diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 077c97ee..fa14a0ef 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -344,11 +344,11 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/api",
-			"Rev": "63b8484e5766"
+			"Rev": "c43c3e1d5a79"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery",
-			"Rev": "e709f673dfd9"
+			"Rev": "f1cbc0c8ff07"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/gengo",
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ccd913dd..79db87f4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20181108054448-85acf8d2951c
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.5.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190830034750-63b8484e5766
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190830034626-e709f673dfd9
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190830074751-c43c3e1d5a79
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190830154629-f1cbc0c8ff07
 	k8s.io/klog v0.4.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20190801114015-581e00157fb1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ 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
 	golang.org/x/time => golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20161028155119-f51c12702a4d
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190830034750-63b8484e5766
-	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190830034626-e709f673dfd9
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190830074751-c43c3e1d5a79
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190830154629-f1cbc0c8ff07
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2ea68075..c0b4b308 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190106161140-3f1c8253044a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190830034750-63b8484e5766/go.mod h1:ZPzpiABYnAONRNqslkGU1hppe1VEXgsEJlFRIbP75G8=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190830034626-e709f673dfd9/go.mod h1:OOC7vMsHyCzra5xu6r1bRXkXMH76iww9BeHOAAJof4U=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190830074751-c43c3e1d5a79/go.mod h1:ZPzpiABYnAONRNqslkGU1hppe1VEXgsEJlFRIbP75G8=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190830154629-f1cbc0c8ff07/go.mod h1:OOC7vMsHyCzra5xu6r1bRXkXMH76iww9BeHOAAJof4U=
 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/rest/config.go b/rest/config.go
index e2599472..fb81fb7b 100644
--- a/rest/config.go
+++ b/rest/config.go
@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@ type TLSClientConfig struct {
 	// CAData holds PEM-encoded bytes (typically read from a root certificates bundle).
 	// CAData takes precedence over CAFile
 	CAData []byte
+
+	// NextProtos is a list of supported application level protocols, in order of preference.
+	// Used to populate tls.Config.NextProtos.
+	// To indicate to the server http/1.1 is preferred over http/2, set to ["http/1.1", "h2"] (though the server is free to ignore that preference).
+	// To use only http/1.1, set to ["http/1.1"].
+	NextProtos []string
 }
 
 var _ fmt.Stringer = TLSClientConfig{}
@@ -236,6 +242,7 @@ func (c TLSClientConfig) String() string {
 		CertData:   c.CertData,
 		KeyData:    c.KeyData,
 		CAData:     c.CAData,
+		NextProtos: c.NextProtos,
 	}
 	// Explicitly mark non-empty credential fields as redacted.
 	if len(cc.CertData) != 0 {
@@ -503,6 +510,7 @@ func AnonymousClientConfig(config *Config) *Config {
 			ServerName: config.ServerName,
 			CAFile:     config.TLSClientConfig.CAFile,
 			CAData:     config.TLSClientConfig.CAData,
+			NextProtos: config.TLSClientConfig.NextProtos,
 		},
 		RateLimiter:        config.RateLimiter,
 		UserAgent:          config.UserAgent,
@@ -541,6 +549,7 @@ func CopyConfig(config *Config) *Config {
 			CertData:   config.TLSClientConfig.CertData,
 			KeyData:    config.TLSClientConfig.KeyData,
 			CAData:     config.TLSClientConfig.CAData,
+			NextProtos: config.TLSClientConfig.NextProtos,
 		},
 		UserAgent:          config.UserAgent,
 		DisableCompression: config.DisableCompression,
diff --git a/rest/config_test.go b/rest/config_test.go
index f4ba5f00..df5778ce 100644
--- a/rest/config_test.go
