diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1186ded4..336e65b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,6 +105,18 @@ additional metrics!
 | kube_replicaset_spec_paused | Gauge | `replicaset`=&lt;replicaset-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;replicaset-namespace&gt; |
 | kube_replicaset_metadata_generation | Gauge | `replicaset`=&lt;replicaset-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;replicaset-namespace&gt; |
 
+### ReplicationController metrics
+
+| Metric name| Metric type | Labels/tags |
+| ---------- | ----------- | ----------- |
+| kube_replicationcontroller_status_replicas | Gauge | `replicationcontroller`=&lt;replicationcontroller-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;replicationcontroller-namespace&gt; |
+| kube_replicationcontroller_status_fully_labeled_replicas | Gauge | `replicationcontroller`=&lt;replicationcontroller-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;replicationcontroller-namespace&gt; |
+| kube_replicationcontroller_status_ready_replicas | Gauge | `replicationcontroller`=&lt;replicationcontroller-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;replicationcontroller-namespace&gt; |
+| kube_replicationcontroller_status_available_replicas | Gauge | `replicationcontroller`=&lt;replicationcontroller-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;replicationcontroller-namespace&gt; |
+| kube_replicationcontroller_status_replicas_observed_generation | Gauge | `replicationcontroller`=&lt;replicationcontroller-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;replicationcontroller-namespace&gt; |
+| kube_replicationcontroller_spec_replicas | Gauge | `replicationcontroller`=&lt;replicationcontroller-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;replicationcontroller-namespace&gt; |
+| kube_replicationcontroller_metadata_generation | Gauge | `replicationcontroller`=&lt;replicationcontroller-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;replicationcontroller-namespace&gt; |
+
 ## kube-state-metrics vs. Heapster
 
 [Heapster](https://github.com/kubernetes/heapster) is a project which fetches
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f642357a..501cb47b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -42,20 +42,22 @@ const (
 
 var (
 	defaultCollectors = collectorSet{
-		"daemonsets":     struct{}{},
-		"deployments":    struct{}{},
-		"pods":           struct{}{},
-		"nodes":          struct{}{},
-		"resourcequotas": struct{}{},
-		"replicasets":    struct{}{},
+		"daemonsets":             struct{}{},
+		"deployments":            struct{}{},
+		"pods":                   struct{}{},
+		"nodes":                  struct{}{},
+		"resourcequotas":         struct{}{},
+		"replicasets":            struct{}{},
+		"replicationcontrollers": struct{}{},
 	}
 	availableCollectors = map[string]func(registry prometheus.Registerer, kubeClient clientset.Interface){
-		"daemonsets":     RegisterDaemonSetCollector,
-		"deployments":    RegisterDeploymentCollector,
-		"pods":           RegisterPodCollector,
-		"nodes":          RegisterNodeCollector,
-		"resourcequotas": RegisterResourceQuotaCollector,
-		"replicasets":    RegisterReplicaSetCollector,
+		"daemonsets":             RegisterDaemonSetCollector,
+		"deployments":            RegisterDeploymentCollector,
+		"pods":                   RegisterPodCollector,
+		"nodes":                  RegisterNodeCollector,
+		"resourcequotas":         RegisterResourceQuotaCollector,
+		"replicasets":            RegisterReplicaSetCollector,
+		"replicationcontrollers": RegisterReplicationControllerCollector,
 	}
 )
 
diff --git a/replicationcontroller.go b/replicationcontroller.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35d1b219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/replicationcontroller.go
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors 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 main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+)
+
+var (
+	descReplicationControllerStatusReplicas = prometheus.NewDesc(
+		"kube_replicationcontroller_status_replicas",
+		"The number of replicas per ReplicationController.",
+		[]string{"namespace", "replicationcontroller"}, nil,
+	)
+	descReplicationControllerStatusFullyLabeledReplicas = prometheus.NewDesc(
+		"kube_replicationcontroller_status_fully_labeled_replicas",
+		"The number of fully labeled replicas per ReplicationController.",
+		[]string{"namespace", "replicationcontroller"}, nil,
+	)
+	descReplicationControllerStatusReadyReplicas = prometheus.NewDesc(
+		"kube_replicationcontroller_status_ready_replicas",
+		"The number of ready replicas per ReplicationController.",
+		[]string{"namespace", "replicationcontroller"}, nil,
+	)
+	descReplicationControllerStatusAvailableReplicas = prometheus.NewDesc(
