diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/visitor.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/visitor.go
index 99a2f1f7537..946016c1349 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/visitor.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/visitor.go
@@ -372,10 +372,9 @@ func (v ContinueOnErrorVisitor) Visit(fn VisitorFunc) error {
 
 // FlattenListVisitor flattens any objects that runtime.ExtractList recognizes as a list
 // - has an "Items" public field that is a slice of runtime.Objects or objects satisfying
-// that interface - into multiple Infos. An error on any sub item (for instance, if a List
-// contains an object that does not have a registered client or resource) will terminate
-// the visit.
-// TODO: allow errors to be aggregated?
+// that interface - into multiple Infos. Returns nil in the case of no errors.
+// When an error is hit on sub items (for instance, if a List contains an object that does
+// not have a registered client or resource), returns an aggregate error.
 type FlattenListVisitor struct {
 	visitor Visitor
 	typer   runtime.ObjectTyper
@@ -425,20 +424,22 @@ func (v FlattenListVisitor) Visit(fn VisitorFunc) error {
 		if info.Mapping != nil && !info.Mapping.GroupVersionKind.Empty() {
 			preferredGVKs = append(preferredGVKs, info.Mapping.GroupVersionKind)
 		}
-
+		errs := []error{}
 		for i := range items {
 			item, err := v.mapper.infoForObject(items[i], v.typer, preferredGVKs)
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				errs = append(errs, err)
+				continue
 			}
 			if len(info.ResourceVersion) != 0 {
 				item.ResourceVersion = info.ResourceVersion
 			}
 			if err := fn(item, nil); err != nil {
-				return err
+				errs = append(errs, err)
 			}
 		}
-		return nil
+		return utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs)
+
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/visitor_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/visitor_test.go
index 9868ad9d6b4..414d460f9b4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/visitor_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/visitor_test.go
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ package resource
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -180,3 +182,18 @@ func TestFlattenListVisitor(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(spew.Sdump(test.Infos))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFlattenListVisitorWithVisitorError(t *testing.T) {
+	b := newDefaultBuilder().
+		FilenameParam(false, &FilenameOptions{Recursive: false, Filenames: []string{"../../artifacts/deeply-nested.yaml"}}).
+		Flatten()
+
+	test := &testVisitor{InjectErr: errors.New("visitor error")}
+	err := b.Do().Visit(test.Handle)
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "visitor error") {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(test.Infos) != 6 {
+		t.Fatal(spew.Sdump(test.Infos))
+	}
+}