diff --git a/cmd/podman/kube.go b/cmd/podman/kube.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ced87e2bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podman/kube.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+)
+
+var (
+	kubeSubCommands = []cli.Command{
+		containerKubeCommand,
+	}
+
+	kubeDescription = "Work with Kubernetes objects"
+	kubeCommand     = cli.Command{
+		Name:                   "kube",
+		Usage:                  "Import and export Kubernetes objections from and to Podman",
+		Description:            containerDescription,
+		ArgsUsage:              "",
+		Subcommands:            kubeSubCommands,
+		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
+		OnUsageError:           usageErrorHandler,
+	}
+)
diff --git a/cmd/podman/kube_generate.go b/cmd/podman/kube_generate.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a189126681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podman/kube_generate.go
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/libpodruntime"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/rootless"
+	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+)
+
+var (
+	containerKubeFlags = []cli.Flag{
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:  "service, s",
+			Usage: "only generate YAML for kubernetes service object",
+		},
+		LatestFlag,
+	}
+	containerKubeDescription = "Generate Kubernetes Pod YAML"
+	containerKubeCommand     = cli.Command{
+		Name:                   "generate",
+		Usage:                  "Generate Kubernetes pod YAML for a container",
+		Description:            containerKubeDescription,
+		Flags:                  sortFlags(containerKubeFlags),
+		Action:                 generateKubeYAMLCmd,
+		ArgsUsage:              "CONTAINER-NAME",
+		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
+		OnUsageError:           usageErrorHandler,
+	}
+)
+
+// generateKubeYAMLCmdgenerates or replays kube
+func generateKubeYAMLCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
+	var (
+		container *libpod.Container
+		err       error
+		output    []byte
+	)
+
+	if rootless.IsRootless() {
+		return errors.Wrapf(libpod.ErrNotImplemented, "rootless users")
+	}
+	args := c.Args()
+	if len(args) > 1 || (len(args) < 1 && !c.Bool("latest")) {
+		return errors.Errorf("you must provide one container ID or name or --latest")
+	}
+	if c.Bool("service") {
+		return errors.Wrapf(libpod.ErrNotImplemented, "service generation")
+	}
+
+	runtime, err := libpodruntime.GetRuntime(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "could not get runtime")
+	}
+	defer runtime.Shutdown(false)
+
+	// Get the container in question
+	if c.Bool("latest") {
+		container, err = runtime.GetLatestContainer()
+	} else {
+		container, err = runtime.LookupContainer(args[0])
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if len(container.Dependencies()) > 0 {
+		return errors.Wrapf(libpod.ErrNotImplemented, "containers with dependencies")
+	}
+
+	podYAML, err := container.InspectForKube()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	developmentComment := []byte("# Generation of Kubenetes YAML is still under development!\n")
+	logrus.Warn("This function is still under heavy development.")
+	// Marshall the results
+	b, err := yaml.Marshal(podYAML)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	output = append(output, developmentComment...)
+	output = append(output, b...)
+	// Output the v1.Pod with the v1.Container
+	fmt.Println(string(output))
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/main.go b/cmd/podman/main.go
index 38eac4504a..6be192593e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/main.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/main.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ func main() {
 		infoCommand,
 		inspectCommand,
 		killCommand,
+		kubeCommand,
 		loadCommand,
 		loginCommand,
 		logoutCommand,
diff --git a/libpod/kube.go b/libpod/kube.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00db0033b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libpod/kube.go
@@ -0,0 +1,270 @@
+package libpod
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/lookup"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/cri-o/ocicni/pkg/ocicni"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
+	v12 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+// InspectForKube takes a slice of libpod containers and generates
+// one v1.Pod description that includes just a single container.
+func (c *Container) InspectForKube() (*v1.Pod, error) {
+	// Generate the v1.Pod yaml description
+	return simplePodWithV1Container(c)
+}
+
+// simplePodWithV1Container is a function used by inspect when kube yaml needs to be generated
+// for a single container.  we "insert" that container description in a pod.
+func simplePodWithV1Container(ctr *Container) (*v1.Pod, error) {
+	var containers []v1.Container
+	result, err := containerToV1Container(ctr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	containers = append(containers, result)
+
+	tm := v12.TypeMeta{
+		Kind:       "Pod",
+		APIVersion: "v1",
+	}
+
+	// Add a label called "app" with the containers name as a value
+	labels := make(map[string]string)
+	labels["app"] = removeUnderscores(ctr.Name())
+	om := v12.ObjectMeta{
+		// The name of the pod is container_name-libpod
+		Name:   fmt.Sprintf("%s-libpod", removeUnderscores(ctr.Name())),
+		Labels: labels,
+		// CreationTimestamp seems to be required, so adding it; in doing so, the timestamp
+		// will reflect time this is run (not container create time) because the conversion
+		// of the container create time to v1 Time is probably not warranted nor worthwhile.
