diff --git a/pkg/wait/wait_time.go b/pkg/wait/wait_time.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32a401aae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/wait/wait_time.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+   Copyright 2015 CoreOS, Inc.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package wait
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type WaitTime interface {
+	// Wait returns a chan that waits on the given deadline.
+	// The chan will be triggered when Trigger is called with a
+	// deadline that is later than the one it is waiting for.
+	// The given deadline MUST be unique. The deadline should be
+	// retrived by calling time.Now() in most cases.
+	Wait(deadline time.Time) <-chan struct{}
+	// Trigger triggers all the waiting chans with an earlier deadline.
+	Trigger(deadline time.Time)
+}
+
+type timeList struct {
+	l sync.Mutex
+	m map[int64]chan struct{}
+}
+
+func NewTimeList() *timeList {
+	return &timeList{m: make(map[int64]chan struct{})}
+}
+
+func (tl *timeList) Wait(deadline time.Time) <-chan struct{} {
+	tl.l.Lock()
+	defer tl.l.Unlock()
+	ch := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+	// The given deadline SHOULD be unique.
+	tl.m[deadline.UnixNano()] = ch
+	return ch
+}
+
+func (tl *timeList) Trigger(deadline time.Time) {
+	tl.l.Lock()
+	defer tl.l.Unlock()
+	for t, ch := range tl.m {
+		if t < deadline.UnixNano() {
+			delete(tl.m, t)
+			close(ch)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/wait/wait_time_test.go b/pkg/wait/wait_time_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d713eaad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/wait/wait_time_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+
+   Copyright 2015 CoreOS, Inc.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+*/
+package wait
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestWaitTime(t *testing.T) {
+	wt := NewTimeList()
+	ch1 := wt.Wait(time.Now())
+	t1 := time.Now()
+	wt.Trigger(t1)
+	select {
+	case <-ch1:
+	case <-time.After(10 * time.Millisecond):
+		t.Fatalf("cannot receive from ch as expected")
+	}
+
+	ch2 := wt.Wait(time.Now())
+	t2 := time.Now()
+	wt.Trigger(t1)
+	select {
+	case <-ch2:
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected to receive from ch")
+	case <-time.After(10 * time.Millisecond):
+	}
+	wt.Trigger(t2)
+	select {
+	case <-ch2:
+	case <-time.After(10 * time.Millisecond):
+		t.Fatalf("cannot receive from ch as expected")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWaitTestStress(t *testing.T) {
+	chs := make([]<-chan struct{}, 0)
+	wt := NewTimeList()
+	for i := 0; i < 10000; i++ {
+		chs = append(chs, wt.Wait(time.Now()))
+	}
+	wt.Trigger(time.Now())
+
+	for _, ch := range chs {
+		select {
+		case <-ch:
+		case <-time.After(10 * time.Millisecond):
+			t.Fatalf("cannot receive from ch as expected")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkWaitTime(b *testing.B) {
+	t := time.Now()
+	wt := NewTimeList()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		wt.Wait(t)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkTriggerAnd10KWaitTime(b *testing.B) {
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		t := time.Now()
+		wt := NewTimeList()
+		for j := 0; j < 10000; j++ {
+			wt.Wait(t)
+		}
+		wt.Trigger(time.Now())
+	}
+}