diff --git a/cluster/common.sh b/cluster/common.sh
index 60ff964eb906..9b7cb72142b4 100755
--- a/cluster/common.sh
+++ b/cluster/common.sh
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ function build-kube-master-certs {
 KUBEAPISERVER_CERT: $(yaml-quote ${KUBEAPISERVER_CERT_BASE64:-})
 KUBEAPISERVER_KEY: $(yaml-quote ${KUBEAPISERVER_KEY_BASE64:-})
 CA_KEY: $(yaml-quote ${CA_KEY_BASE64:-})
+AGGREGATOR_CA_KEY: $(yaml-quote ${AGGREGATOR_CA_KEY_BASE64:-})
+REQUESTHEADER_CA_CERT: $(yaml-quote ${REQUESTHEADER_CA_CERT_BASE64:-})
+PROXY_CLIENT_CERT: $(yaml-quote ${PROXY_CLIENT_CERT_BASE64:-})
+PROXY_CLIENT_KEY: $(yaml-quote ${PROXY_CLIENT_KEY_BASE64:-})
 EOF
 }
 
@@ -949,7 +953,9 @@ function create-certs {
 
   echo "Generating certs for alternate-names: ${sans}"
 
+  setup-easyrsa
   PRIMARY_CN="${primary_cn}" SANS="${sans}" generate-certs
+  AGGREGATOR_PRIMARY_CN="${primary_cn}" AGGREGATOR_SANS="${sans}" generate-aggregator-certs
 
   CERT_DIR="${KUBE_TEMP}/easy-rsa-master/easyrsa3"
   # By default, linux wraps base64 output every 76 cols, so we use 'tr -d' to remove whitespaces.
@@ -964,6 +970,34 @@ function create-certs {
   KUBECFG_KEY_BASE64=$(cat "${CERT_DIR}/pki/private/kubecfg.key" | base64 | tr -d '\r\n')
   KUBEAPISERVER_CERT_BASE64=$(cat "${CERT_DIR}/pki/issued/kube-apiserver.crt" | base64 | tr -d '\r\n')
   KUBEAPISERVER_KEY_BASE64=$(cat "${CERT_DIR}/pki/private/kube-apiserver.key" | base64 | tr -d '\r\n')
+
+  # Setting up an addition directory (beyond pki) as it is the simplest way to
+  # ensure we get a different CA pair to sign the proxy-client certs and which
+  # we can send CA public key to the user-apiserver to validate communication.
+  AGGREGATOR_CERT_DIR="${KUBE_TEMP}/easy-rsa-master/aggregator"
+  AGGREGATOR_CA_KEY_BASE64=$(cat "${AGGREGATOR_CERT_DIR}/pki/private/ca.key" | base64 | tr -d '\r\n')
+  REQUESTHEADER_CA_CERT_BASE64=$(cat "${AGGREGATOR_CERT_DIR}/pki/ca.crt" | base64 | tr -d '\r\n')
+  PROXY_CLIENT_CERT_BASE64=$(cat "${AGGREGATOR_CERT_DIR}/pki/issued/proxy-client.crt" | base64 | tr -d '\r\n')
+  PROXY_CLIENT_KEY_BASE64=$(cat "${AGGREGATOR_CERT_DIR}/pki/private/proxy-client.key" | base64 | tr -d '\r\n')
+}
+
+function setup-easyrsa {
+  local -r cert_create_debug_output=$(mktemp "${KUBE_TEMP}/cert_create_debug_output.XXX")
+  # Note: This was heavily cribbed from make-ca-cert.sh
+  (set -x
+    cd "${KUBE_TEMP}"
+    curl -L -O --connect-timeout 20 --retry 6 --retry-delay 2 https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/easy-rsa/easy-rsa.tar.gz
+    tar xzf easy-rsa.tar.gz
+    mkdir easy-rsa-master/kubelet
+    cp -r easy-rsa-master/easyrsa3/* easy-rsa-master/kubelet
+    mkdir easy-rsa-master/aggregator
+    cp -r easy-rsa-master/easyrsa3/* easy-rsa-master/aggregator) &>${cert_create_debug_output} || {
+    # If there was an error in the subshell, just die.
+    # TODO(roberthbailey): add better error handling here
+    cat "${cert_create_debug_output}" >&2
+    echo "=== Failed to setup easy-rsa: Aborting ===" >&2
+    exit 2
+  }
 }
 
