diff --git a/_proto/hapi/release/status.proto b/_proto/hapi/release/status.proto
index 999f7bea7..9fc8eb49a 100644
--- a/_proto/hapi/release/status.proto
+++ b/_proto/hapi/release/status.proto
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@ message Status {
 	Code code = 1;
 
 	google.protobuf.Any details = 2;
+        string cluster_status = 3;
 }
diff --git a/cmd/helm/status.go b/cmd/helm/status.go
index 3b522644f..cf407bbb6 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/status.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/status.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func (s *statusCmd) run() error {
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(s.out, "Last Deployed: %s\n", timeconv.String(res.Info.LastDeployed))
 	fmt.Fprintf(s.out, "Status: %s\n", res.Info.Status.Code)
+	fmt.Fprintf(s.out, "Cluster Status:\n%s\n", res.Info.Status.ClusterStatus)
 	if res.Info.Status.Details != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(s.out, "Details: %s\n", res.Info.Status.Details)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/tiller/environment/environment.go b/cmd/tiller/environment/environment.go
index 2a9d85370..609a1d113 100644
--- a/cmd/tiller/environment/environment.go
+++ b/cmd/tiller/environment/environment.go
@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ type KubeClient interface {
 	// by "\n---\n").
 	Create(namespace string, reader io.Reader) error
 
+	// Get gets one or more resources.
+	//
+	// namespace must contain a valid existing namespace.
+	//
+	// reader must contain a YAML stream (one or more YAML documents separated
+	// by "\n---\n").
+	Get(namespace string, reader io.Reader) (string, error)
+
 	// Delete destroys one or more resources.
 	//
 	// namespace must contain a valid existing namespace.
diff --git a/cmd/tiller/release_server.go b/cmd/tiller/release_server.go
index 061a76c4b..f924cecf7 100644
--- a/cmd/tiller/release_server.go
+++ b/cmd/tiller/release_server.go
@@ -159,6 +159,17 @@ func (s *releaseServer) GetReleaseStatus(c ctx.Context, req *services.GetRelease
 	if rel.Info == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("release info is missing")
 	}
+
+	// Ok, we got the status of the release as we had jotted down, now we need to match the
+	// manifest we stashed away with reality from the cluster.
+	kubeCli := s.env.KubeClient
+	resp, err := kubeCli.Get(rel.Namespace, bytes.NewBufferString(rel.Manifest))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("warning: COULDN'T FETCH %q failed: %s", rel.Name, err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	rel.Info.Status.ClusterStatus = resp
+
 	return &services.GetReleaseStatusResponse{Info: rel.Info}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kube/client.go b/pkg/kube/client.go
index da073d173..66acd3ce2 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/client.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/client.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package kube // import "k8s.io/helm/pkg/kube"
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ func New(config clientcmd.ClientConfig) *Client {
 	}
 }
 
-// ResourceActorFunc performs an action on a signle resource.
+// ResourceActorFunc performs an action on a single resource.
 type ResourceActorFunc func(*resource.Info) error
 
 // Create creates kubernetes resources from an io.reader
@@ -63,6 +64,54 @@ func (c *Client) Create(namespace string, reader io.Reader) error {
 	return perform(c, namespace, reader, createResource)
 }
 
+// Get gets kubernetes resources as pretty printed string
+//
+// Namespace will set the namespace
+func (c *Client) Get(namespace string, reader io.Reader) (string, error) {
+	// Since we don't know what order the objects come in, let's group them by the types, so
+	// that when we print them, they come looking good (headers apply to subgroups, etc.)
+	objs := make(map[string][]runtime.Object)
+	err := perform(c, namespace, reader, func(info *resource.Info) error {
+		log.Printf("Doing get for: '%s'", info.Name)
+		obj, err := resource.NewHelper(info.Client, info.Mapping).Get(info.Namespace, info.Name, info.Export)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// We need to fetch the
+		or, err := api.GetReference(obj)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("FAILED GetReference for: %#v\n%v", obj, err)
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Use APIVersion/Kind as grouping mechanism
+		objType := or.APIVersion + "/" + or.Kind
+		objs[objType] = append(objs[objType], obj)
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	// Ok, now we have all the objects grouped by types (say, by v1/Pod, v1/Service, etc.), so
+	// spin through them and print them. Printer is cool since it prints the header only when
+	// an object type changes, so we can just rely on that. Problem is it doesn't seem to keep
+	// track of tab widths
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	p := kubectl.NewHumanReadablePrinter(false, false, false, false, false, false, []string{})
+	for t, ot := range objs {
+		for _, o := range ot {
+			err = p.PrintObj(o, buf)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("failed to print object type '%s', object: '%s' :\n %v", t, o, err)
+				return "", err
+			}
+		}
+		_, err := buf.WriteString("\n")
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+	}
+	return buf.String(), err
+}
+
 // Update reads in the current configuration and a modified configuration from io.reader
 //  and creates resources that don't already exists, updates resources that have been modified
 //  and deletes resources from the current configuration that are not present in the
diff --git a/pkg/proto/hapi/release/status.pb.go b/pkg/proto/hapi/release/status.pb.go
index 1c7f161ef..66a4345f5 100644
--- a/pkg/proto/hapi/release/status.pb.go
+++ b/pkg/proto/hapi/release/status.pb.go
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ func (Status_Code) EnumDescriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor3, []
 
 // Status defines the status of a release.
 type Status struct {
-	Code    Status_Code           `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=code,enum=hapi.release.Status_Code" json:"code,omitempty"`
-	Details *google_protobuf1.Any `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=details" json:"details,omitempty"`
+	Code          Status_Code           `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=code,enum=hapi.release.Status_Code" json:"code,omitempty"`
+	Details       *google_protobuf1.Any `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=details" json:"details,omitempty"`
+	ClusterStatus string                `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=cluster_status,json=clusterStatus" json:"cluster_status,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (m *Status) Reset()                    { *m = Status{} }
@@ -73,20 +74,21 @@ func init() {
 }
 
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