diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0df5eb6..7d996b5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ FROM shrinand/k8s-minion-manager:v0.1
 
 COPY . /
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/
+RUN mv binaries/kubectl-v1.12.3-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/kubectl
 RUN chmod u+x minion_manager.py
diff --git a/binaries/kubectl-v1.12.3-linux-amd64 b/binaries/kubectl-v1.12.3-linux-amd64
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9b2bcee
Binary files /dev/null and b/binaries/kubectl-v1.12.3-linux-amd64 differ
diff --git a/cloud_provider/aws/aws_minion_manager.py b/cloud_provider/aws/aws_minion_manager.py
index 0da5a91..57f15b8 100644
--- a/cloud_provider/aws/aws_minion_manager.py
+++ b/cloud_provider/aws/aws_minion_manager.py
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@
 from retrying import retry
 from bunch import bunchify
 import pytz
+import shlex
+import subprocess
 from constants import SECONDS_PER_MINUTE, SECONDS_PER_HOUR
 from cloud_provider.aws.aws_bid_advisor import AWSBidAdvisor
 from cloud_provider.aws.price_info_reporter import AWSPriceReporter
+from kubernetes import client, config
 from ..base import MinionManagerBase
 from .asg_mm import AWSAutoscalinGroupMM
 
@@ -341,6 +344,34 @@ def wait_for_all_running(self, asg_meta):
                 all_done = False
                 time.sleep(60)
 
+    def get_name_for_instance(self, instance):
+        config.load_incluster_config()
+        v1 = client.CoreV1Api()
+        for item in v1.list_node().items:
+            if instance.InstanceId in item.spec.provider_id:
+                logger.info("Instance name for %s in Kubernetes clusters is %s",
+                    instance.InstanceId, item.metadata.name)
+                return item.metadata.name
+        return None
+
+    def cordon_node(self, instance):
+        """" Runs 'kubectl drain' to actually drain the node."""
+        instance_name = self.get_name_for_instance(instance)
+        if instance_name:
+            try:
+                cmd = "kubectl drain " + instance_name + " --ignore-daemonsets=true --delete-local-data=true"
+                subprocess.check_call(shlex.split(cmd))
+                logger.info("Drained instance %s", instance_name)
+            except Exception as ex:
+                logger.info("Failed to drain node: " + str(ex) + ". Will try to uncordon")
+                cmd = "kubectl uncordon " + instance_name
+                subprocess.check_call(shlex.split(cmd))
+                logger.info("Uncordoned node " + instance_name)
+        else:
+            logger.info("Instance %s not found in Kubernetes cluster. Will not drain the instance.",
+                instance.InstanceId)
+        return True
+
     @retry(wait_exponential_multiplier=1000, stop_max_attempt_number=3)
     def run_or_die(self, instance, asg_meta, asg_semaphore):
         """ Terminates the given instance. """
@@ -369,6 +400,9 @@ def run_or_die(self, instance, asg_meta, asg_semaphore):
                                     asg_meta.get_instance_name(instance), instance.InstanceId, asg_meta.get_name())
                         return False
 
+                # Cordon and drain the node first
+                self.cordon_node(instance)
+
                 self._ec2_client.terminate_instances(InstanceIds=[instance.InstanceId])
                 logger.info("Terminated instance %s", instance.InstanceId)
                 asg_meta.remove_instance(instance.InstanceId)
diff --git a/cloud_provider/aws/aws_minion_manager_test.py b/cloud_provider/aws/aws_minion_manager_test.py
index 401ae56..f84a3ab 100644
--- a/cloud_provider/aws/aws_minion_manager_test.py
+++ b/cloud_provider/aws/aws_minion_manager_test.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import unittest
 import mock
 import pytest
+import subprocess
+import shlex
 from cloud_provider.aws.aws_minion_manager import AWSMinionManager
 from cloud_provider.aws.aws_bid_advisor import AWSBidAdvisor
 from moto import mock_autoscaling, mock_sts, mock_ec2
@@ -336,8 +338,24 @@ def _semaphore_helper(minion_manager_tag, percentage, outcome):
             awsmm.terminate_percentage = percentage
             get_semaphore = awsmm.set_semaphore(asg_meta)
             assert get_semaphore._Semaphore__value == outcome
-   
+
         _semaphore_helper('use-spot', 1, 1)
         _semaphore_helper('use-spot', 30, 1)
         _semaphore_helper('use-spot', 60, 2)
         _semaphore_helper('use-spot', 100, 3)
+
+    @mock.patch('subprocess.check_call')
+    @mock.patch('cloud_provider.aws.aws_minion_manager.AWSMinionManager.get_name_for_instance')
+    @mock_autoscaling
+    @mock_ec2
+    @mock_sts
+    def test_cordon(self, mock_get_name_for_instance, mock_check_call):
+        awsmm = self.basic_setup_and_test()
+        mock_get_name_for_instance.return_value = "ip-of-fake-node-name"
+        awsmm.cordon_node("ip-of-fake-node")
+        mock_check_call.assert_called_with(['kubectl', 'drain', 'ip-of-fake-node-name',
+            '--ignore-daemonsets=true', '--delete-local-data=true'])
+
+        mock_check_call.side_effect = [Exception("Test"), True]
+        awsmm.cordon_node("ip-of-fake-node")
+        mock_check_call.assert_called_with(['kubectl', 'uncordon', 'ip-of-fake-node-name'])
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