+++ b/rest/config_test.go
@@ -493,10 +493,11 @@ func TestConfigSprint(t *testing.T) {
 			Env:     []clientcmdapi.ExecEnvVar{{Name: "secret", Value: "s3cr3t"}},
 		},
 		TLSClientConfig: TLSClientConfig{
-			CertFile: "a.crt",
-			KeyFile:  "a.key",
-			CertData: []byte("fake cert"),
-			KeyData:  []byte("fake key"),
+			CertFile:   "a.crt",
+			KeyFile:    "a.key",
+			CertData:   []byte("fake cert"),
+			KeyData:    []byte("fake key"),
+			NextProtos: []string{"h2", "http/1.1"},
 		},
 		UserAgent:     "gobot",
 		Transport:     &fakeRoundTripper{},
@@ -508,7 +509,7 @@ func TestConfigSprint(t *testing.T) {
 		Dial:          fakeDialFunc,
 	}
 	want := fmt.Sprintf(
-		`&rest.Config{Host:"localhost:8080", APIPath:"v1", ContentConfig:rest.ContentConfig{AcceptContentTypes:"application/json", ContentType:"application/json", GroupVersion:(*schema.GroupVersion)(nil), NegotiatedSerializer:runtime.NegotiatedSerializer(nil)}, Username:"gopher", Password:"--- REDACTED ---", BearerToken:"--- REDACTED ---", BearerTokenFile:"", Impersonate:rest.ImpersonationConfig{UserName:"gopher2", Groups:[]string(nil), Extra:map[string][]string(nil)}, AuthProvider:api.AuthProviderConfig{Name: "gopher", Config: map[string]string{--- REDACTED ---}}, AuthConfigPersister:rest.AuthProviderConfigPersister(--- REDACTED ---), ExecProvider:api.AuthProviderConfig{Command: "sudo", Args: []string{"--- REDACTED ---"}, Env: []ExecEnvVar{--- REDACTED ---}, APIVersion: ""}, TLSClientConfig:rest.sanitizedTLSClientConfig{Insecure:false, ServerName:"", CertFile:"a.crt", KeyFile:"a.key", CAFile:"", CertData:[]uint8{0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x20, 0x54, 0x52, 0x55, 0x4e, 0x43, 0x41, 0x54, 0x45, 0x44, 0x20, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d}, KeyData:[]uint8{0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x20, 0x52, 0x45, 0x44, 0x41, 0x43, 0x54, 0x45, 0x44, 0x20, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d}, CAData:[]uint8(nil)}, UserAgent:"gobot", DisableCompression:false, Transport:(*rest.fakeRoundTripper)(%p), WrapTransport:(transport.WrapperFunc)(%p), QPS:1, Burst:2, RateLimiter:(*rest.fakeLimiter)(%p), Timeout:3000000000, Dial:(func(context.Context, string, string) (net.Conn, error))(%p)}`,
+		`&rest.Config{Host:"localhost:8080", APIPath:"v1", ContentConfig:rest.ContentConfig{AcceptContentTypes:"application/json", ContentType:"application/json", GroupVersion:(*schema.GroupVersion)(nil), NegotiatedSerializer:runtime.NegotiatedSerializer(nil)}, Username:"gopher", Password:"--- REDACTED ---", BearerToken:"--- REDACTED ---", BearerTokenFile:"", Impersonate:rest.ImpersonationConfig{UserName:"gopher2", Groups:[]string(nil), Extra:map[string][]string(nil)}, AuthProvider:api.AuthProviderConfig{Name: "gopher", Config: map[string]string{--- REDACTED ---}}, AuthConfigPersister:rest.AuthProviderConfigPersister(--- REDACTED ---), ExecProvider:api.AuthProviderConfig{Command: "sudo", Args: []string{"--- REDACTED ---"}, Env: []ExecEnvVar{--- REDACTED ---}, APIVersion: ""}, TLSClientConfig:rest.sanitizedTLSClientConfig{Insecure:false, ServerName:"", CertFile:"a.crt", KeyFile:"a.key", CAFile:"", CertData:[]uint8{0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x20, 0x54, 0x52, 0x55, 0x4e, 0x43, 0x41, 0x54, 0x45, 0x44, 0x20, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d}, KeyData:[]uint8{0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x20, 0x52, 0x45, 0x44, 0x41, 0x43, 0x54, 0x45, 0x44, 0x20, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d}, CAData:[]uint8(nil), NextProtos:[]string{"h2", "http/1.1"}}, UserAgent:"gobot", DisableCompression:false, Transport:(*rest.fakeRoundTripper)(%p), WrapTransport:(transport.WrapperFunc)(%p), QPS:1, Burst:2, RateLimiter:(*rest.fakeLimiter)(%p), Timeout:3000000000, Dial:(func(context.Context, string, string) (net.Conn, error))(%p)}`,
 		c.Transport, fakeWrapperFunc, c.RateLimiter, fakeDialFunc,
 	)
 
diff --git a/rest/transport.go b/rest/transport.go
index 81b9dfde..0800e4ec 100644
--- a/rest/transport.go
+++ b/rest/transport.go