+		"kube_replicationcontroller_status_available_replicas",
+		"The number of available replicas per ReplicationController.",
+		[]string{"namespace", "replicationcontroller"}, nil,
+	)
+	descReplicationControllerStatusObservedGeneration = prometheus.NewDesc(
+		"kube_replicationcontroller_status_observed_generation",
+		"The generation observed by the ReplicationController controller.",
+		[]string{"namespace", "replicationcontroller"}, nil,
+	)
+	descReplicationControllerSpecReplicas = prometheus.NewDesc(
+		"kube_replicationcontroller_spec_replicas",
+		"Number of desired pods for a ReplicationController.",
+		[]string{"namespace", "replicationcontroller"}, nil,
+	)
+	descReplicationControllerMetadataGeneration = prometheus.NewDesc(
+		"kube_replicationcontroller_metadata_generation",
+		"Sequence number representing a specific generation of the desired state.",
+		[]string{"namespace", "replicationcontroller"}, nil,
+	)
+)
+
+type ReplicationControllerLister func() ([]v1.ReplicationController, error)
+
+func (l ReplicationControllerLister) List() ([]v1.ReplicationController, error) {
+	return l()
+}
+
+func RegisterReplicationControllerCollector(registry prometheus.Registerer, kubeClient kubernetes.Interface) {
+	client := kubeClient.Extensions().RESTClient()
+	rclw := cache.NewListWatchFromClient(client, "replicationcontrollers", api.NamespaceAll, nil)
+	rcinf := cache.NewSharedInformer(rclw, &v1.ReplicationController{}, resyncPeriod)
+
+	replicationControllerLister := ReplicationControllerLister(func() (rcs []v1.ReplicationController, err error) {
+		for _, c := range rcinf.GetStore().List() {
+			rcs = append(rcs, *(c.(*v1.ReplicationController)))
+		}
+		return rcs, nil
+	})
+
+	registry.MustRegister(&replicationcontrollerCollector{store: replicationControllerLister})
+	go rcinf.Run(context.Background().Done())
+}
+
+type replicationcontrollerStore interface {
+	List() (replicationcontrollers []v1.ReplicationController, err error)
+}
+
+type replicationcontrollerCollector struct {
+	store replicationcontrollerStore
+}
+
+// Describe implements the prometheus.Collector interface.
+func (dc *replicationcontrollerCollector) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
+	ch <- descReplicationControllerStatusReplicas
+	ch <- descReplicationControllerStatusFullyLabeledReplicas
+	ch <- descReplicationControllerStatusReadyReplicas
+	ch <- descReplicationControllerStatusAvailableReplicas
+	ch <- descReplicationControllerStatusObservedGeneration
+	ch <- descReplicationControllerSpecReplicas
+	ch <- descReplicationControllerMetadataGeneration
+}
+
+// Collect implements the prometheus.Collector interface.
+func (dc *replicationcontrollerCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	dpls, err := dc.store.List()
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("listing replicationcontrollers failed: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	for _, d := range dpls {
+		dc.collectReplicationController(ch, d)
+	}
+}
+
+func (dc *replicationcontrollerCollector) collectReplicationController(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric, d v1.ReplicationController) {
+	addGauge := func(desc *prometheus.Desc, v float64, lv ...string) {
+		lv = append([]string{d.Namespace, d.Name}, lv...)
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(desc, prometheus.GaugeValue, v, lv...)
+	}
+	addGauge(descReplicationControllerStatusReplicas, float64(d.Status.Replicas))
+	addGauge(descReplicationControllerStatusFullyLabeledReplicas, float64(d.Status.FullyLabeledReplicas))
+	addGauge(descReplicationControllerStatusReadyReplicas, float64(d.Status.ReadyReplicas))
+	addGauge(descReplicationControllerStatusAvailableReplicas, float64(d.Status.AvailableReplicas))
+	addGauge(descReplicationControllerStatusObservedGeneration, float64(d.Status.ObservedGeneration))
+	addGauge(descReplicationControllerSpecReplicas, float64(*d.Spec.Replicas))
+	addGauge(descReplicationControllerMetadataGeneration, float64(d.ObjectMeta.Generation))
+}
diff --git a/replicationcontroller_test.go b/replicationcontroller_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c149c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/replicationcontroller_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors 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 main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
+)
+
+var (
+	rc1Replicas int32 = 5
+	rc2Replicas int32 = 0
+)
+
+type mockReplicationControllerStore struct {
+	f func() ([]v1.ReplicationController, error)
+}
+
+func (rs mockReplicationControllerStore) List() (replicationcontrollers []v1.ReplicationController, err error) {
+	return rs.f()
+}
+
+func TestReplicationControllerCollector(t *testing.T) {
+	// Fixed metadata on type and help text. We prepend this to every expected
+	// output so we only have to modify a single place when doing adjustments.
