diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer/streaming/streaming.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer/streaming/streaming.go
index 971c46d496a..87b3fec3f2d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer/streaming/streaming.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer/streaming/streaming.go
@@ -134,3 +134,23 @@ func (e *encoder) Encode(obj runtime.Object) error {
 	e.buf.Reset()
 	return err
 }
+
+type encoderWithAllocator struct {
+	writer       io.Writer
+	encoder      runtime.EncoderWithAllocator
+	memAllocator runtime.MemoryAllocator
+}
+
+// NewEncoderWithAllocator returns a new streaming encoder
+func NewEncoderWithAllocator(w io.Writer, e runtime.EncoderWithAllocator, a runtime.MemoryAllocator) Encoder {
+	return &encoderWithAllocator{
+		writer:       w,
+		encoder:      e,
+		memAllocator: a,
+	}
+}
+
+// Encode writes the provided object to the nested writer
+func (e *encoderWithAllocator) Encode(obj runtime.Object) error {
+	return e.encoder.EncodeWithAllocator(obj, e.writer, e.memAllocator)
+}