diff --git a/pkg/client/request.go b/pkg/client/request.go
index d0016aedaf2..e0d0081cf7c 100644
--- a/pkg/client/request.go
+++ b/pkg/client/request.go
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ type Request struct {
 	namespaceSet bool
 	resource     string
 	resourceName string
+	subresource  string
 	selector     labels.Selector
 	timeout      time.Duration
 
@@ -160,6 +161,21 @@ func (r *Request) Resource(resource string) *Request {
 	return r
 }
 
+// SubResource sets a sub-resource path which can be multiple segments segment after the resource
+// name but before the suffix.
+func (r *Request) SubResource(subresources ...string) *Request {
+	if r.err != nil {
+		return r
+	}
+	subresource := path.Join(subresources...)
+	if len(r.subresource) != 0 {
+		r.err = fmt.Errorf("subresource already set to %q, cannot change to %q", r.resource, subresource)
+		return r
+	}
+	r.subresource = subresource
+	return r
+}
+
 // Name sets the name of a resource to access (<resource>/[ns/<namespace>/]<name>)
 func (r *Request) Name(resourceName string) *Request {
 	if r.err != nil {
@@ -354,8 +370,8 @@ func (r *Request) finalURL() string {
 		p = path.Join(p, resource)
 	}
 	// Join trims trailing slashes, so preserve r.path's trailing slash for backwards compat if nothing was changed
-	if len(r.resourceName) != 0 || len(r.subpath) != 0 {
-		p = path.Join(p, r.resourceName, r.subpath)
+	if len(r.resourceName) != 0 || len(r.subpath) != 0 || len(r.subresource) != 0 {
+		p = path.Join(p, r.resourceName, r.subresource, r.subpath)
 	}
 
 	finalURL := *r.baseURL
diff --git a/pkg/client/request_test.go b/pkg/client/request_test.go
index 4c1bfe642a8..ed38611da85 100644
--- a/pkg/client/request_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/request_test.go
@@ -129,6 +129,16 @@ func TestRequestOrdersNamespaceInPath(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRequestOrdersSubResource(t *testing.T) {
+	r := (&Request{
+		baseURL: &url.URL{},
+		path:    "/test/",
+	}).Name("bar").Resource("baz").Namespace("foo").Suffix("test").SubResource("a", "b")
+	if s := r.finalURL(); s != "/test/namespaces/foo/baz/bar/a/b/test" {
+		t.Errorf("namespace should be in order in path: %s", s)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRequestSetTwiceError(t *testing.T) {
 	if (&Request{}).Name("bar").Name("baz").err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("setting name twice should result in error")
@@ -139,6 +149,9 @@ func TestRequestSetTwiceError(t *testing.T) {
 	if (&Request{}).Resource("bar").Resource("baz").err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("setting resource twice should result in error")
 	}
+	if (&Request{}).SubResource("bar").SubResource("baz").err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("setting subresource twice should result in error")
+	}
 }
 
 func TestRequestParseSelectorParam(t *testing.T) {