the kubelet status server on each host machine.
+	// May be overridden by a flag at startup.
+	KubeletPort = 10250
+	// SchedulerPort is the default port for the scheduler status server.
+	// May be overridden by a flag at startup.
+	SchedulerPort = 10251
+	// ControllerManagerPort is the default port for the controller manager status server.
+	// May be overridden by a flag at startup.
+	ControllerManagerPort = 10252
+)
diff --git a/plugin/cmd/scheduler/scheduler.go b/plugin/cmd/scheduler/scheduler.go
index b4ea15939fe4e..a0f100c5ec2cd 100644
--- a/plugin/cmd/scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/plugin/cmd/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -18,8 +18,13 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
+	_ "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/healthz"
+	masterPkg "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/master"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/version/verflag"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler"
@@ -28,7 +33,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	master = flag.String("master", "", "The address of the Kubernetes API server")
+	master  = flag.String("master", "", "The address of the Kubernetes API server")
+	port    = flag.Int("port", masterPkg.SchedulerPort, "The port that the scheduler's http service runs on")
+	address = flag.String("address", "127.0.0.1", "The address to serve from")
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -44,6 +51,8 @@ func main() {
 		glog.Fatalf("Invalid -master: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	go http.ListenAndServe(net.JoinHostPort(*address, strconv.Itoa(*port)), nil)
+
 	configFactory := &factory.ConfigFactory{Client: kubeClient}
 	config := configFactory.Create()
 	s := scheduler.New(config)