diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/GridKernalContext.java b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/GridKernalContext.java
index 100ad281b211c..cb9ffa101e506 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/GridKernalContext.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/GridKernalContext.java
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.cache.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.clock.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.closure.*;
+import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.cluster.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.continuous.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.dataload.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.datastructures.*;
-import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.igfs.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.hadoop.*;
+import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.igfs.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.job.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.jobmetrics.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.offheap.*;
@@ -508,4 +509,11 @@ public interface GridKernalContext extends Iterable<GridComponent> {
      * @return Exception registry.
      */
     public IgniteExceptionRegistry exceptionRegistry();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets Cluster processor.
+     *
+     * @return Cluster processor.
+     */
+    public ClusterProcessor cluster();
 }
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/GridKernalContextImpl.java b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/GridKernalContextImpl.java
index 395ad52c7f95c..756c16a0fbd9e 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/GridKernalContextImpl.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/GridKernalContextImpl.java
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.cache.serialization.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.clock.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.closure.*;
+import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.cluster.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.continuous.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.dataload.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.datastructures.*;
-import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.igfs.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.hadoop.*;
+import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.igfs.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.job.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.jobmetrics.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.offheap.*;
@@ -243,6 +244,10 @@ public class GridKernalContextImpl implements GridKernalContext, Externalizable
     @GridToStringExclude
     private IgniteSpringProcessor spring;
 
+    /** */
+    @GridToStringExclude
+    private ClusterProcessor cluster;
+
     /** */
     @GridToStringExclude
     private DataStructuresProcessor dataStructuresProc;
@@ -461,6 +466,8 @@ else if (comp instanceof GridQueryProcessor)
             qryProc = (GridQueryProcessor)comp;
         else if (comp instanceof DataStructuresProcessor)
             dataStructuresProc = (DataStructuresProcessor)comp;
+        else if (comp instanceof ClusterProcessor)
+            cluster = (ClusterProcessor)comp;
         else
             assert (comp instanceof GridPluginComponent) : "Unknown manager class: " + comp.getClass();
 
@@ -853,6 +860,11 @@ protected Object readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException {
         return registry;
     }
 
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override public ClusterProcessor cluster() {
+        return cluster;
+    }
+
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override public String toString() {
         return S.toString(GridKernalContextImpl.class, this);
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/IgniteKernal.java b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/IgniteKernal.java
index 9c92edd51f17a..f46d071b91c19 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/IgniteKernal.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/IgniteKernal.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.cache.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.clock.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.closure.*;
+import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.cluster.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.continuous.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.dataload.*;
 import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.datastructures.*;
@@ -182,10 +183,6 @@ public class IgniteKernal implements IgniteEx, IgniteMXBean, Externalizable {
     @GridToStringExclude
     private boolean errOnStop;
 
-    /** Cluster. */
-    @GridToStringExclude
-    private IgniteClusterImpl cluster;
-
     /** Scheduler. */
     @GridToStringExclude
     private IgniteScheduler scheduler;
@@ -229,37 +226,37 @@ public IgniteKernal(@Nullable GridSpringResourceContext rsrcCtx) {
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override public IgniteClusterEx cluster() {
-        return cluster;
+        return ctx.cluster().get();
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override public ClusterNode localNode() {
-        return cluster.localNode();
+        return ctx.cluster().get().localNode();
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override public IgniteCompute compute() {
-        return cluster.compute();
+        return ctx.cluster().get().compute();
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override public IgniteMessaging message() {
-        return cluster.message();
+        return ctx.cluster().get().message();
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override public IgniteEvents events() {
-        return cluster.events();
+        return ctx.cluster().get().events();
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override public IgniteServices services() {
-        return cluster.services();
+        return ctx.cluster().get().services();
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override public ExecutorService executorService() {
-        return cluster.executorService();
+        return ctx.cluster().get().executorService();
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
@@ -678,7 +675,7 @@ public void start(final IgniteConfiguration cfg,
                 igfsExecSvc,
                 restExecSvc);
 
-            cluster = new IgniteClusterImpl(ctx);
+            startProcessor(ctx, new ClusterProcessor(ctx), attrs);
 
             U.onGridStart();
 
@@ -1793,7 +1790,7 @@ else if (state == STARTING)
                 // No more kernal calls from this point on.
                 gw.setState(STOPPING);
 
-                cluster.clearNodeMap();
+                ctx.cluster().get().clearNodeMap();
 
                 if (log.isDebugEnabled())
                     log.debug("Grid " + (gridName == null ? "" : '\'' + gridName + "' ") + "is stopping.");
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/processors/cluster/ClusterProcessor.java b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/processors/cluster/ClusterProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0ee00f1ec3e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/processors/cluster/ClusterProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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 org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.cluster;
+
+import org.apache.ignite.internal.*;
+import org.apache.ignite.internal.cluster.*;
+import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.*;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class ClusterProcessor extends GridProcessorAdapter {
+    /** */
+    private IgniteClusterImpl cluster;
+
+    /**
+     * @param ctx Kernal context.
+     */
+    public ClusterProcessor(GridKernalContext ctx) {
+        super(ctx);
+
+        cluster = new IgniteClusterImpl(ctx);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Cluster.
+     */
+    public IgniteClusterImpl get() {
+        return cluster;
+    }
+}