+	const metadata = `
+	  # HELP kube_replicationcontroller_metadata_generation Sequence number representing a specific generation of the desired state.
+		# TYPE kube_replicationcontroller_metadata_generation gauge
+		# HELP kube_replicationcontroller_status_replicas The number of replicas per ReplicationController.
+		# TYPE kube_replicationcontroller_status_replicas gauge
+		# HELP kube_replicationcontroller_status_fully_labeled_replicas The number of fully labeled replicas per ReplicationController.
+		# TYPE kube_replicationcontroller_status_fully_labeled_replicas gauge
+		# HELP kube_replicationcontroller_status_available_replicas The number of available replicas per ReplicationController.
+		# TYPE kube_replicationcontroller_status_available_replicas gauge
+		# HELP kube_replicationcontroller_status_ready_replicas The number of ready replicas per ReplicationController.
+		# TYPE kube_replicationcontroller_status_ready_replicas gauge
+		# HELP kube_replicationcontroller_status_observed_generation The generation observed by the ReplicationController controller.
+		# TYPE kube_replicationcontroller_status_observed_generation gauge
+		# HELP kube_replicationcontroller_spec_replicas Number of desired pods for a ReplicationController.
+		# TYPE kube_replicationcontroller_spec_replicas gauge
+	`
+	cases := []struct {
+		rss  []v1.ReplicationController
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			rss: []v1.ReplicationController{
+				{
+					ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+						Name:       "rc1",
+						Namespace:  "ns1",
+						Generation: 21,
+					},
+					Status: v1.ReplicationControllerStatus{
+						Replicas:             5,
+						FullyLabeledReplicas: 10,
+						ReadyReplicas:        5,
+						AvailableReplicas:    3,
+						ObservedGeneration:   1,
+					},
+					Spec: v1.ReplicationControllerSpec{
+						Replicas: &rc1Replicas,
+					},
+				}, {
+					ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+						Name:       "rc2",
+						Namespace:  "ns2",
+						Generation: 14,
+					},
+					Status: v1.ReplicationControllerStatus{
+						Replicas:             0,
+						FullyLabeledReplicas: 5,
+						ReadyReplicas:        0,
+						AvailableReplicas:    0,
+						ObservedGeneration:   5,
+					},
+					Spec: v1.ReplicationControllerSpec{
+						Replicas: &rc2Replicas,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: metadata + `
+				kube_replicationcontroller_metadata_generation{namespace="ns1",replicationcontroller="rc1"} 21
+				kube_replicationcontroller_metadata_generation{namespace="ns2",replicationcontroller="rc2"} 14
+				kube_replicationcontroller_status_replicas{namespace="ns1",replicationcontroller="rc1"} 5
+				kube_replicationcontroller_status_replicas{namespace="ns2",replicationcontroller="rc2"} 0
+				kube_replicationcontroller_status_observed_generation{namespace="ns1",replicationcontroller="rc1"} 1
+				kube_replicationcontroller_status_observed_generation{namespace="ns2",replicationcontroller="rc2"} 5
+				kube_replicationcontroller_status_fully_labeled_replicas{namespace="ns1",replicationcontroller="rc1"} 10
+				kube_replicationcontroller_status_fully_labeled_replicas{namespace="ns2",replicationcontroller="rc2"} 5
+				kube_replicationcontroller_status_ready_replicas{namespace="ns1",replicationcontroller="rc1"} 5
+				kube_replicationcontroller_status_ready_replicas{namespace="ns2",replicationcontroller="rc2"} 0
+				kube_replicationcontroller_status_available_replicas{namespace="ns1",replicationcontroller="rc1"} 3
+				kube_replicationcontroller_status_available_replicas{namespace="ns2",replicationcontroller="rc2"} 0
+				kube_replicationcontroller_spec_replicas{namespace="ns1",replicationcontroller="rc1"} 5
+				kube_replicationcontroller_spec_replicas{namespace="ns2",replicationcontroller="rc2"} 0
+			`,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		dc := &replicationcontrollerCollector{
+			store: mockReplicationControllerStore{
+				f: func() ([]v1.ReplicationController, error) { return c.rss, nil },
+			},
+		}
+		if err := gatherAndCompare(dc, c.want, nil); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected collecting result:\n%s", err)
+		}
+	}
+}