diff --git a/discovery/cached/disk/cached_discovery.go b/discovery/cached/disk/cached_discovery.go
index c411acf7..82137a8e 100644
--- a/discovery/cached/disk/cached_discovery.go
+++ b/discovery/cached/disk/cached_discovery.go
@@ -277,6 +277,12 @@ func (d *CachedDiscoveryClient) Invalidate() {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithLegacy returns current cached discovery client;
+// current client does not support legacy-only discovery.
+func (d *CachedDiscoveryClient) WithLegacy() discovery.DiscoveryInterface {
+	return d
+}
+
 // NewCachedDiscoveryClientForConfig creates a new DiscoveryClient for the given config, and wraps
 // the created client in a CachedDiscoveryClient. The provided configuration is updated with a
 // custom transport that understands cache responses.
diff --git a/discovery/cached/disk/cached_discovery_test.go b/discovery/cached/disk/cached_discovery_test.go
index bf38db73..1b22cd5f 100644
--- a/discovery/cached/disk/cached_discovery_test.go
+++ b/discovery/cached/disk/cached_discovery_test.go
@@ -786,6 +786,10 @@ func (d *fakeDiscoveryClient) OpenAPIV3() openapi.Client {
 	panic("unimplemented")
 }
 
+func (d *fakeDiscoveryClient) WithLegacy() discovery.DiscoveryInterface {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
 func groupNamesFromList(groups *metav1.APIGroupList) []string {
 	result := []string{}
 	for _, group := range groups.Groups {
diff --git a/discovery/cached/memory/memcache.go b/discovery/cached/memory/memcache.go
index 9c389018..0a410184 100644
--- a/discovery/cached/memory/memcache.go
+++ b/discovery/cached/memory/memcache.go
@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ func (d *memCacheClient) serverResourcesForGroupVersion(groupVersion string) (*m
 	return r, nil
 }
 
+// WithLegacy returns current memory-cached discovery client;
+// current client does not support legacy-only discovery.
+func (d *memCacheClient) WithLegacy() discovery.DiscoveryInterface {
+	return d
+}
+
 // NewMemCacheClient creates a new CachedDiscoveryInterface which caches
 // discovery information in memory and will stay up-to-date if Invalidate is
 // called with regularity.
diff --git a/discovery/discovery_client.go b/discovery/discovery_client.go
index f55cef3e..9025e888 100644
--- a/discovery/discovery_client.go
+++ b/discovery/discovery_client.go
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ type DiscoveryInterface interface {
 	ServerVersionInterface
 	OpenAPISchemaInterface
 	OpenAPIV3SchemaInterface
+	// Returns copy of current discovery client that will only
+	// receive the legacy discovery format, or pointer to current
+	// discovery client if it does not support legacy-only discovery.
+	WithLegacy() DiscoveryInterface
 }
 
 // AggregatedDiscoveryInterface extends DiscoveryInterface to include a method to possibly
@@ -154,6 +158,8 @@ type DiscoveryClient struct {
 	restClient restclient.Interface
 
 	LegacyPrefix string
+	// Forces the client to request only "unaggregated" (legacy) discovery.
+	UseLegacyDiscovery bool
 }
 
 var _ AggregatedDiscoveryInterface = &DiscoveryClient{}
@@ -213,10 +219,14 @@ func (d *DiscoveryClient) GroupsAndMaybeResources() (*metav1.APIGroupList, map[s
 // possible for the resource map to be nil if the server returned
 // the unaggregated discovery.
 func (d *DiscoveryClient) downloadLegacy() (*metav1.APIGroupList, map[schema.GroupVersion]*metav1.APIResourceList, error) {
+	accept := acceptDiscoveryFormats
+	if d.UseLegacyDiscovery {
+		accept = AcceptV1
+	}
 	var responseContentType string
 	body, err := d.restClient.Get().
 		AbsPath("/api").
-		SetHeader("Accept", acceptDiscoveryFormats).
+		SetHeader("Accept", accept).
 		Do(context.TODO()).
 		ContentType(&responseContentType).
 		Raw()
@@ -262,10 +272,14 @@ func (d *DiscoveryClient) downloadLegacy() (*metav1.APIGroupList, map[schema.Gro
 // discovery resources. The returned groups will always exist, but the
 // resources map may be nil.
 func (d *DiscoveryClient) downloadAPIs() (*metav1.APIGroupList, map[schema.GroupVersion]*metav1.APIResourceList, error) {
+	accept := acceptDiscoveryFormats
+	if d.UseLegacyDiscovery {
+		accept = AcceptV1
+	}
 	var responseContentType string
 	body, err := d.restClient.Get().
 		AbsPath("/apis").
-		SetHeader("Accept", acceptDiscoveryFormats).
+		SetHeader("Accept", accept).
 		Do(context.TODO()).
 		ContentType(&responseContentType).
 		Raw()
@@ -590,6 +604,14 @@ func (d *DiscoveryClient) OpenAPIV3() openapi.Client {
 	return openapi.NewClient(d.restClient)
 }
 
