diff --git a/powerline_shell/segments/k8s.py b/powerline_shell/segments/k8s.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88257ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powerline_shell/segments/k8s.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+from ..utils import BasicSegment
+from ..colortrans import rgb2short
+from ..color_compliment import stringToHashToColorAndOpposite
+
+
+EMPTY = ''
+
+
+def kube_info(cmd):
+    try:
+        p = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(),
+                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                             env=os.environ.copy())
+    except OSError:
+        return EMPTY
+
+    data = p.communicate()
+    if p.returncode:
+        return EMPTY
+
+    return data[0].decode('utf-8').splitlines()[0]
+
+
+def ellipse(s, length):
+    if length > 0:
+        return (s[:length] + '~') if len(s) > length else s
+    else:
+        return EMPTY
+
+
+class Segment(BasicSegment):
+    def add_to_powerline(self):
+        kctx = kube_info('kubectl-ctx -c')
+        if not kctx:
+            return                          # no context, nothing to do
+
+        powerline = self.powerline
+        conf = lambda key: powerline.segment_conf('k8s', key)
+
+        kctx = ellipse(kctx, conf('max_context'))
+        kns = ellipse(kube_info("kubectl-ns -c"), conf('max_namespace'))
+        status = f"{kctx}{'|' if kctx and kns else EMPTY}{kns}"
+
+        # the symbol and separator can be themed too
+        bg = powerline.theme.K8S_BG
+        fg = powerline.theme.K8S_FG
+        sym_fg = powerline.theme.K8S_SYMBOL_FG
+
+        if conf('colorize'):
+            bg, fg = stringToHashToColorAndOpposite(status)
+            fg, bg = (rgb2short(*color) for color in [fg, bg])
+
+            if conf('colorize_symbol'):
+                sym_fg = fg
+
+        lspace = EMPTY if conf('ltrim') else ' '
+        rspace = EMPTY if conf('rtrim') else ' '
+
+        if conf('symbol'):
+            powerline.append(f"{lspace}\U0001F578 ", sym_fg, bg)
+            powerline.append(f"{status}{rspace}", fg, bg)
+        else:
+            powerline.append(f"{lspace}{status}{rspace}", fg, bg)
diff --git a/powerline_shell/themes/default.py b/powerline_shell/themes/default.py
index da0c0034..350e1ba0 100644
--- a/powerline_shell/themes/default.py
+++ b/powerline_shell/themes/default.py
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ class DefaultColor(object):
     AWS_PROFILE_FG = 39
     AWS_PROFILE_BG = 238
 
+    K8S_FG = 57
+    K8S_BG = 7
+    K8S_SYMBOL_FG = 57
+
     TIME_FG = 250
     TIME_BG = 238