+		CreationTimestamp: v12.Now(),
+	}
+	ps := v1.PodSpec{
+		Containers: containers,
+	}
+	p := v1.Pod{
+		TypeMeta:   tm,
+		ObjectMeta: om,
+		Spec:       ps,
+	}
+	return &p, nil
+}
+
+// containerToV1Container converts information we know about a libpod container
+// to a V1.Container specification.
+func containerToV1Container(c *Container) (v1.Container, error) {
+	kubeContainer := v1.Container{}
+	kubeSec, err := generateKubeSecurityContext(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return kubeContainer, err
+	}
+
+	if len(c.config.Spec.Linux.Devices) > 0 {
+		// TODO Enable when we can support devices and their names
+		devices, err := generateKubeVolumeDeviceFromLinuxDevice(c.Spec().Linux.Devices)
+		if err != nil {
+			return kubeContainer, err
+		}
+		kubeContainer.VolumeDevices = devices
+		return kubeContainer, errors.Wrapf(ErrNotImplemented, "linux devices")
+	}
+
+	if len(c.config.UserVolumes) > 0 {
+		// TODO When we until we can resolve what the volume name should be, this is disabled
+		// Volume names need to be coordinated "globally" in the kube files.
+		volumes, err := libpodMountsToKubeVolumeMounts(c)
+		if err != nil {
+			return kubeContainer, err
+		}
+		kubeContainer.VolumeMounts = volumes
+		return kubeContainer, errors.Wrapf(ErrNotImplemented, "volume names")
+	}
+
+	envVariables, err := libpodEnvVarsToKubeEnvVars(c.config.Spec.Process.Env)
+	if err != nil {
+		return kubeContainer, nil
+	}
+
+	ports, err := ocicniPortMappingToContainerPort(c.PortMappings())
+	if err != nil {
+		return kubeContainer, nil
+	}
+
+	containerCommands := c.Command()
+	kubeContainer.Name = removeUnderscores(c.Name())
+
+	_, image := c.Image()
+	kubeContainer.Image = image
+	kubeContainer.Stdin = c.Stdin()
+	kubeContainer.Command = containerCommands
+	// TODO need to figure out how we handle command vs entry point.  Kube appears to prefer entrypoint.
+	// right now we just take the container's command
+	//container.Args = args
+	kubeContainer.WorkingDir = c.WorkingDir()
+	kubeContainer.Ports = ports
+	// This should not be applicable
+	//container.EnvFromSource =
+	kubeContainer.Env = envVariables
+	// TODO enable resources when we can support naming conventions
+	//container.Resources
+	kubeContainer.SecurityContext = kubeSec
+	kubeContainer.StdinOnce = false
+	kubeContainer.TTY = c.config.Spec.Process.Terminal
+
+	return kubeContainer, nil
+}
+
+// ocicniPortMappingToContainerPort takes an ocicni portmapping and converts
+// it to a v1.ContainerPort format for kube output
+func ocicniPortMappingToContainerPort(portMappings []ocicni.PortMapping) ([]v1.ContainerPort, error) {
+	var containerPorts []v1.ContainerPort
+	for _, p := range portMappings {
+		var protocol v1.Protocol
+		switch strings.ToUpper(p.Protocol) {
+		case "TCP":
+			protocol = v1.ProtocolTCP
+		case "UDP":
+			protocol = v1.ProtocolUDP
+		default:
+			return containerPorts, errors.Errorf("unknown network protocol %s", p.Protocol)
+		}
+		cp := v1.ContainerPort{
+			// Name will not be supported
+			HostPort:      p.HostPort,
+			HostIP:        p.HostIP,
+			ContainerPort: p.ContainerPort,
+			Protocol:      protocol,
+		}
+		containerPorts = append(containerPorts, cp)
+	}
+	return containerPorts, nil
+}
+
+// libpodEnvVarsToKubeEnvVars converts a key=value string slice to []v1.EnvVar
+func libpodEnvVarsToKubeEnvVars(envs []string) ([]v1.EnvVar, error) {
+	var envVars []v1.EnvVar
+	for _, e := range envs {
+		splitE := strings.SplitN(e, "=", 2)
+		if len(splitE) != 2 {
+			return envVars, errors.Errorf("environment variable %s is malformed; should be key=value", e)
+		}
+		ev := v1.EnvVar{
+			Name:  splitE[0],
+			Value: splitE[1],
+		}
+		envVars = append(envVars, ev)
+	}
+	return envVars, nil
+}
+
+// Is this worth it?
