diff --git a/plugin/kubernetes/README.md b/plugin/kubernetes/README.md
index 672e167df..2c7f9861e 100644
--- a/plugin/kubernetes/README.md
+++ b/plugin/kubernetes/README.md
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ kubernetes [ZONES...] {
   This allows the querying pod to continue searching for the service in the search path.
   The search path could, for example, include another Kubernetes cluster.
 
+## Ready
+
+This plugin reports readiness to the ready plugin. This will happen after it has synced to the
+Kubernetes API.
+
 ## Examples
 
 Handle all queries in the `cluster.local` zone. Connect to Kubernetes in-cluster. Also handle all
diff --git a/plugin/kubernetes/ready.go b/plugin/kubernetes/ready.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2625f3b5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/kubernetes/ready.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package kubernetes
+
+// Ready implements the ready.Readiness interface.
+func (k *Kubernetes) Ready() bool { return k.APIConn.HasSynced() }