diff --git a/lib/container-base-object.js b/lib/container-base-object.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58fd0ec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/container-base-object.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const BaseObject = require('./base');
+
+class ContainerBaseObject extends BaseObject {
+  /**
+   * Create generic Kubernetes API object that might contain other resources.
+   * For example, a named Pod contains .log resources (core.ns.pods('foo').log).
+   *
+   * @param {object} options - Options object
+   * @param {string} options.resources - Array of resources to add
+   */
+  constructor(options) {
+    super(options);
+    if (options.resources) {
+      options.resources.forEach(resource => this.addResource(resource));
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add a resource to the container object.
+   * @param {string|object} options - resource name or options object
+   * @param {string} options.name - resource name
+   * @param {fn} options.Constructor - constructor for new resource
+   * @returns {object} returns this to facilitate chaining
+   */
+  addResource(options) {
+    if (typeof options === 'string') {
+      options = { name: options, Constructor: BaseObject };
+    } else if (!options.name || !options.Constructor) {
+      throw new RangeError(
+        'NamedBaseObject.addResource: options requires .name and .Constructor');
+    }
+
+    if (this[options.name]) {
+      throw new RangeError(
+        `NamedBaseObject.addResource: .${ options.name } already exists`);
+    }
+    this[options.name] = new options.Constructor({
+      api: this.api,
+      name: options.name,
+      parentPath: this.path
+    });
+
+    return this;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = ContainerBaseObject;
diff --git a/lib/pods.js b/lib/pods.js
index 105862f2..bc7d4bbe 100644
--- a/lib/pods.js
+++ b/lib/pods.js
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 const util = require('util');
 
 const BaseObject = require('./base');
+const ContainerBaseObject = require('./container-base-object');
 
-class NamedPods extends BaseObject {
+class NamedPods extends ContainerBaseObject {
   /**
    * Create a named Pod Kubernetes object with a log.
    * @extends BaseObject
@@ -14,12 +15,9 @@ class NamedPods extends BaseObject {
    * @param {string} options.path - Optional path of this resource
    */
   constructor(options) {
-    super(options);
-    this.log = new BaseObject({
-      api: this.api,
-      name: 'log',
-      parentPath: this.path
-    });
+    super(Object.assign({
+      resources: ['log']
+    }, options));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/container-base-object.test.js b/test/container-base-object.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e61940b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/container-base-object.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const assume = require('assume');
+
+const ContainerBaseObject = require('../lib/container-base-object');
+
+describe('lib.container-base-object', () => {
+  describe('.ContainerBaseObject', () => {
+    it('adds resources specified in the constructor', () => {
+      const fake = new ContainerBaseObject({ resources: ['foo'] });
+      assume(fake.foo).is.a('function');
+    });
+
+    it('throws an error if missing resource name', () => {
+      const fn = () => new ContainerBaseObject({ resources: [{ Constructor: 'fake' }] });
+      assume(fn).throws();
+    });
+
+    it('throws an error if missing resource Constructor', () => {
+      const fn = () => new ContainerBaseObject({ resources: [{ name: 'fake' }] });
+      assume(fn).throws();
+    });
+
+    it('throws an error for adding the resource', () => {
+      const fake = new ContainerBaseObject({ resources: ['foo'] });
+      const fn = () => fake.addResource('foo');
+      assume(fn).throws();
+    });
+  });
+});