diff --git a/clusterloader2/pkg/measurement/util/kubemark/kubemark.go b/clusterloader2/pkg/measurement/util/kubemark/kubemark.go
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+/*
+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 kubemark
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"k8s.io/perf-tests/clusterloader2/pkg/measurement/util"
+)
+
+// KubemarkResourceUsage represents resources used by the kubemark.
+type KubemarkResourceUsage struct {
+	Name                    string
+	MemoryWorkingSetInBytes uint64
+	CPUUsageInCores         float64
+}
+
+func getMasterUsageByPrefix(host, provider, prefix string) (string, error) {
+	sshResult, err := util.SSH(fmt.Sprintf("ps ax -o %%cpu,rss,command | tail -n +2 | grep %v | sed 's/\\s+/ /g'", prefix), host+":22", provider)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return sshResult.Stdout, nil
+}
+
+// GetKubemarkMasterComponentsResourceUsage returns resource usage of the kubemark components.
+// TODO: figure out how to move this to kubemark directory (need to factor test SSH out of e2e framework)
+func GetKubemarkMasterComponentsResourceUsage(host, provider string) map[string]*KubemarkResourceUsage {
+	result := make(map[string]*KubemarkResourceUsage)
+	// Get kubernetes component resource usage
+	sshResult, err := getMasterUsageByPrefix(host, provider, "kube")
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("error when trying to SSH to master machine. Skipping probe. %v", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(sshResult))
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		var cpu float64
+		var mem uint64
+		var name string
+		fmt.Sscanf(strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text()), "%f %d /usr/local/bin/kube-%s", &cpu, &mem, &name)
+		if name != "" {
+			// Gatherer expects pod_name/container_name format
+			fullName := name + "/" + name
+			result[fullName] = &KubemarkResourceUsage{Name: fullName, MemoryWorkingSetInBytes: mem * 1024, CPUUsageInCores: cpu / 100}
+		}
+	}
+	// Get etcd resource usage
+	sshResult, err = getMasterUsageByPrefix("bin/etcd", host, provider)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("error when trying to SSH to master machine. Skipping probe")
+		return nil
+	}
+	scanner = bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(sshResult))
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		var cpu float64
+		var mem uint64
+		var etcdKind string
+		fmt.Sscanf(strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text()), "%f %d /bin/sh -c /usr/local/bin/etcd", &cpu, &mem)
+		dataDirStart := strings.Index(scanner.Text(), "--data-dir")
+		if dataDirStart < 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		fmt.Sscanf(scanner.Text()[dataDirStart:], "--data-dir=/var/%s", &etcdKind)
+		if etcdKind != "" {
+			// Gatherer expects pod_name/container_name format
+			fullName := "etcd/" + etcdKind
+			result[fullName] = &KubemarkResourceUsage{Name: fullName, MemoryWorkingSetInBytes: mem * 1024, CPUUsageInCores: cpu / 100}
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}