 # Runs the easy RSA commands to generate certificate files.
@@ -980,12 +1014,7 @@ function generate-certs {
   local -r cert_create_debug_output=$(mktemp "${KUBE_TEMP}/cert_create_debug_output.XXX")
   # Note: This was heavily cribbed from make-ca-cert.sh
   (set -x
-    cd "${KUBE_TEMP}"
-    curl -L -O --connect-timeout 20 --retry 6 --retry-delay 2 https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/easy-rsa/easy-rsa.tar.gz
-    tar xzf easy-rsa.tar.gz
-    mkdir easy-rsa-master/kubelet
-    cp -r easy-rsa-master/easyrsa3/* easy-rsa-master/kubelet
-    cd easy-rsa-master/easyrsa3
+    cd "${KUBE_TEMP}/easy-rsa-master/easyrsa3"
     ./easyrsa init-pki
     # this puts the cert into pki/ca.crt and the key into pki/private/ca.key
     ./easyrsa --batch "--req-cn=${PRIMARY_CN}@$(date +%s)" build-ca nopass
@@ -1010,7 +1039,51 @@ function generate-certs {
     # If there was an error in the subshell, just die.
     # TODO(roberthbailey): add better error handling here
     cat "${cert_create_debug_output}" >&2
-    echo "=== Failed to generate certificates: Aborting ===" >&2
+    echo "=== Failed to generate master certificates: Aborting ===" >&2
+    exit 2
+  }
+}
+
+# Runs the easy RSA commands to generate aggregator certificate files.
+# The generated files are at ${KUBE_TEMP}/easy-rsa-master/aggregator
+#
+# Assumed vars
+#   KUBE_TEMP
+#   AGGREGATOR_MASTER_NAME
+#   AGGREGATOR_PRIMARY_CN: Primary canonical name
+#   AGGREGATOR_SANS: Subject alternate names
+#
+#
+function generate-aggregator-certs {
+  local -r cert_create_debug_output=$(mktemp "${KUBE_TEMP}/cert_create_debug_output.XXX")
+  # Note: This was heavily cribbed from make-ca-cert.sh
+  (set -x
+    cd "${KUBE_TEMP}/easy-rsa-master/aggregator"
+    ./easyrsa init-pki
+    # this puts the cert into pki/ca.crt and the key into pki/private/ca.key
+    ./easyrsa --batch "--req-cn=${AGGREGATOR_PRIMARY_CN}@$(date +%s)" build-ca nopass
+    ./easyrsa --subject-alt-name="${AGGREGATOR_SANS}" build-server-full "${AGGREGATOR_MASTER_NAME}" nopass
+    ./easyrsa build-client-full aggregator-apiserver nopass
+
+    kube::util::ensure-cfssl "${KUBE_TEMP}/cfssl"
+
+    # make the config for the signer
+    echo '{"signing":{"default":{"expiry":"43800h","usages":["signing","key encipherment","client auth"]}}}' > "ca-config.json"
+    # create the aggregator client cert with the correct groups
+    echo '{"CN":"aggregator","hosts":[""],"key":{"algo":"rsa","size":2048}}' | "${CFSSL_BIN}" gencert -ca=pki/ca.crt -ca-key=pki/private/ca.key -config=ca-config.json - | "${CFSSLJSON_BIN}" -bare proxy-client
+    mv "proxy-client-key.pem" "pki/private/proxy-client.key"
+    mv "proxy-client.pem" "pki/issued/proxy-client.crt"
+    rm -f "proxy-client.csr"
+
+    # Make a superuser client cert with subject "O=system:masters, CN=kubecfg"
+    ./easyrsa --dn-mode=org \
+      --req-cn=proxy-clientcfg --req-org=system:aggregator \
+      --req-c= --req-st= --req-city= --req-email= --req-ou= \
+      build-client-full proxy-clientcfg nopass) &>${cert_create_debug_output} || {
+    # If there was an error in the subshell, just die.
+    # TODO(roberthbailey): add better error handling here
+    cat "${cert_create_debug_output}" >&2
+    echo "=== Failed to generate aggregator certificates: Aborting ===" >&2
     exit 2
   }
 }
@@ -1168,6 +1241,10 @@ function parse-master-env() {
   KUBELET_KEY_BASE64=$(get-env-val "${master_env}" "KUBELET_KEY")
   MASTER_CERT_BASE64=$(get-env-val "${master_env}" "MASTER_CERT")
   MASTER_KEY_BASE64=$(get-env-val "${master_env}" "MASTER_KEY")
+  AGGREGATOR_CA_KEY_BASE64=$(get-env-val "${master_env}" "AGGREGATOR_CA_KEY")
+  REQUESTHEADER_CA_CERT_BASE64=$(get-env-val "${master_env}" "REQUESTHEADER_CA_CERT")
+  PROXY_CLIENT_CERT_BASE64=$(get-env-val "${master_env}" "PROXY_CLIENT_CERT")
+  PROXY_CLIENT_KEY_BASE64=$(get-env-val "${master_env}" "PROXY_CLIENT_KEY")
 }
 
