diff --git a/api/nodes.go b/api/nodes.go
index 4f3d66489..d72d2753f 100644
--- a/api/nodes.go
+++ b/api/nodes.go
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ func (n *Nodes) Allocations(nodeID string, q *QueryOptions) ([]*Allocation, *Que
 	return resp, qm, nil
 }
 
+// ClientAllocations is used to return a lightweight list of allocations associated with a node.
+// It is primarily used by the client in order to determine which allocations actually need
+// an update.
+func (n *Nodes) ClientAllocations(nodeID string, q *QueryOptions) (map[string]uint64, *QueryMeta, error) {
+	var resp map[string]uint64
+	qm, err := n.client.query("/v1/node/"+nodeID+"/clientallocations", &resp, q)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	return resp, qm, nil
+}
+
 // ForceEvaluate is used to force-evaluate an existing node.
 func (n *Nodes) ForceEvaluate(nodeID string, q *WriteOptions) (string, *WriteMeta, error) {
 	var resp nodeEvalResponse
diff --git a/api/nodes_test.go b/api/nodes_test.go
index 0a5732176..81fb30db7 100644
--- a/api/nodes_test.go
+++ b/api/nodes_test.go
@@ -207,6 +207,24 @@ func TestNodes_Allocations(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNodes_ClientAllocations(t *testing.T) {
+	c, s := makeClient(t, nil, nil)
+	defer s.Stop()
+	nodes := c.Nodes()
+
+	// Looking up by a non-existent node returns nothing. We
+	// don't check the index here because it's possible the node
+	// has already registered, in which case we will get a non-
+	// zero result anyways.
+	allocs, _, err := nodes.ClientAllocations("nope", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	if n := len(allocs); n != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 0 allocs, got: %d", n)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestNodes_ForceEvaluate(t *testing.T) {
 	c, s := makeClient(t, nil, func(c *testutil.TestServerConfig) {
 		c.DevMode = true
diff --git a/command/agent/node_endpoint.go b/command/agent/node_endpoint.go
index c872912e0..f249212c3 100644
--- a/command/agent/node_endpoint.go
+++ b/command/agent/node_endpoint.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) NodeSpecificRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Req
 	case strings.HasSuffix(path, "/evaluate"):
 		nodeName := strings.TrimSuffix(path, "/evaluate")
 		return s.nodeForceEvaluate(resp, req, nodeName)
+	case strings.HasSuffix(path, "/clientallocations"):
+		nodeName := strings.TrimSuffix(path, "/clientallocations")
+		return s.nodeClientAllocations(resp, req, nodeName)
 	case strings.HasSuffix(path, "/allocations"):
 		nodeName := strings.TrimSuffix(path, "/allocations")
 		return s.nodeAllocations(resp, req, nodeName)
@@ -89,6 +92,27 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) nodeAllocations(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request
 	return out.Allocs, nil
 }
 
+func (s *HTTPServer) nodeClientAllocations(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request,
+	nodeID string) (interface{}, error) {
+	if req.Method != "GET" {
+		return nil, CodedError(405, ErrInvalidMethod)
+	}
+	args := structs.NodeSpecificRequest{
+		NodeID: nodeID,
+	}
+	if s.parse(resp, req, &args.Region, &args.QueryOptions) {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	var out structs.NodeClientAllocsResponse
+	if err := s.agent.RPC("Node.GetClientAllocs", &args, &out); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	setMeta(resp, &out.QueryMeta)
+	return out.Allocs, nil
+}
+
 func (s *HTTPServer) nodeToggleDrain(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request,
 	nodeID string) (interface{}, error) {
 	if req.Method != "PUT" && req.Method != "POST" {
diff --git a/command/agent/node_endpoint_test.go b/command/agent/node_endpoint_test.go
index a63739a18..d4ec061b9 100644
--- a/command/agent/node_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/node_endpoint_test.go
@@ -214,6 +214,60 @@ func TestHTTP_NodeAllocations(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestHTTP_NodeClientAllocations(t *testing.T) {
+	httpTest(t, nil, func(s *TestServer) {
+		// Create the job
+		node := mock.Node()
+		args := structs.NodeRegisterRequest{
+			Node:         node,
+			WriteRequest: structs.WriteRequest{Region: "global"},
+		}
+		var resp structs.NodeUpdateResponse
+		if err := s.Agent.RPC("Node.Register", &args, &resp); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Directly manipulate the state
+		state := s.Agent.server.State()
+		alloc1 := mock.Alloc()
+		alloc1.NodeID = node.ID
+		err := state.UpsertAllocs(1000, []*structs.Allocation{alloc1})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Make the HTTP request
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "/v1/node/"+node.ID+"/clientallocations", nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+		}
+		respW := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+		// Make the request
+		obj, err := s.Server.NodeSpecificRequest(respW, req)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Check for the index
+		if respW.HeaderMap.Get("X-Nomad-Index") == "" {
+			t.Fatalf("missing index")
+		}
+		if respW.HeaderMap.Get("X-Nomad-KnownLeader") != "true" {
+			t.Fatalf("missing known leader")
+		}
+		if respW.HeaderMap.Get("X-Nomad-LastContact") == "" {
+			t.Fatalf("missing last contact")
+		}
+
+		// Check the node
+		allocs := obj.(map[string]uint64)
+		if len(allocs) != 1 || allocs[alloc1.ID] != 1000 {
+			t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", allocs)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func TestHTTP_NodeDrain(t *testing.T) {
 	httpTest(t, nil, func(s *TestServer) {
 		// Create the node