diff --git a/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt b/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt
index a6d5a48813b..78a813bca8c 100644
--- a/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt
+++ b/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt
@@ -92,3 +92,4 @@ test/e2e/host_path.go:			fmt.Sprintf("--retry_time=%d", retryDuration),
 test/images/mount-tester/mt.go:	flag.BoolVar(&breakOnExpectedContent, "break_on_expected_content", true, "Break out of loop on expected content, (use with --file_content_in_loop flag only)")
 test/images/mount-tester/mt.go:	flag.IntVar(&retryDuration, "retry_time", 180, "Retry time during the loop")
 test/images/mount-tester/mt.go:	flag.StringVar(&readFileContentInLoopPath, "file_content_in_loop", "", "Path to read the file content in loop from")
+test/e2e/host_path.go:			fmt.Sprintf("--file_content_in_loop=%v", filePathInReader),
diff --git a/pkg/api/types.go b/pkg/api/types.go
index 31fd337b8cd..03acad36546 100644
--- a/pkg/api/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/types.go
@@ -758,6 +758,9 @@ type VolumeMount struct {
 	ReadOnly bool `json:"readOnly,omitempty"`
 	// Required. Must not contain ':'.
 	MountPath string `json:"mountPath"`
+	// Path within the volume from which the container's volume should be mounted.
+	// Defaults to "" (volume's root).
+	SubPath string `json:"subPath,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // EnvVar represents an environment variable present in a Container.
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/types.go b/pkg/api/v1/types.go
index 93416b587f0..b11ffed3d97 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/types.go
@@ -883,6 +883,9 @@ type VolumeMount struct {
 	// Path within the container at which the volume should be mounted.  Must
 	// not contain ':'.
 	MountPath string `json:"mountPath" protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=mountPath"`
+	// Path within the volume from which the container's volume should be mounted.
+	// Defaults to "" (volume's root).
+	SubPath string `json:"subPath,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=subPath"`
 }
 
 // EnvVar represents an environment variable present in a Container.
diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
index 95d729cb2a5..0c15f53b3d6 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
@@ -746,6 +746,28 @@ func validateDownwardAPIVolumeSource(downwardAPIVolume *api.DownwardAPIVolumeSou
 	return allErrs
 }
 
+// This validate will make sure targetPath:
+// 1. is not abs path
+// 2. does not start with '../'
+// 3. does not contain '/../'
+// 4. does not end with '/..'
+func validateSubPath(targetPath string, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
+	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
+	if path.IsAbs(targetPath) {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath, targetPath, "must be a relative path"))
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(targetPath, "../") {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath, targetPath, "must not start with '../'"))
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(targetPath, "/../") {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath, targetPath, "must not contain '/../'"))
+	}
+	if strings.HasSuffix(targetPath, "/..") {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath, targetPath, "must not end with '/..'"))
+	}
+	return allErrs
+}
+
 // This validate will make sure targetPath:
 // 1. is not abs path
 // 2. does not contain '..'
@@ -1168,6 +1190,9 @@ func validateVolumeMounts(mounts []api.VolumeMount, volumes sets.String, fldPath
 			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(idxPath.Child("mountPath"), mnt.MountPath, "must be unique"))
 		}
 		mountpoints.Insert(mnt.MountPath)
+		if len(mnt.SubPath) > 0 {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, validateSubPath(mnt.SubPath, fldPath.Child("subPath"))...)
+		}
 	}
 	return allErrs
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
index 60d35ec0b42..5859a9c7784 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -1274,6 +1274,10 @@ func TestValidateVolumeMounts(t *testing.T) {
 		{Name: "abc", MountPath: "/foo"},
 		{Name: "123", MountPath: "/bar"},
 		{Name: "abc-123", MountPath: "/baz"},
+		{Name: "abc-123", MountPath: "/baa", SubPath: ""},
+		{Name: "abc-123", MountPath: "/bab", SubPath: "baz"},
+		{Name: "abc-123", MountPath: "/bac", SubPath: ".baz"},
+		{Name: "abc-123", MountPath: "/bad", SubPath: "..baz"},
 	}
 	if errs := validateVolumeMounts(successCase, volumes, field.NewPath("field")); len(errs) != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("expected success: %v", errs)
@@ -1285,6 +1289,10 @@ func TestValidateVolumeMounts(t *testing.T) {
 		"empty mountpath":     {{Name: "abc", MountPath: ""}},
 		"colon mountpath":     {{Name: "abc", MountPath: "foo:bar"}},
 		"mountpath collision": {{Name: "foo", MountPath: "/path/a"}, {Name: "bar", MountPath: "/path/a"}},
+		"absolute subpath":    {{Name: "abc", MountPath: "/bar", SubPath: "/baz"}},
+		"subpath in ..":       {{Name: "abc", MountPath: "/bar", SubPath: "../baz"}},
+		"subpath contains ..": {{Name: "abc", MountPath: "/bar", SubPath: "baz/../bat"}},
+		"subpath ends in ..":  {{Name: "abc", MountPath: "/bar", SubPath: "./.."}},
 	}
 	for k, v := range errorCases {
 		if errs := validateVolumeMounts(v, volumes, field.NewPath("field")); len(errs) == 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index c6be6894ad1..4d301b96902 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1176,10 +1176,14 @@ func makeMounts(pod *api.Pod, podDir string, container *api.Container, hostName,
 			vol.SELinuxLabeled = true
 			relabelVolume = true
 		}
+		hostPath := vol.Mounter.GetPath()
+		if mount.SubPath != "" {
+			hostPath = filepath.Join(hostPath, mount.SubPath)
+		}
 		mounts = append(mounts, kubecontainer.Mount{
 			Name:           mount.Name,
 			ContainerPath:  mount.MountPath,
-			HostPath:       vol.Mounter.GetPath(),
+			HostPath:       hostPath,
 			ReadOnly:       mount.ReadOnly,
 			SELinuxRelabel: relabelVolume,
 		})
diff --git a/test/e2e/host_path.go b/test/e2e/host_path.go
index 58a5a1dc848..3f264b6b88c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/host_path.go
+++ b/test/e2e/host_path.go
@@ -88,6 +88,37 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("hostPath", func() {
 		}, namespace.Name,
 		)
 	})
+
+	It("should support subPath [Conformance]", func() {
+		volumePath := "/test-volume"
+		subPath := "sub-path"
+		fileName := "test-file"
+		retryDuration := 180
+
+		filePathInWriter := path.Join(volumePath, fileName)
+		filePathInReader := path.Join(volumePath, subPath, fileName)
+
+		source := &api.HostPathVolumeSource{
+			Path: "/tmp",
+		}
+		pod := testPodWithHostVol(volumePath, source)
+		// Write the file in the subPath from container 0
+		container := &pod.Spec.Containers[0]
+		container.VolumeMounts[0].SubPath = subPath
+		container.Args = []string{
+			fmt.Sprintf("--new_file_0644=%v", filePathInWriter),
+			fmt.Sprintf("--file_mode=%v", filePathInWriter),
+		}
+		// Read it from outside the subPath from container 1
+		pod.Spec.Containers[1].Args = []string{
+			fmt.Sprintf("--file_content_in_loop=%v", filePathInReader),
+			fmt.Sprintf("--retry_time=%d", retryDuration),
+		}
+
+		framework.TestContainerOutput("hostPath subPath", c, pod, 1, []string{
+			"content of file \"" + filePathInReader + "\": mount-tester new file",
+		}, namespace.Name)
+	})
 })
 
 //These constants are borrowed from the other test.