diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
index 1c5f47a64a9..6cccf80c088 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	NewListFunc func() runtime.Object
 
 	Codec runtime.Codec
+
+	Clock clock.Clock
 }
 
 type watchersMap map[int]*cacheWatcher
@@ -323,7 +325,9 @@ func NewCacherFromConfig(config Config) (*Cacher, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	clock := clock.RealClock{}
+	if config.Clock == nil {
+		config.Clock = clock.RealClock{}
+	}
 	objType := reflect.TypeOf(obj)
 	cacher := &Cacher{
 		ready:          newReady(),
@@ -346,9 +350,9 @@ func NewCacherFromConfig(config Config) (*Cacher, error) {
 		// and there are no guarantees on the order that they will stop.
 		// So we will be simply closing the channel, and synchronizing on the WaitGroup.
 		stopCh:           stopCh,
-		clock:            clock,
+		clock:            config.Clock,
 		timer:            time.NewTimer(time.Duration(0)),
-		bookmarkWatchers: newTimeBucketWatchers(clock, defaultBookmarkFrequency),
+		bookmarkWatchers: newTimeBucketWatchers(config.Clock, defaultBookmarkFrequency),
 	}
 
 	// Ensure that timer is stopped.
@@ -359,7 +363,7 @@ func NewCacherFromConfig(config Config) (*Cacher, error) {
 	}
 
 	watchCache := newWatchCache(
-		config.KeyFunc, cacher.processEvent, config.GetAttrsFunc, config.Versioner, config.Indexers, objType)
+		config.KeyFunc, cacher.processEvent, config.GetAttrsFunc, config.Versioner, config.Indexers, config.Clock, objType)
 	listerWatcher := NewCacherListerWatcher(config.Storage, config.ResourcePrefix, config.NewListFunc)
 	reflectorName := "storage/cacher.go:" + config.ResourcePrefix
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_whitebox_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_whitebox_test.go
index 3aafa66f33a..41199668085 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_whitebox_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_whitebox_test.go
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ func newTestCacher(s storage.Interface, cap int) (*Cacher, storage.Versioner, er
 		NewFunc:        func() runtime.Object { return &example.Pod{} },
 		NewListFunc:    func() runtime.Object { return &example.PodList{} },
 		Codec:          codecs.LegacyCodec(examplev1.SchemeGroupVersion),
+		Clock:          clock.RealClock{},
 	}
 	cacher, err := NewCacherFromConfig(config)
 	return cacher, testVersioner{}, err
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache.go
index 4235f061627..7ba7d475b3e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache.go
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ func newWatchCache(
 	getAttrsFunc func(runtime.Object) (labels.Set, fields.Set, error),
 	versioner storage.Versioner,
 	indexers *cache.Indexers,
+	clock clock.Clock,
 	objectType reflect.Type) *watchCache {
 	wc := &watchCache{
 		capacity:            defaultLowerBoundCapacity,
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ func newWatchCache(
 		resourceVersion:     0,
 		listResourceVersion: 0,
 		eventHandler:        eventHandler,
-		clock:               clock.RealClock{},
+		clock:               clock,
 		versioner:           versioner,
 		objectType:          objectType,
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache_test.go
index dde7d3b3c5b..7c0c61c8048 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache_test.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func newTestWatchCache(capacity int, indexers *cache.Indexers) *watchCache {
 	}
 	versioner := etcd3.APIObjectVersioner{}
 	mockHandler := func(*watchCacheEvent) {}
-	wc := newWatchCache(keyFunc, mockHandler, getAttrsFunc, versioner, indexers, reflect.TypeOf(&example.Pod{}))
+	wc := newWatchCache(keyFunc, mockHandler, getAttrsFunc, versioner, indexers, clock.NewFakeClock(time.Now()), reflect.TypeOf(&example.Pod{}))
 	// To preserve behavior of tests that assume a given capacity,
 	// resize it to th expected size.
 	wc.capacity = capacity
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ func newTestWatchCache(capacity int, indexers *cache.Indexers) *watchCache {
 	wc.lowerBoundCapacity = min(capacity, defaultLowerBoundCapacity)
 	wc.upperBoundCapacity = max(capacity, defaultUpperBoundCapacity)
 
-	wc.clock = clock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
 	return wc
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests/BUILD
index 2074efe2abc..fdd648ff6a5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests/BUILD
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ go_test(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests/cacher_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests/cacher_test.go
index 1f1b273c766..a46b35d3e27 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests/cacher_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests/cacher_test.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ func newTestCacher(s storage.Interface, cap int) (*cacherstorage.Cacher, storage
 		NewFunc:        func() runtime.Object { return &example.Pod{} },
 		NewListFunc:    func() runtime.Object { return &example.PodList{} },
 		Codec:          codecs.LegacyCodec(examplev1.SchemeGroupVersion),
+		Clock:          clock.RealClock{},
 	}
 	cacher, err := cacherstorage.NewCacherFromConfig(config)
 	return cacher, v, err