diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/pod/pods.go b/pkg/descheduler/pod/pods.go
index 7268df79d..813804e38 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/pod/pods.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/pod/pods.go
@@ -27,13 +27,38 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 )
 
+// checkLatencySensitiveResourcesForAContainer checks if there are any latency sensitive resources like GPUs.
+func checkLatencySensitiveResourcesForAContainer(rl v1.ResourceList) bool {
+	if rl == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	for rName := range rl {
+		if rName == v1.ResourceNvidiaGPU {
+			return true
+		}
+		// TODO: Add support for other high value resources like hugepages etc. once kube is rebased to 1.8.
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// IsLatencySensitivePod checks if a pod consumes high value devices like GPUs, hugepages or when cpu pinning enabled.
+func IsLatencySensitivePod(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
+	for _, container := range pod.Spec.Containers {
+		resourceList := container.Resources.Requests
+		if checkLatencySensitiveResourcesForAContainer(resourceList) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // IsEvictable checks if a pod is evictable or not.
 func IsEvictable(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
 	sr, err := CreatorRef(pod)
 	if err != nil {
 		sr = nil
 	}
-	if IsMirrorPod(pod) || IsPodWithLocalStorage(pod) || sr == nil || IsDaemonsetPod(sr) || IsCriticalPod(pod) {
+	if IsMirrorPod(pod) || IsPodWithLocalStorage(pod) || sr == nil || IsDaemonsetPod(sr) || IsCriticalPod(pod) || IsLatencySensitivePod(pod) {
 		return false
 	}
 	return true
diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/pod/pods_test.go b/pkg/descheduler/pod/pods_test.go
index 336566aca..8f678b80b 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/pod/pods_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/pod/pods_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ func TestPodTypes(t *testing.T) {
 	p3 := test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n1.Name)
 	p4 := test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n1.Name)
 	p5 := test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n1.Name)
+	p6 := test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 0, n1.Name)
+	p6.Spec.Containers[0].Resources.Requests[v1.ResourceNvidiaGPU] = *resource.NewMilliQuantity(3, resource.DecimalSI)
+	p6.Annotations = test.GetNormalPodAnnotation()
 
 	p1.Annotations = test.GetReplicaSetAnnotation()
 	// The following 4 pods won't get evicted.
@@ -72,5 +75,8 @@ func TestPodTypes(t *testing.T) {
 	if IsDaemonsetPod(sr) || IsPodWithLocalStorage(p1) || IsCriticalPod(p1) || IsMirrorPod(p1) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected p1 to be a normal pod.")
 	}
+	if !IsLatencySensitivePod(p6) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected p6 to be latency sensitive pod")
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/test/test_utils.go b/test/test_utils.go
index 68bee88bb..7ce8bdead 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.go
+++ b/test/test_utils.go
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 )
 
-// TODO:@ravisantoshgudimetla. As of now building some test pods here. This needs to
-// move to utils after refactor.
-// buildTestPod creates a test pod with given parameters.
+// BuildTestPod creates a test pod with given parameters.
 func BuildTestPod(name string, cpu int64, memory int64, nodeName string) *v1.Pod {
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{