+// WithLegacy returns copy of current discovery client that will only
+// receive the legacy discovery format.
+func (d *DiscoveryClient) WithLegacy() DiscoveryInterface {
+	client := *d
+	client.UseLegacyDiscovery = true
+	return &client
+}
+
 // withRetries retries the given recovery function in case the groups supported by the server change after ServerGroup() returns.
 func withRetries(maxRetries int, f func() ([]*metav1.APIGroup, []*metav1.APIResourceList, error)) ([]*metav1.APIGroup, []*metav1.APIResourceList, error) {
 	var result []*metav1.APIResourceList
@@ -654,7 +676,7 @@ func NewDiscoveryClientForConfigAndClient(c *restclient.Config, httpClient *http
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	client, err := restclient.UnversionedRESTClientForConfigAndClient(&config, httpClient)
-	return &DiscoveryClient{restClient: client, LegacyPrefix: "/api"}, err
+	return &DiscoveryClient{restClient: client, LegacyPrefix: "/api", UseLegacyDiscovery: false}, err
 }
 
 // NewDiscoveryClientForConfigOrDie creates a new DiscoveryClient for the given config. If
@@ -670,7 +692,7 @@ func NewDiscoveryClientForConfigOrDie(c *restclient.Config) *DiscoveryClient {
 
 // NewDiscoveryClient returns a new DiscoveryClient for the given RESTClient.
 func NewDiscoveryClient(c restclient.Interface) *DiscoveryClient {
-	return &DiscoveryClient{restClient: c, LegacyPrefix: "/api"}
+	return &DiscoveryClient{restClient: c, LegacyPrefix: "/api", UseLegacyDiscovery: false}
 }
 
 // RESTClient returns a RESTClient that is used to communicate
diff --git a/discovery/discovery_client_test.go b/discovery/discovery_client_test.go
index 06105868..4746fac5 100644
--- a/discovery/discovery_client_test.go
+++ b/discovery/discovery_client_test.go
@@ -2297,6 +2297,26 @@ func TestAggregatedServerPreferredResources(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestUseLegacyDiscovery(t *testing.T) {
+	// Default client sends aggregated discovery accept format (first) as well as legacy format.
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		acceptHeader := req.Header.Get("Accept")
+		assert.Equal(t, acceptDiscoveryFormats, acceptHeader)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+	client := NewDiscoveryClientForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: server.URL})
+	client.ServerGroups()
+	// When "UseLegacyDiscovery" field is set, only the legacy discovery format is requested.
+	server = httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		acceptHeader := req.Header.Get("Accept")
+		assert.Equal(t, AcceptV1, acceptHeader)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+	client = NewDiscoveryClientForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: server.URL})
+	client.UseLegacyDiscovery = true
+	client.ServerGroups()
+}
+
 func groupNames(groups []*metav1.APIGroup) []string {
 	result := []string{}
 	for _, group := range groups {
diff --git a/discovery/fake/discovery.go b/discovery/fake/discovery.go
index 2eef5365..c78c256e 100644
--- a/discovery/fake/discovery.go
+++ b/discovery/fake/discovery.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/openapi"
 	kubeversion "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/version"
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
@@ -164,3 +165,7 @@ func (c *FakeDiscovery) OpenAPIV3() openapi.Client {
 func (c *FakeDiscovery) RESTClient() restclient.Interface {
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (c *FakeDiscovery) WithLegacy() discovery.DiscoveryInterface {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
diff --git a/restmapper/discovery_test.go b/restmapper/discovery_test.go
index 771d96f7..045b3d79 100644
--- a/restmapper/discovery_test.go
+++ b/restmapper/discovery_test.go
@@ -422,6 +422,10 @@ func (c *fakeFailingDiscovery) OpenAPIV3() openapi.Client {
 	panic("implement me")
 }
 
+func (c *fakeFailingDiscovery) WithLegacy() DiscoveryInterface {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
 type fakeCachedDiscoveryInterface struct {
 	invalidateCalls int
 	fresh           bool
@@ -499,6 +503,10 @@ func (c *fakeCachedDiscoveryInterface) OpenAPIV3() openapi.Client {
 	panic("implement me")
 }
 
+func (c *fakeCachedDiscoveryInterface) WithLegacy() DiscoveryInterface {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
 var (
 	aGroup = metav1.APIGroup{
 		Name: "a",
diff --git a/restmapper/shortcut_test.go b/restmapper/shortcut_test.go
index 95b865fe..cd8506a9 100644
--- a/restmapper/shortcut_test.go
+++ b/restmapper/shortcut_test.go
@@ -362,6 +362,10 @@ func (c *fakeDiscoveryClient) OpenAPIV3() openapi.Client {
 	panic("implement me")
 }
 
+func (c *fakeDiscoveryClient) WithLegacy() discovery.DiscoveryInterface {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
 type fakeCachedDiscoveryClient struct {
 	discovery.DiscoveryInterface
 	freshHandler      func() bool