diff --git a/cmd/kube-scheduler/scheduler.go b/cmd/kube-scheduler/scheduler.go
index 2f840c86920..521bf5582ec 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 	cliflag "k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
+	_ "k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register" // for JSON log format registration
 	_ "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/clientgo"
 	_ "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/version" // for version metric registration
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-scheduler/app"