diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/wardleinitializer/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/wardleinitializer/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..607572dd7ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/wardleinitializer/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
+
+licenses(["notice"])
+
+load(
+    "@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl",
+    "go_library",
+    "go_test",
+)
+
+go_library(
+    name = "go_default_library",
+    srcs = [
+        "interfaces.go",
+        "wardleinitializer.go",
+    ],
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    deps = [
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/client/informers_generated/internalversion:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
+
+go_test(
+    name = "go_default_xtest",
+    srcs = ["wardleinitializer_test.go"],
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    deps = [
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/wardleinitializer:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/fake:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/client/informers_generated/internalversion:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/wardleinitializer/interfaces.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/wardleinitializer/interfaces.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f82f42012b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/wardleinitializer/interfaces.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package wardleinitializer
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
+	informers "k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/client/informers_generated/internalversion"
+)
+
+// WantsInternalWardleInformerFactory defines a function which sets InformerFactory for admission plugins that need it
+type WantsInternalWardleInformerFactory interface {
+	SetInternalWardleInformerFactory(informers.SharedInformerFactory)
+	admission.Validator
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/wardleinitializer/wardleinitializer.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/wardleinitializer/wardleinitializer.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..291c5cd190d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/wardleinitializer/wardleinitializer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package wardleinitializer
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
+	informers "k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/client/informers_generated/internalversion"
+)
+
+type pluginInitializer struct {
+	informers informers.SharedInformerFactory
+}
+
+var _ admission.PluginInitializer = pluginInitializer{}
+
+// New creates an instance of wardle admission plugins initializer.
+func New(informers informers.SharedInformerFactory) (pluginInitializer, error) {
+	return pluginInitializer{
+		informers: informers,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Initialize checks the initialization interfaces implemented by a plugin
+// and provide the appropriate initialization data
+func (i pluginInitializer) Initialize(plugin admission.Interface) {
+	if wants, ok := plugin.(WantsInternalWardleInformerFactory); ok {
+		wants.SetInternalWardleInformerFactory(i.informers)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/wardleinitializer/wardleinitializer_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/wardleinitializer/wardleinitializer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..648fe6c04f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/wardleinitializer/wardleinitializer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package wardleinitializer_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
+	"k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/admission/wardleinitializer"
+	"k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/fake"
+	informers "k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/client/informers_generated/internalversion"
+)
+
+// TestWantsInternalWardleInformerFactory ensures that the informer factory is injected
+// when the WantsInternalWardleInformerFactory interface is implemented by a plugin.
+func TestWantsInternalWardleInformerFactory(t *testing.T) {
+	cs := &fake.Clientset{}
+	sf := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(cs, time.Duration(1)*time.Second)
+	target, err := wardleinitializer.New(sf)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected to create an instance of initializer but got an error = %s", err.Error())
+	}
+	wantWardleInformerFactory := &wantInternalWardleInformerFactory{}
+	target.Initialize(wantWardleInformerFactory)
+	if wantWardleInformerFactory.sf != sf {
+		t.Errorf("expected informer factory to be initialized")
+	}
+}
+
+// wantInternalWardleInformerFactory is a test stub that fulfills the WantsInternalWardleInformerFactory interface
+type wantInternalWardleInformerFactory struct {
+	sf informers.SharedInformerFactory
+}
+
+func (self *wantInternalWardleInformerFactory) SetInternalWardleInformerFactory(sf informers.SharedInformerFactory) {
+	self.sf = sf
+}
+func (self *wantInternalWardleInformerFactory) Admit(a admission.Attributes) error { return nil }
+func (self *wantInternalWardleInformerFactory) Handles(o admission.Operation) bool { return false }
+func (self *wantInternalWardleInformerFactory) Validate() error                    { return nil }
+
+var _ admission.Interface = &wantInternalWardleInformerFactory{}
+var _ wardleinitializer.WantsInternalWardleInformerFactory = &wantInternalWardleInformerFactory{}