diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 18d630f4..848d4e71 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery",
-			"Rev": "e31a5531b558"
+			"Rev": "f378a67c6af3"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/gengo",
diff --git a/examples/workqueue/main.go b/examples/workqueue/main.go
index c306aaae..6cfa4ecd 100644
--- a/examples/workqueue/main.go
+++ b/examples/workqueue/main.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	meta_v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index afffe45c..98495fd7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20161028155119-f51c12702a4d
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.5.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190826194732-9f642ccb7a30
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190826114657-e31a5531b558
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190827074644-f378a67c6af3
 	k8s.io/klog v0.4.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20190801114015-581e00157fb1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ replace (
 	golang.org/x/sys => golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190209173611-3b5209105503
 	golang.org/x/text => golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20181227161524-e6919f6577db
 	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190826194732-9f642ccb7a30
-	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190826114657-e31a5531b558
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190827074644-f378a67c6af3
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e577f081..971fdf1d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190826194732-9f642ccb7a30/go.mod h1:wKwR91YLONtsDxeJMXqvshPVeRU6ek8/1MfKoDBFqU0=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190826114657-e31a5531b558/go.mod h1:EZoIMuAgG/4v58YL+bz0kqnivqupk28fKYxFCa5e6X8=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190827074644-f378a67c6af3/go.mod h1:EZoIMuAgG/4v58YL+bz0kqnivqupk28fKYxFCa5e6X8=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20190128074634-0689ccc1d7d6/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
 k8s.io/klog v0.0.0-20181102134211-b9b56d5dfc92/go.mod h1:Gq+BEi5rUBO/HRz0bTSXDUcqjScdoY3a9IHpCEIOOfk=
 k8s.io/klog v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Gq+BEi5rUBO/HRz0bTSXDUcqjScdoY3a9IHpCEIOOfk=
diff --git a/tools/cache/shared_informer.go b/tools/cache/shared_informer.go
index 351c85b9..c37423b6 100644
--- a/tools/cache/shared_informer.go
+++ b/tools/cache/shared_informer.go
@@ -190,8 +190,24 @@ const (
 	initialBufferSize = 1024
 )
 
+// WaitForNamedCacheSync is a wrapper around WaitForCacheSync that generates log messages
+// indicating that the caller identified by name is waiting for syncs, followed by
+// either a successful or failed sync.
+func WaitForNamedCacheSync(controllerName string, stopCh <-chan struct{}, cacheSyncs ...InformerSynced) bool {
+	klog.Infof("Waiting for caches to sync for %s", controllerName)
+
+	if !WaitForCacheSync(stopCh, cacheSyncs...) {
+		utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("unable to sync caches for %s", controllerName))
+		return false
+	}
+
+	klog.Infof("Caches are synced for %s ", controllerName)
+	return true
+}
+
 // WaitForCacheSync waits for caches to populate.  It returns true if it was successful, false
 // if the controller should shutdown
+// callers should prefer WaitForNamedCacheSync()
 func WaitForCacheSync(stopCh <-chan struct{}, cacheSyncs ...InformerSynced) bool {
 	err := wait.PollUntil(syncedPollPeriod,
 		func() (bool, error) {