 # Update or verify required gcloud components are installed
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 49eefb0e526e..7e0d07802814 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ NETWORK=${KUBE_GCE_NETWORK:-default}
 INSTANCE_PREFIX="${KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX:-kubernetes}"
 CLUSTER_NAME="${CLUSTER_NAME:-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}}"
 MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
+AGGREGATOR_MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-aggregator"
 INITIAL_ETCD_CLUSTER="${MASTER_NAME}"
 ETCD_QUORUM_READ="${ENABLE_ETCD_QUORUM_READ:-false}"
 MASTER_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 1d8df0e055e6..bf442df0b21a 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ NETWORK=${KUBE_GCE_NETWORK:-e2e}
 INSTANCE_PREFIX="${KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX:-e2e-test-${USER}}"
 CLUSTER_NAME="${CLUSTER_NAME:-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}}"
 MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
+AGGREGATOR_MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-aggregator"
 INITIAL_ETCD_CLUSTER="${MASTER_NAME}"
 ETCD_QUORUM_READ="${ENABLE_ETCD_QUORUM_READ:-false}"
 MASTER_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 91fe619b5711..14234126b8ec 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -323,6 +323,18 @@ function create-master-pki {
   # < 1.6.
   ln -sf "${APISERVER_SERVER_KEY_PATH}" /etc/srv/kubernetes/server.key
   ln -sf "${APISERVER_SERVER_CERT_PATH}" /etc/srv/kubernetes/server.cert
+
+  AGGREGATOR_CA_KEY_PATH="${pki_dir}/aggr_ca.key"
+  echo "${AGGREGATOR_CA_KEY:-}" | base64 --decode > "${AGGREGATOR_CA_KEY_PATH}"
+
+  REQUESTHEADER_CA_CERT_PATH="${pki_dir}/aggr_ca.crt"
+  echo "${REQUESTHEADER_CA_CERT:-}" | base64 --decode > "${REQUESTHEADER_CA_CERT_PATH}"
+
+  PROXY_CLIENT_KEY_PATH="${pki_dir}/proxy_client.key"
+  echo "${PROXY_CLIENT_KEY:-}" | base64 --decode > "${PROXY_CLIENT_KEY_PATH}"
+
+  PROXY_CLIENT_CERT_PATH="${pki_dir}/proxy_client.crt"
+  echo "${PROXY_CLIENT_CERT:-}" | base64 --decode > "${PROXY_CLIENT_CERT_PATH}"
 }
 
 # After the first boot and on upgrade, these files exist on the master-pd
@@ -1202,6 +1214,15 @@ function start-kube-apiserver {
   params+=" --secure-port=443"
   params+=" --tls-cert-file=${APISERVER_SERVER_CERT_PATH}"
   params+=" --tls-private-key-file=${APISERVER_SERVER_KEY_PATH}"
+  if [[ ! -z "${REQUESTHEADER_CA_CERT:-}" ]]; then
+    params+=" --requestheader-client-ca-file=${REQUESTHEADER_CA_CERT_PATH}"
+    params+=" --requestheader-allowed-names=aggregator"
+    params+=" --requestheader-extra-headers-prefix=X-Remote-Extra-"
+    params+=" --requestheader-group-headers=X-Remote-Group"
+    params+=" --requestheader-username-headers=X-Remote-User"
+    params+=" --proxy-client-cert-file=${PROXY_CLIENT_CERT_PATH}"
+    params+=" --proxy-client-key-file=${PROXY_CLIENT_KEY_PATH}"
+  fi
   params+=" --enable-aggregator-routing=true"
   if [[ -e "${APISERVER_CLIENT_CERT_PATH}" ]] && [[ -e "${APISERVER_CLIENT_KEY_PATH}" ]]; then
     params+=" --kubelet-client-certificate=${APISERVER_CLIENT_CERT_PATH}"
diff --git a/cluster/kubemark/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/kubemark/gce/config-default.sh
index 8314484f8244..3acd3f388159 100644
--- a/cluster/kubemark/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/kubemark/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ MASTER_IMAGE_PROJECT=${KUBE_GCE_MASTER_PROJECT:-cos-cloud}
 NETWORK=${KUBE_GCE_NETWORK:-default}
 INSTANCE_PREFIX="${INSTANCE_PREFIX:-"default"}"
 MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-kubemark-master"
+AGGREGATOR_MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-kubemark-aggregator"
 MASTER_TAG="kubemark-master"
 EVENT_STORE_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-event-store"
 MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"