diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types/namespacedname.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types/namespacedname.go
index b19750f3a0b..29fb4f950a4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types/namespacedname.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types/namespacedname.go
@@ -37,3 +37,13 @@ const (
 func (n NamespacedName) String() string {
 	return n.Namespace + string(Separator) + n.Name
 }
+
+// MarshalLog emits a struct containing required key/value pair
+func (n NamespacedName) MarshalLog() interface{} {
+	return struct {
+		Name, Namespace string
+	}{
+		Name:      n.Name,
+		Namespace: n.Namespace,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/json_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/json_test.go
index 88bba09ef7e..3de190e3cdf 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/json_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/json_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	logsapi "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
 )
 
@@ -71,6 +72,11 @@ func TestZapLoggerInfo(t *testing.T) {
 			format:     "{\"ts\":%f,\"caller\":\"json/json_test.go:%d\",\"msg\":\"test for duplicate keys\",\"v\":0,\"akey\":\"avalue\",\"akey\":\"anothervalue\"}\n",
 			keysValues: []interface{}{"akey", "avalue", "akey", "anothervalue"},
 		},
+		{
+			msg:        "test for NamespacedName argument",
+			format:     "{\"ts\":%f,\"caller\":\"json/json_test.go:%d\",\"msg\":\"test for NamespacedName argument\",\"v\":0,\"obj\":{\"Name\":\"kube-proxy\",\"Namespace\":\"kube-system\"}}\n",
+			keysValues: []interface{}{"obj", types.NamespacedName{Name: "kube-proxy", Namespace: "kube-system"}},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, data := range testDataInfo {