diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1/types.go
index 48299f18ecb..e2c8961aa55 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1/types.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const (
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:method=GetScale,verb=get,subresource=scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
 // +genclient:method=UpdateScale,verb=update,subresource=scale,input=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
+// +genclient:method=ApplyScale,verb=apply,subresource=scale,input=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
 // StatefulSet represents a set of pods with consistent identities.
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ type StatefulSetList struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:method=GetScale,verb=get,subresource=scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
 // +genclient:method=UpdateScale,verb=update,subresource=scale,input=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
+// +genclient:method=ApplyScale,verb=apply,subresource=scale,input=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
 // Deployment enables declarative updates for Pods and ReplicaSets.
@@ -682,6 +684,7 @@ type DaemonSetList struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:method=GetScale,verb=get,subresource=scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
 // +genclient:method=UpdateScale,verb=update,subresource=scale,input=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
+// +genclient:method=ApplyScale,verb=apply,subresource=scale,input=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale,result=k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1.Scale
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
 // ReplicaSet ensures that a specified number of pod replicas are running at any given time.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/types.go
index 316a0ad24d2..96f56ad4185 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/types.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ type Scale struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:method=GetScale,verb=get,subresource=scale,result=Scale
 // +genclient:method=UpdateScale,verb=update,subresource=scale,input=Scale,result=Scale
+// +genclient:method=ApplyScale,verb=apply,subresource=scale,input=Scale,result=Scale
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 // +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.8
 // +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:deprecated=1.9
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1/types.go
index f3479713c53..aa64101ead3 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ type Scale struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:method=GetScale,verb=get,subresource=scale,result=Scale
 // +genclient:method=UpdateScale,verb=update,subresource=scale,input=Scale,result=Scale
+// +genclient:method=ApplyScale,verb=apply,subresource=scale,input=Scale,result=Scale
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 // +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.1
 // +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:deprecated=1.8
@@ -827,6 +828,7 @@ type IngressBackend struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:method=GetScale,verb=get,subresource=scale,result=Scale
 // +genclient:method=UpdateScale,verb=update,subresource=scale,input=Scale,result=Scale
+// +genclient:method=ApplyScale,verb=apply,subresource=scale,input=Scale,result=Scale
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 // +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:introduced=1.2
 // +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen:deprecated=1.8