+func libpodMaxAndMinToResourceList(c *Container) (v1.ResourceList, v1.ResourceList) { //nolint
+	// It does not appear we can properly calculate CPU resources from the information
+	// we know in libpod.  Libpod knows CPUs by time, shares, etc.
+
+	// We also only know about a memory limit; no memory minimum
+	maxResources := make(map[v1.ResourceName]resource.Quantity)
+	minResources := make(map[v1.ResourceName]resource.Quantity)
+	config := c.Config()
+	maxMem := config.Spec.Linux.Resources.Memory.Limit
+
+	_ = maxMem
+
+	return maxResources, minResources
+}
+
+func generateKubeVolumeMount(hostSourcePath string, mounts []specs.Mount) (v1.VolumeMount, error) {
+	vm := v1.VolumeMount{}
+	for _, m := range mounts {
+		if m.Source == hostSourcePath {
+			// TODO Name is not provided and is required by Kube; therefore, this is disabled earlier
+			//vm.Name =
+			vm.MountPath = m.Source
+			vm.SubPath = m.Destination
+			if util.StringInSlice("ro", m.Options) {
+				vm.ReadOnly = true
+			}
+			return vm, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return vm, errors.New("unable to find mount source")
+}
+
+// libpodMountsToKubeVolumeMounts converts the containers mounts to a struct kube understands
+func libpodMountsToKubeVolumeMounts(c *Container) ([]v1.VolumeMount, error) {
+	// At this point, I dont think we can distinguish between the default
+	// volume mounts and user added ones.  For now, we pass them all.
+	var vms []v1.VolumeMount
+	for _, hostSourcePath := range c.config.UserVolumes {
+		vm, err := generateKubeVolumeMount(hostSourcePath, c.config.Spec.Mounts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return vms, err
+		}
+		vms = append(vms, vm)
+	}
+	return vms, nil
+}
+
+// generateKubeSecurityContext generates a securityContext based on the existing container
+func generateKubeSecurityContext(c *Container) (*v1.SecurityContext, error) {
+	priv := c.Privileged()
+	ro := c.IsReadOnly()
+	allowPrivEscalation := !c.Spec().Process.NoNewPrivileges
+
+	// TODO enable use of capabilities when we can figure out how to extract cap-add|remove
+	//caps := v1.Capabilities{
+	//	//Add: c.config.Spec.Process.Capabilities
+	//}
+	sc := v1.SecurityContext{
+		// TODO enable use of capabilities when we can figure out how to extract cap-add|remove
+		//Capabilities: &caps,
+		Privileged: &priv,
+		// TODO How do we know if selinux were passed into podman
+		//SELinuxOptions:
+		// RunAsNonRoot is an optional parameter; our first implementations should be root only; however
+		// I'm leaving this as a bread-crumb for later
+		//RunAsNonRoot:             &nonRoot,
+		ReadOnlyRootFilesystem:   &ro,
+		AllowPrivilegeEscalation: &allowPrivEscalation,
+	}
+
+	if c.User() != "" {
+		// It is *possible* that
+		logrus.Debug("Looking in container for user: %s", c.User())
+		u, err := lookup.GetUser(c.state.Mountpoint, c.User())
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		user := int64(u.Uid)
+		sc.RunAsUser = &user
+	}
+	return &sc, nil
+}
+
+// generateKubeVolumeDeviceFromLinuxDevice takes a list of devices and makes a VolumeDevice struct for kube
+func generateKubeVolumeDeviceFromLinuxDevice(devices []specs.LinuxDevice) ([]v1.VolumeDevice, error) {
+	var volumeDevices []v1.VolumeDevice
+	for _, d := range devices {
+		vd := v1.VolumeDevice{
+			// TBD How are we going to sync up these names
+			//Name:
+			DevicePath: d.Path,
+		}
+		volumeDevices = append(volumeDevices, vd)
+	}
+	return volumeDevices, nil
+}
+
+func removeUnderscores(s string) string {
+	return strings.Replace(s, "_", "", -1)
+}