diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/node-api/pkg/apis/OWNERS b/staging/src/k8s.io/node-api/pkg/apis/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bae178f8175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/node-api/pkg/apis/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Disable inheritance as this is an api owners file
+options:
+  no_parent_owners: true
+approvers:
+- api-approvers
+reviewers:
+- api-reviewers
+labels:
+- kind/api-change
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/node-api/pkg/apis/node/v1alpha1/doc.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/node-api/pkg/apis/node/v1alpha1/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..30145d5bb88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/node-api/pkg/apis/node/v1alpha1/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+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.
+*/
+
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+
+// +groupName=node.k8s.io
+package v1alpha1 // import "k8s.io/node-api/pkg/apis/node/v1alpha1"
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/node-api/pkg/apis/node/v1alpha1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/node-api/pkg/apis/node/v1alpha1/register.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f74ffed6e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/node-api/pkg/apis/node/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+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 v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+)
+
+// GroupName is the group name use in this package
+const GroupName = "node.k8s.io"
+
+// SchemeGroupVersion is group version used to register these objects
+var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: "v1alpha1"}
+
+// Resource takes an unqualified resource and returns a Group qualified GroupResource
+func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
+	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
+}
+
+var (
+	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes)
+	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+)
+
+// Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
+func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
+	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
+		&RuntimeClass{},
+		&RuntimeClassList{},
+	)
+
+	metav1.AddToGroupVersion(scheme, SchemeGroupVersion)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/node-api/pkg/apis/node/v1alpha1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/node-api/pkg/apis/node/v1alpha1/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1951321da26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/node-api/pkg/apis/node/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+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 v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+// +genclient
+// +genclient:nonNamespaced
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+
+// RuntimeClass defines a class of container runtime supported in the cluster.
+// The RuntimeClass is used to select or configure the container runtime that is
+// used to run all containers in a pod. RuntimeClasses are (currently) manually
+// defined by a user or cluster provisioner, and referenced in the PodSpec. The
+// Kubelet is responsible for resolving the RuntimeClassName reference before
+// running the pod.  For more details, see
+// https://git.k8s.io/enhancements/keps/sig-node/0014-runtime-class.md
+type RuntimeClass struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
+	// More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/api-conventions.md#metadata
+	// +optional
+	metav1.ObjectMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=metadata"`
+
+	// Specification of the RuntimeClass
+	// More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status
+	Spec RuntimeClassSpec `json:"spec" protobuf:"bytes,2,name=spec"`
+}
+
+// RuntimeClassSpec is a specification of a RuntimeClass. It contains parameters
+// that required to describe the RuntimeClass to the Container Runtime Interface
+// (CRI) implementation, as well as any other components that need to understand
+// how the pod will be run. The RuntimeClassSpec should be treated as immutable.
+type RuntimeClassSpec struct {
+	// RuntimeHandler specifies the underlying runtime and configuration that the
+	// CRI implementation will use to handle pods of this class. The possible
+	// values are specific to the node configuration & CRI implementation.  It is
+	// assumed that all handlers are available on every node, and handlers of the
+	// same name are equivalent on every node.
+	// For example, a handler called "runc" might specify that the runc OCI
+	// runtime (using native Linux containers) should be used to run the
+	// containers in a pod.
+	// If this is not specified (or empty), a default will be chosen by the
+	// implementation.
+	// +optional
+	RuntimeHandler *string `json:"runtimeHandler,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=runtimeHandler"`
+}
+
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+
+// RuntimeClassList is a list of RuntimeClass objects.
+type RuntimeClassList struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
+	// Standard list metadata.
+	// More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/api-conventions.md#metadata
+	// +optional
+	metav1.ListMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=metadata"`
+
+	// Items is a list of schema objects.
+	Items []RuntimeClass `json:"items" protobuf:"bytes,2,rep,name=items"`
+}