diff --git a/pkg/daemon/fsclient.go b/pkg/daemon/fsclient.go
index 11368c5238..2b802e9093 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/fsclient.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/fsclient.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package daemon
 
 import (
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 )
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ type FileSystemClient interface {
 	Symlink(string, string) error
 	Chmod(string, os.FileMode) error
 	Chown(string, int, int) error
+	WriteFile(filename string, data []byte, perm os.FileMode) error
 }
 
 // FsClient is used to hang the FileSystemClient functions on.
@@ -59,6 +61,11 @@ func (f FsClient) Chown(name string, uid, gid int) error {
 	return os.Chown(name, uid, gid)
 }
 
+// WriteFile implements ioutil.WriteFile
+func (f FsClient) WriteFile(filename string, data []byte, perm os.FileMode) error {
+	return ioutil.WriteFile(filename, data, perm)
+}
+
 // NewFileSystemClient creates a new file system client using the default
 // implementations provided by the os package.
 func NewFileSystemClient() FileSystemClient {
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/fsclient_test.go b/pkg/daemon/fsclient_test.go
index 2699be5d6d..ee79108dac 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/fsclient_test.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/fsclient_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type FsClientMock struct {
 	SymlinkReturns   []error
 	ChmodReturns     []error
 	ChownReturns     []error
+	WriteFileReturns []error
 }
 
 // updateErrorReturns is a shortcut to pop out the error and shift
@@ -86,3 +87,8 @@ func (f FsClientMock) Chmod(name string, mode os.FileMode) error {
 func (f FsClientMock) Chown(name string, uid, gid int) error {
 	return updateErrorReturns(&f.ChownReturns)
 }
+
+// WriteFile provides a mocked implemention
+func (f FsClientMock) WriteFile(filename string, data []byte, perm os.FileMode) error {
+	return updateErrorReturns(&f.WriteFileReturns)
+}