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func (c *Config) TransportConfig() (*transport.Config, error) {
 			CertData:   c.CertData,
 			KeyFile:    c.KeyFile,
 			KeyData:    c.KeyData,
+			NextProtos: c.NextProtos,
 		},
 		Username:        c.Username,
 		Password:        c.Password,
diff --git a/rest/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/rest/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index c1ab45f3..da4a1624 100644
--- a/rest/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/rest/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ func (in *TLSClientConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *TLSClientConfig) {
 		*out = make([]byte, len(*in))
 		copy(*out, *in)
 	}
+	if in.NextProtos != nil {
+		in, out := &in.NextProtos, &out.NextProtos
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/transport/cache.go b/transport/cache.go
index 12c66903..980d36ae 100644
--- a/transport/cache.go
+++ b/transport/cache.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ type tlsCacheKey struct {
 	keyData            string
 	getCert            string
 	serverName         string
+	nextProtos         string
 	dial               string
 	disableCompression bool
 }
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ func tlsConfigKey(c *Config) (tlsCacheKey, error) {
 		keyData:            string(c.TLS.KeyData),
 		getCert:            fmt.Sprintf("%p", c.TLS.GetCert),
 		serverName:         c.TLS.ServerName,
+		nextProtos:         strings.Join(c.TLS.NextProtos, ","),
 		dial:               fmt.Sprintf("%p", c.Dial),
 		disableCompression: c.DisableCompression,
 	}, nil
diff --git a/transport/cache_test.go b/transport/cache_test.go
index 9b740cde..8b9779e6 100644
--- a/transport/cache_test.go
+++ b/transport/cache_test.go
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ func TestTLSConfigKey(t *testing.T) {
 				GetCert: getCert,
 			},
 		},
+		"http2, http1.1": {TLS: TLSConfig{NextProtos: []string{"h2", "http/1.1"}}},
+		"http1.1-only":   {TLS: TLSConfig{NextProtos: []string{"http/1.1"}}},
 	}
 	for nameA, valueA := range uniqueConfigurations {
 		for nameB, valueB := range uniqueConfigurations {
diff --git a/transport/config.go b/transport/config.go
index 8a73589e..9e18d11d 100644
--- a/transport/config.go
+++ b/transport/config.go
@@ -126,5 +126,11 @@ type TLSConfig struct {
 	CertData []byte // Bytes of the PEM-encoded client certificate. Supercedes CertFile.
 	KeyData  []byte // Bytes of the PEM-encoded client key. Supercedes KeyFile.
 
+	// NextProtos is a list of supported application level protocols, in order of preference.
+	// Used to populate tls.Config.NextProtos.
+	// To indicate to the server http/1.1 is preferred over http/2, set to ["http/1.1", "h2"] (though the server is free to ignore that preference).
+	// To use only http/1.1, set to ["http/1.1"].
+	NextProtos []string
+
 	GetCert func() (*tls.Certificate, error) // Callback that returns a TLS client certificate. CertData, CertFile, KeyData and KeyFile supercede this field.
 }
diff --git a/transport/transport.go b/transport/transport.go
index 1815c11f..cd8de982 100644
--- a/transport/transport.go
+++ b/transport/transport.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func New(config *Config) (http.RoundTripper, error) {
 // TLSConfigFor returns a tls.Config that will provide the transport level security defined
 // by the provided Config. Will return nil if no transport level security is requested.
 func TLSConfigFor(c *Config) (*tls.Config, error) {
-	if !(c.HasCA() || c.HasCertAuth() || c.HasCertCallback() || c.TLS.Insecure || len(c.TLS.ServerName) > 0) {
+	if !(c.HasCA() || c.HasCertAuth() || c.HasCertCallback() || c.TLS.Insecure || len(c.TLS.ServerName) > 0 || len(c.TLS.NextProtos) > 0) {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 	if c.HasCA() && c.TLS.Insecure {
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ func TLSConfigFor(c *Config) (*tls.Config, error) {
 		MinVersion:         tls.VersionTLS12,
 		InsecureSkipVerify: c.TLS.Insecure,
 		ServerName:         c.TLS.ServerName,
+		NextProtos:         c.TLS.NextProtos,
 	}
 
 	if c.HasCA() {