diff --git a/tools/start b/tools/start
index 2daad084e4..bf7bd8735d 100755
--- a/tools/start
+++ b/tools/start
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 cd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
 ./tools/start-all-services
+./tools/start-all-replications
 ./tools/start-all-pods
diff --git a/tools/start-all-replications b/tools/start-all-replications
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b88572f4a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/start-all-replications
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+
+services='
+nova-compute
+'
+
+for svc in $services; do
+    kubecfg -c "k8s/replication/${svc}-replication.yaml" create \
+        replicationControllers
+done
+
diff --git a/tools/stop b/tools/stop
index 12d4e36f59..1a9b6fd106 100755
--- a/tools/stop
+++ b/tools/stop
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 cd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
+./tools/stop-all-replications
 ./tools/stop-all-pods
 ./tools/stop-all-services
 
diff --git a/tools/stop-all-replications b/tools/stop-all-replications
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..aa2dc59540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/stop-all-replications
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+kubecfg list replicationControllers |
+    awk 'NR>2 {print $1}' |
+    xargs -i kubecfg delete replicationControllers/{}
+